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APPLE KICKS JOBS’ UPOD STRATEGY TO THE CURB IN CUPERTINO $AAPL

January 24, 2013

Steve Jobs employed a number of master strategies to make Apple the company it is today. Slowly Apple has been abandoning Jobs’ strategies that had made Apple successful. Steve Jobs was a master of a strategy known as UPOD. UPOD stands for under promise and over deliver. Now Apple has officially announced that it is abandoning UPOD. A very long time ago, I learned the hard way how Steve Jobs masterfully employed UPOD. I was listening to him on an earnings conference call. My finger was on the trigger to buy Apple or short it for a very short-term trade based on its earnings projections.

WHY NOKIA’S DIVIDEND CUT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS $NOK $AAPL $MSFT $GOOG

January 24, 2013

Nokia stock is falling on news that the company will not pay its hefty dividend. Nokia was paying a dividend that yielded about 4%. Despite the elimination of a stream of cash to shareholders, the dividend cut is good for Nokia because its cash stood only at 4.36 billion euros at the end of December. Even though this was an increase of 796 million euros from the end of September, the cash level at Nokia is dwarfed against $137 billion cash at Apple. The savings from the dividend cut will allow Nokia to invest more in its business and give it more

THC APPROACHING 100% RETURN $THC

January 24, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. As of this writing THC is approaching 100% return. It pays in the long run to not be a pig and realize some profits. As of this writing the stock is trading at $39.26. What To Do Now? Those holding the stock and have previously taken partial profits may continue to hold. Those holding the stock and have not taken partial profits may consider booking partial profits right here but keep holding at least 40% of the full core position size. Those not in the position may wait for a signal in the Real

INITIATE A POSITION IN NOKIA $NOK

January 24, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. NOK has cut its dividend to give it more time to execute a turnaround. The stock is falling on the news. The fall is a buying opportunity. What To Do Now? Those in the stock may continue to hold but not add at this time due to the overall overbought market conditions. Those not in the stock and are aggressive may initiate a small tranche of the order of 10% in the zone of $3.85 to $4.15. As of this writing the stock is trading at $4.09 This is a speculative stock. Please

THE BUM AND THE BEAUTY: APPLE AND NETFLIX SWITCH ROLES $AAPL $NFLX $GOOG

January 23, 2013

It is a sign of the times. Call it a tale of two stocks after earnings. Both Apple (AAPL) and Netflix (NFLX) reported earnings after the close. It is said that a picture is worth 1,000 words. The chart tells the story better than any words can describe. There is a mind boggling 43% differential in the performance of the two stocks after hours. Just imagine if you were short Apple and long Netflix going into earnings, you would have realized a 43% gain in 90 minutes. Of course I was not clairvoyant enough to capture the trade. I came into the earnings

STOP ZONE ON FACEBOOK $FB

January 23, 2013

This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert. Now there is a fill on FB for a 10% tranche. Consider a stop zone of $33.61 to $33.78.

THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DATA POINT IN APPLE EARNINGS $AAPL

January 23, 2013

Apple will report first quarter earnings after the market close today. Apple has become a battleground stock. Earnings will provide lots of data but will not settle the debate about Apple’s future. The obvious question is, “What should investors do with the onslaught of data related to all things Apple?” The single most important data point to focus on is the number of iPhone sales. The consensus is 48 million. Most estimates range from 45 million to 50 million. The latest negative sentiment is bringing down the whisper numbers for iPhone sales. Some whisper numbers are in the range of 43

WORK AT APPLE, BE WITTY, HELP SIRI BLOSSOM $AAPL

January 21, 2013

I have been writing for some time that the pace of innovation at Apple was slowing. For a couple of months it was egg on my face as Apple stock continued to skyrocket into the launch of iPhone 5. After iPhone 5 was launched, slowly but surely investors started to recognize that iPhone 5 did not incorporate any breakthrough innovations like they had come to expect from Apple. The stock started to stumble and now has fallen about $200. The lesson for investors is that money in technology stocks is neither made by focusing on traditional fundamental analysis such as P/E ratios,