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
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
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%
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
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
This is a clear bold call to buy Apple in the middle of the doom and gloom that surrounds the stock. However, it is extremely important to buy Apple here the low risk way. The low risk way is to follow the ZYX Change Method. We are in an environment
In stock trading, 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, it was a common complaint that market makers and brokers tended to run the stops. These
As some investors face jitters about how low Apple (AAPL) stock can go, astute investors have been enjoying handsome profits in Apple competitors Nokia (NOK) and Research In Motion (RIMM). Since August, Nokia stock has beaten Apple stock by 182%; Research In Motion stock has beaten Apple by 98%. The chart tells the story. Yesterday
It was not long ago that teens flocked to Apple (AAPL) products because they were ‘cool.’ iPods were first adopted by teens and then migrated to their parents. Of late, Apple is losing its ‘cool factor.’ As innocuous as it may seem, the perception of the loss of ‘cool’ has increased the
Apple’s stock fell below $500 in the premarket as both The Wall Street Journal and Japan’s Nikkei reported that Apple had cut orders for screens and other parts for the iPhone 5. According to Nikkei, Apple has asked Japan Display, Inc., Sharp Corp, and LG Display to cut the orders