When I recommended Apple(AAPL) at $131, I stated that a $1,000 very long-term target was possible.  In recent months, however, my models have been steadily reducing the probability of Apple reaching that $1,000 target.  The last probability I published was 53%. Over the past month, I was in Asia, and wrote about the wide use of non-Apple products. (See, ‘Trip To Asia Shows How Apple’s Vaunted Ecosystem Doesn’t Save It From Competition.’)  As the information from the Asia trip is incorporated in the model, the probability of reaching $1,000 target will go down further, but there is one potential salvation, if

In the coming weeks, Apple stock may become a victim of hunt and destroy algorithms.  We take precautions to make sure that our subscribers do not become victims of such algorithms.  Further, as part of our tactics, we help our subscribers profit from buying into artificially depressed prices that occur from such algorithms. In the world of investments, twin practices have coexisted for ages.  First, a large number of investors enter stop loss orders to protect themselves.  Second, such stop loss orders become sitting ducks for some professionals. In the past, market makers and brokers may have run the stops, but more