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Hot Stocks: Three Reasons Apple is Bucking the Recession

Posted on July 23rd, 2009 in AAPL, Apple, Steve Jobs. AAPL, Apple, Steve Jobs.

Is high-tech stalwart Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) bucking the worst downturn since the Great Depression?

It sure looks that way.

Will Week of Controversy Undermine Financial System Overhaul That Calls for Broad Expansion of Central Bank’s Power?

Posted on June 29th, 2009 in Apple, BAC, Bed Bath & Beyond, Ben Bernanke, Bernanke, Bloomberg, Boeing, BofA, Congress, Federal Reserve, Merrill, Merrill Lynch, Obama, Oracle, Sinopec, US Congress Apple, BAC, Bed Bath & Beyond, Ben Bernanke, Bernanke, Bloomberg, Boeing, BofA, Congress, Federal Reserve, Merrill, Merrill Lynch, Obama, Oracle, Sinopec, US Congress

Documents brought to light by key by congressional investigators hightlight real disagreement between top-level U.S. Federal Reserve officials about how it should address the Bank of America Corp.(NYSE: BAC) acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. are almost certain to fuel the ongoing congressional debate over the central bank’s push to expand its authority over the U.S. financial system.

The Cult of Jobs – it is back to the cellar for Apple.

Posted on January 14th, 2009 in AAPL, Apple, Apple's Mojo, Cult of Jobs, Jobs, Mac, MacBook, Macintosh, Nano, Steve Jobs., Touch, Uncategorized, iMac, iPOD Nano, iPod, iPod Touch AAPL, Apple, Apple's Mojo, Cult of Jobs, iMac, iPod, iPOD Nano, iPod Touch, Jobs, Mac, MacBook, Macintosh, Nano, Steve Jobs., Touch

Back in Sep 2008, I wrote that Apple was losing its mojo [the stock was at $140 back then]. Today, Steve Jobs announced that he was stepping down and taking some time off – as he had underestimated his medical problems. Apart from the Cult of Jobs, Apple is on a path of no-return that will take it back to the cellar that it was in from 1980 to 1998.

Apple/WalMart deal – aimed at the G1-Phone/Android!

Posted on December 9th, 2008 in ARM, ARMH, Android, Apple, Blackberry, G1-Phone, GOOG, Google, Linux, RIMM, T-Mobile, WMT, WalMart, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch Android, Apple, ARM, ARMH, Blackberry, G1-Phone, GOOG, Google, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, Linux, RIMM, T-Mobile, WalMart, WMT

Recently, Apple did not announce that they would be selling their iPhone at WalMart. In fact, the San Jose Mercury news said that a $99 4-GB version would be sold at the #1 retailer – before Christmas; and the leading rumor site for all things Apple countered with “only the $198 8-GB version will be available at [...]

Is Apple losing its mojo?

Posted on September 11th, 2008 in AAPL, Apple, INTC, Intel, MOT, MSFT, Mac, Macintosh, Microsoft, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch AAPL, Apple, IBM, INTC, Intel, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, Mac, Macintosh, Microsoft, MOT, MSFT

Back in October of 2001, Apple introduced the first iPod.   Apple’s press release read – an “Ultra-Portable MP3 Music Player Puts 1,000 Songs in Your Pocket”. Priced at $399 a pop and aided by really slick advertising, it was an instant hit – that put Apple on the fast track – from a company [...]