Yesterday trading in Apple and BlackBerry was a show of contrast. Apple rose about 1% and BlackBerry fell 4.6%. Of interest is that money flow was negative in Apple while the stock was going up and money flow in BlackBerry was positive while the stock was going down. Apple had lots of
Both the New York Times and theWall Street Journal are reporting that Apple is working on a watch-like device. iWatch has been in the rumor mill for a long time, but now the rumor has gained more credibility being spread by these august outlets. Pebble, a smart watch that shows emails or text messages easily
Thursday morning, the news broke that David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital had filed a law suit against Apple demanding that it give a bigger portion of its $137 billion cash to investors by issuing preferred shares. Much has been written in the media about the details of the lawsuit. Not much
In the negative hoopla surrounding Apple these days, it is a common lament that Apple is no longer innovating. A newly approved patent suggests otherwise. A solar powered iPhone from Apple may be in your future. Battery technology has become a limitation in advancement of phones. The new generation phones have faster
This post was published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. AAPL has just issued a news release that it will make judicious use of its cash in response to David Einhorn’s call to issue preferred stock. The stock is beginning to run. Only aggressive investors may consider initiating or adding to the
This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. There are reports that AAPL iOS6 contains building blocks of a potential competitor to P. If AAPL were to introduce a Pandora like service, our target for P is $3-4. CAUTION: P HAS HIGH SHORT INTEREST, THEREFORE ONLY A VERY SMALL
The search for the next Apple is on. In some quarters, hopes are high that Facebook will generate Apple-like returns. A picture is worth a 1,000 words, and the chart tells the story. Money has been pouring out of Apple stock and into Facebook stock. Facebook has outperformed Apple by about 90% in a very short time. The price pattern of a stock
To the uninitiated investor, there seems nothing more insane than the contrasting behaviors of Apple and Amazon stocks. Tuesday after the close, Amazon AMZN reported weak earnings, and the stock promptly went up about 9% in the aftermarket. Not many days ago, Apple AAPL reported reasonably good earnings after the close, and
There is a lot more to Tuesday’s introduction of a new version of iPad with 128GB memory by Apple. The uninitiated simply dismissed the introduction of 128GB as nothing more than the evolutionary process of Apple adding more memory. Such commentators are myopic and are looking only at the consumer market
The Greek scholar Archimedes exclaimed ‘Eureka’ when he noticed that the bath tub water rose as he stepped in. He understood that the volume of the water displaced was equal to the volume of his body parts in the water. He was so excited that he reportedly leapt out and