Apple bulls have been pinning their hopes on China, but Apple has been losing its ‘cool’ factor in China. Only time will tell if Apple mania in China will go the way of other fads. The Wall Street Journal reports that introduction of the iPhone 5 in Beijing was “arguably the least eventful launch of
President Obama was determined not to let China run away with green energy technologies of the future. A case in point is the American battery maker A123 Systems. A123 makes batteries for electric and hybrid cars, and the electric grid. To help compete with China, the Obama administration gave $249 million to
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
There is a new prediction from the indicator that called the Apple top at $705. The indicator is our proprietary indicator dubbed the Hate-Mail Indicator. As the chart shows, the Hate-Mail Indicator for Apple peaked when Apple was at $705. The peak was right after my cautionary column on Apple
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
Nokia exploited Apple‘s Achilles’ heel of subsidies to beat Apple inChina. China Mobile Limited (CHL) is the largest cellular provider in the world by number of subscribers. At the end of October it had 703 million subscribers including 79.3 million 3G users. China Mobile has been in desperate need for a flagship high
On Wednesday, Apple (AAPL) stock fell $37.05 or 6.43%. In after-hours the stock continued to fall and it was down as low as $518 this morning. Yesterday Apple suffered its largest one-day loss in four years. There are a variety of explanations for the tumble offered by talking heads, ranging from a
The conventional wisdom has been that Apple’s vaunted ecosystem will protect it against the competition. The conventional wisdom is a myth. The ecosystem that surrounds iPhones, iPads, and Macs consists of iTunes, high quality facilities for external developers, thousands of well-developed apps, Siri and iCloud. Once a user gets locked into
A Romney win would hurt Appleand General Motors very badly. Both of these companies are highly dependent on China for their growth. Romney has repeatedly stated that he will declare China a currency manipulator on his first day in office. Such a declaration would likely lead to a trade war. Chinese consumers are
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change AAPL has fallen to fill the gap from late July at $585.83. In traditional technical analysis theory, all gaps fill; in practice, most but not all gaps fill. After a gap is filled, the stock is presumed to enter a support level