Quarterly earnings from Apple for the three months ended March 30 come out Tuesday after the market closes. Unlike in prior quarters, there is not a high probability scenario that can be laid out with any degree of confidence ahead of earnings. Acting on Apple stock ahead of earnings this
Apple became the largest company in the world by market capitalization on the strength of innovation in mobile phones. Fortunately for Apple, the last several years there has been a consumer trend to treat their phones as status symbols or fashion accessories. This kind of consumer behavior has also been
(CLICK HERE TO ENLARGE THE CHART) Consumers have voted with their wallets and now it is official that Windows 8 is a flop. The new data from IDC show the steepest decline for PCs in one quarter. Only 76.3 million PCs were shipped in the first quarter of 2013. This number is
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Consider taking profits on MSFT and exiting the position. The new data shows the steepest decline for PCs in one quarter. Only 76.3 million PCs were shipped in the first quarter of 2013. This number is down 13.9% from the same
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd., known to the stock trading world as Foxconn, is the main assembler of Apple products including iPhones and iPads. The Taiwanese company reported operating results for the first quarter of 2013 Wednesday, suggesting some softness in results may be in store when Apple reports quarterly results on
Ever since Apple announced that it would offer a streaming music service, there has not been much doubt that Apple would attempt to beat Internet radio heavyweight, Pandora. The thinking is that Apple will squeeze music labels to get better terms than Pandora. Such a scenario is certainly better for Apple, but
It does not yet seem to be well understood, but Facebook has just launched a bazooka against Google, Apple, Microsoft, and BlackBerry. Present-day phones are built around apps. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, asked the right question, “Should the phones be designed around people and not apps?” His answer was apparently that people are more important
Here is an excerpt from a post on ZYX Buy Change Alert What To Do Now? Those in FB short-term position may continue to hold. If holding full size consider raising the stop on one half to the zone of $26.18 to $26.23. Those holding FB as a medium-term position may consider
Yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a fireside chat, tried to convince the world that Apple is still the center of innovation in the technology world. Cook said that about one quarter of Apple employees were working on new products. There were no specifics but presumably new products include iTV. While Cook was
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