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    • Tue Jul 22nd 11:07 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Apple Is Worth More than Steve Jobs
      $600 Apple price target by this writer

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    • Sun Jul 20th 16:59 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Short Sales: SEC Turns Back the Clock to 1931
      Short sell stopped on 19 financial stocks, isn't that unjust, how about all the other stocks that are manipulated. Why do the financials get this break? Oh I know they control all the money. Another farce by the SEC, another useless government agency that doesn't know how to do their job or just keeps looking the other way.
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    • Sun Jul 20th 06:25 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      The Irrational Preoccupation with Apple's Guidance
      The article states what actually transpires with Apple's guidance and backs it up with facts and data. Some of the articles I read on Seeking-Alpha are useless & worthless garbage. They indicate a writers opinion but many times the writer lists no facts or data to substantiate their opinion. Anyone can have an opinion but that opinion is worthless to investors if it doesn't include factual data. Such an article may lead the reader to think the writer is either writing for the longs or shorts he/she has relationships with.

      This is an excellent factual article which I enjoyed reading.
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    • Thu Jul 17th 03:54 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why I'm Shorting Apple Ahead of Earnings
      Last quarter Apple earned $1.16 however if you add in the defered/delayed revenue it earned $1.45 which significantly beat the earnings projection and would have considerably increased gross margins. This is something most writers and analysts fail to adjust for understand. Gartner yesterday (7/16/2008) estimated Mac sales at 3.2 mil for the coming quarter where the writer estimates 2.4 mil a considerable difference (almost a 38% difference) ouch. I suspect that Gartner, not the writer of this article, would be more accurate since it is their business Since the writer is short Apple's stock he may be trying to manipulate the stock. A writer of stock articles should not own a stock they write about, somehow it does not seem ethical. Seeking-alpha shame on you for letting your writers write about a stock they are invested in, how unethical.
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    • Tue Jul 1st 04:59 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Is There an Unprecedented Demand for 3G iPhone?
      Why a question mark after the articles title heading if the data shows there Unprecedented Demand for 3G iPhone? Looks like another writer may be short or has aquaintences that are short Apples stock. The writer didn't even put his/her name on the article.

      The article states "56% of those planning to buying a smartphone in the next 90 days are going with the iPhone, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky. Another 25% indicated that they may buy the high-anticipated device “sometime in the future." (56%+25%=81%) may buy the iPhone, WOW, that's a lot of iPhones.
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    • Fri Jun 27th 08:58 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Foreclosure Stimulus to Boost Tech's Four Horsemen
      People who foreclose are going to need another place to live, maybe they will rent, so the amount of money freed up will be substantially less then you suggest. The fact that people will have to pay for another place to live suggests you article is lacking additional needed thought.
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    • Fri Jun 20th 08:16 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Not Buying It: Sanford Analyst Toni Sacconaghi's iPhone Hit Job
      Excellent article and analysis Zach. Most on us know what you've written about Toni Sacconaghi to be fact not hearsay or guesses as Toni would use. Just about every analyst covering Apple has upgraded Apple price targets and earnings from Apples last earnings report, several of the analysts have upgraded Apple price targets and earnings more then once. Whereas, Toni Sacconaghi has been bearish and written negative articles. Toni usually gets the message across through articles written by Eric Savitz of Baron's. It appears to me these two individuals have an ulterior motive for publishing negative Apple Inc. articles. It's about time someone wrote an article about this on a public forum.
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    • Thu Jun 19th 13:25 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      3G iPhone: Growth and High Margins for Apple?
      When Toni Sacconaghi ,of Bernstein, finally gets it, it will be to late and probably out of a job. I'm surprised he still is with Bernstein.
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    • Mon Jun 16th 09:40 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Apple's Balancing Act: 3G iPhone vs. Jobs' Health - Barron's
      Apple commented to -rumors- of Steve Jobs looking thin by saying Apple's CEO Jobs had a common bug, no further comment from Apple is needed. Yet Baron's and other news writers like seeking-alpha must be short Apples stock or working with hedge funds that are short in my opinion. There are no FACTS indicating Steve Jobs has a serious recurrance with cancer and news writters keep on writing about -rumors-, just -rumors- nothing more then rumors, NO FACTS, just -rumors-. How dispicable is that, how sad? How desperate are these news writers to write about Steve Jobs health which they know nothing about, these people are low lifes in my opinion.
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    • Thu Jun 12th 13:07 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      $1.2 Billion in iPhone Apps? Not Likely.
      Somehow I think that Piper Jaffay's Gene Munster knows a lot more about Apple then you do. There was a report out today that more then half of the App's written for the iPhone were for business/enterprise which indicates to me that enterprises will be purchasing the most App's which would bode well for revenues.

