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Bullish on Apple?
Alyce Lomax, blogging over at the Motley Fool, discusses her take on Apple's stock performance. Over the last five years, Apple has boomed -- up 715%. Lomax believes that Apple has not yet peaked. She sees growth opportunities in the Intel line of Macs along with the strong performance of the iPod.
So should you buy Apple? We here at TUAW haven't a clue. But Lomax's article is an interesting read for those of you following the stock market. As for us, we tend to go with the whole monkey and dartboard method.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
derek said 2:11PM on 12-17-2006
Yes you should buy it! iPod and Mac sales are better than ever, and there are no signs that this is going to stop.
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Sherman Homan said 3:38PM on 12-17-2006
Windows users are moving over. The MacBooks are huge.
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Ben said 6:44PM on 12-17-2006
Up 715% in five years? Sound familiar to me. Granted, this price jump certainly has some justifications. But new iPod rivals are going to come, and in 20 years those things will sell for like 30 bucks. I'd be careful.
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Alexandre said 7:15PM on 12-17-2006
I'd be careful until January... if Apple doesn't release the iPhone at Macworld Expo... expect the stock to fall significantly. Right now, so many analysts are talking about iPhone in january that it's pretty much built into the stock price that it will for sure happen in January. And yet Apple has not stated that they will. Nor have they said that the iPhone even exists. So be careful.
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dunk said 11:27PM on 12-17-2006
this is the same alice lomax that said in october of 2005 the ipod nano was going to be a flop. analysts are morons. period. i have yet to read an opinion on apple that was even half as thought out as a reasonably informed apple user.
i just wish they'd stop spouting nonsense that affect my investment.
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fitzthecat said 3:25PM on 12-18-2006
I recently bought Apple at 61.20 and watched it run up to 93 and change. It was painful not being able to wait out for the long term gain, but I sold at 87.
My thinking is that the stock will take hit in the short term when the disclosures concerning option dating are made. They might even do this around MacWorld time to mitigate it with whatever miracle introduction they make at that time.
Anyway, I still feel great about the long haul. Apple is about to become one of the core worldwide technology retail companies. Just make sure Steve is above room temperature.
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