The Stock Marketis Catch-22: Many market observers see the stock market in a no win situation. If Alan Greenspan gets his way and the Federal Reserveis interest rate hikes cool the economy it will mean lower earnings for many companies. This could hit high flying tech stocks hardest, since we all know what happens if…
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Tale Of Two Markets, Apple Climbs Against The Grain
Nokia (NOK), the worldis largest mobile-telephone maker, led the tech stocks lower after beating earnings estimates with a 62% surge in pretax profits, but then predicted earnings would slow going forward. A skittish Wall Street punished the stock cutting it back by 14 9/16 to 41 1/4. In Finland where Nokia is the largest stock…
Still Waiting For the Summer Tech Rally?
The Wall Street Journal chimed in, "Investors are worried about continued growth in corporate profits if the U.S. economy cools down. Bonds edged higher and the dollar was mixed." Even in the latest quarterly results period where earnings are generally better than expected on the surface, with closer inspection many of the results announced have…
Wall Street Churns, Apple slips lower
CNET news reports that some analysts think the new dual processor Power Mac G4 is going to flop. Weire making a list of those analysts and checking it twice, in case the occasion arises in the next few quarters to recall who has been naughty and who been right. ; – ) In other news:…
SG Cowen Analyst says Apple stock is compellingly cheap
Mr. Greenspanis original words always deserve close inspection by serious investors. In essence, Mr. Greenspan said he believes that the economy shows signs of slowing as interest rates have been pushed to the highest level in almost a decade. However, he didnit rule out the possibility that more rate hikes may be appropriate later this…
Steve Jobs' Keynote Falls on Wall Street's Deaf Ear
Mr. Jobs announced refreshed product families that account for 75% of the companyis unit volume and a fifth element — the Power Mac G4 Cube — was added to the Macintosh four quadrant hardware strategy. Did we mention two new models of G4s, the first ever PC to come standard with dual processors? Not to…
Apple Climbs Higher Ahead Of Q3 Earnings Report Tomorrow
. Appleis stock continued to trend higher. Tomorrow after the bell Apple reports earnings. Analysts expect our favorite computer company to meet or beat earnings expectations of $0.44 per share and to report higher gross margins. The Mac Observer will have a preview of Appleis earnings tomorrow morning, followed by a report after the conference…
The Mac Observer: The Apple Trader - If You' Got The Cojones, Buy AAPL Now
If You’ Got The Cojones, Buy AAPL Now May 30th, 2000 Sir John Templeton offers investors these classic contrarian rules as a perfect background for today’s fearful mood hanging over the market, "Buy when pessimism is at its maximum. Sell when optimism is at its maximum. Therefore, buy what most investors are selling." Dr. Paul…
The Mac Observer: The Apple Trader - The Descent into Darkness
The Descent into Darkness April 17th, 2000 Margin accounts, like little stars in the night sky, are going out all across the heavens. In the illiquid blackness of our darkness market nightmare there are only fevered asks without a bid in sight. Like everyone else who took up positions in the market recently, the Mac…
The Mac Observer: On The Flip Side - Something Big Is Brewing For The WWDC
Something Big Is Brewing For The WWDC April 5th, 2000 Folks, I have the impression that something big is brewing in Cupertino. That naughty little devil is on my shoulder, whispering that we are bound to hear big news from Steve Jobs at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) from May 15 to May 19.…
The Mac Observer: The Apple Trader - Every Picture, Or Chart, Tells A Story, Including Apple's
Every Picture, Or Chart, Tells A Story, Including Apple’s February 22nd, 2000 Technical analysis (TA) is the fine art of predicting the future price motion of a stock by analyzing the stock’s price and volume chart. Sometimes it’s called visual analysis; sometimes it’s called voodoo. Many investors make light of the arcane science of technical…
Ask Dave - Upgrade Advice, Shutdown Freezes, & Using PC Parts
Upgrade Advice, Shutdown Freezes, & Using PC Parts February 18th, 2000 Good day, everyone! Today we’re going to answer some reader questions about the new G4s, discuss the troubleshooting process to solve iMac freezes with Mac OS 9, and talk about using PC hardware inside your Mac. If you have a burning question you’d like…
The Back Page - Accountability, Responsibility, And Denial Of Service Attacks
Unless you have been living under a rock of late, and even then that rock would have to be at the bottom of at least a medium size body of water, you have heard all about the attacks on several top Internet sites. Yahoo!, eBay, CNN, Amazon.com, Buy.com, E*Trade, and Datek were all victims of…
The Mac Observer: On The Flip Side - Will Mac OS X Run Well On A G3?
Will Mac OS X Run Well On A G3? January 31st, 2000 Have you watched the keynote from MACWORLD Expo in San Francisco from this past January? If so, did you notice what Steve Jobs gloated about when he unveiled Mac OS X for us to drool at? To make it short, he did an…
The Mac Observer: The Apple Trader - Buy Low; Sell High - Why I sold my AAPL stock
Buy Low; Sell High – Why I sold my AAPL stock January 24th, 2000 Some individuals make more difference to the character of a nation than others, but none are irreplaceable. It is a precarious organization, indeed, that is tied to the character or personality of a single person however great he or she may…
The Mac Observer: The Apple Trader - It's Apple's best Christmas ever. So why am I so nervous?
It’s Apple’s best Christmas ever. So why am I so nervous? December 20th, 1999 Language is not simply the medium by which we express our ideas and experiences to each other. Rather it is fundamental to the thought process itself. It involves categorizing and naming objects and sensation in the outer and inner worlds and…
The Mac Observer: The Apple Trader - Y2K. The bark that didn't bite?
Y2K. The bark that didn’t bite? December 13th, 1999 By your patience, Aunchient Pistol, Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler afore her eyes, to signify to you that she is blind; and she is painted also with a wheel to signify to you, which is the moral of it, that she is turning and…
The Mac Observer: The Apple Trader - Apple's Top Ten Things To Do List for the Year 2000
Apple’s Top Ten Things To Do List for the Year 2000 November 29th, 1999 Do I think machines will ever think? You bet. I’m a machine, and you’re machine, and we both think, don’t we? Claude Shannon Apple has been very busy since Steve Jobs came home in 1996. Much of the heavy lifting is…
The Mac Observer: The Apple Trader - The Sorcerer's Apprentice, or Why You Don't Want an Info Appliance Made by a PC Company
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, or Why You Don’t Want an Info Appliance Made by a PC Company November 22nd, 1999 Our goal wasn’t just to differentiate our product, but to create products that people would love in the future. Jonathan Ive, VP for industrial design at Apple As usual, Apple avoided an official appearance at Comdex…
Happy Endings - Is Apple a Commercial Success?
Happy Endings Archive SEPTEMBER 29th, 1997 Happy Endings Todd Stauffer ([email protected]) Is Apple a Commercial Success? At 1:30 Monday morning I finally started fast-forwarding through Toy Story to see the Apple commercial spot that had been announced last week in an Apple press release. While it dawned on me that I should be…