      Toni Sacconaghi works for Bernstein not Bear Stears unless Bear Sterns has recently hired him after he was fired from Bernstein for all his harendously bad Apple predictions. Now if you can't get right what company an analyst works for why should we believe your financial calculations.
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    • Thu Jun 12th 06:41 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      iPhone in China - What It Will Mean
      The iPhone may sell for $199 but Apple gets more like $399 for the iPhone, so the income to Apple would be double what the writer of the article said or $2.32B. ATT pays Apple the $200 difference. AS far as I know Apple doesn't discount it's products sold by their partners.

      I can't believe the errors that seeking alpha writers continuously make, get your facts straight. They get paid to write these articles, where do I sign up?
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    • Fri Jun 6th 05:50 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Apple: No 3G iPhone at the WWDC?
      Several of the overseas companies signed up to sell the iPhone stated recently, they will have the 3g iPhone in June or in weeks. So apparently it will be out in June in some timeframe wether or not at the WWDC. With the recent news stories indicating the iPhone is unavailable at many selling points also indicates that a June release of a 3g iPhone is imminent. A story as yours just prior to the supposed release of the iPhone on June 9th questioning the June 9th release leaves me wondering , even though you are long Apple, you have an alterior motive to somehow want the stock to tank. You may be long 10 or 100 shares but others you deal with may be short many more iPhone shares, It's always a possibility. it's always a possibility that a story released right before an event may be written to cause some adverse, positive or negative action to a stock.

      Recently Analysts Shaw WU (Amer Tech) and Toni Sacconaghi (Bernstein) and Travis McCourt (Morgan Keegan) were very negative on Apple prior to Apples Q2 2008 earnings release (what was their motive , no one can be sure but we can surely guess). These analysts caused a tremendous drop in Apples stock share price based on their opions/guesses, some based on no factual evidence, as to what would happen after the earnings release. They bashed the stock and after earnings the stock did remaksbly well. After the Q@ 2008 sales and earnings release Travis MCcourt did a complete turnaround and became positive on Apple as did Shwu Wu , who has raised guidance twice since Q2 2008 earnings release. IMO these 2 analysts should have been positive on Apple all along. Toni Sacconaghi , of Bernstein, has not changed his negative view since earnings and has not been heard of much after earnings. IMO these analysts put out negative reports based sometimes on their own personal opinions and with vague or no not on facts. This should not be allowed if there is no factual basis for an opinion. What I am saying based on Apples historic performance in the last 8 earnings quarters these negative analysts may have had an apparently alterior motive to drive the price of the stock down. Maybe, maybe not! It's just my opinion based on the FACTS. The Facts nothing but the Facts. Do these guy work for or are manipulated by short seller, I haven't confirmed as yet, but I am deligently working on it. Along with other agencies. The time has come for manipulation and fraud to end.

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      FSS
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      Congress
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    • Thu Jun 5th 14:54 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      How to Get Apple to $200
      These companies disagree with you:
      Company / Price Target:
      Piper Jaffey $250
      Citibank $248
      WR Hambrecht $238
      Needham $235
      Deutsch Bank $235
      Sequoia Capital $231
      Pacific Crest raised $225
      Thomas Weisel $225
      Amer Tach $220
      Goldman $220
      RBC Capital $220
      Merril Lynch $215
      BMO Capital markets $205
      Lehman $202
      S&P $200
      Morgan Stanley $185
      Goldman $220
      Think Panmure $195
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    • Wed Jun 4th 08:09 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Can Apple Double Its iPhone Sales Goal?
      The iPhone is more of a computer or communication device then an phone. It's a computer, iPod, gaming device, phone, GPS, video conference device, IM device, camera, text messaging device, music device, TV, address book, photo album & whatever else you can think of due to the SDK. The iPhone is all of these thing or will be all of these things and more.

      Contact anyone, anytime, anywhere with your iPhone. There are people out there that do not understand what this device is capable of. The iPhone IMO will sell more then the Moto Razr did (the most popular phone in history).

      The iPhone will cause a halo effect to Mac's and vise versa IMO.
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    • Fri May 9th 05:02 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      iPhone (Apple) vs. BlackBerry (RIM): Which Do Consumers Love Most?
      The article heading reads "iPhone (Apple) vs. BlackBerry (RIM): Which Do Consumers Love Most?" and the author didn't answer his own question. The bottom line is the author loses.
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