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Tech Bellwethers: Earnings Scorecard

Apple pretty much always gives conservative guidance, and regularly beats it. The Trade RaD&R Operator ought to look at trends in guidance, compare to actual results, for this data to be meaningful.

Apple's Walmart Deal Will Effectively Kill Google's Android

SJ stated so during the 2008q4 conference call. But even without that tidbit of news, they have sold 9.3M iPhones during the first three quarters of 2008. Do you think that they won't be able to sell 700K iPhones in one quarter?


On Dec 10 09:38 AM User 316700 wrote:

> Has Apple ever announced 10 million iPhones sold for 2008? In October,
> many people were talking about 10 million sold but there has never
> been any official word from Apple. And there are only three weeks
> to go before 2008 ends. One would expect Apple to make a big deal
> about that major milestone, touted as the company goal for the year
> by Jobs himself.

Time For Growth Stocks Like Apple and Google?

In July Apple earned $1.19 vs the expected $1.08 beating by 10%.
In July Google earned $4.63 vs the expected $4.74, missing by 2%.
All indicators point that Apple will have another growth quarter, at least in revenues. I would expect the company to keep on growing in the short and long term, even though the stock price may stagnate until optimism returns to the market.

What Classifies Web Video as HD Quality?

What does the definition of HD video have to do with alpha portfolio management is beyond me.

SeekingAlpha.com should edit articles more closely and ensure that the topic stays on financial analysis and portfolio management, not some ramblings on this or that.

Cramer's 'Four Horsemen' Crumble

1) The author didn't insert the quote by the great Yogi.
2) Please let's not give air to J. Cramer, unless you want me to start referring the to the Colbert Report as an in-depth news analyst.

Jim Cramer's Mad Money In-Depth, 12/12/07: Fed Up

Following Cramer's advice is noxious to investor's financial independence.
SeekingAlpha shouldn't be giving further air to his rants, but instead should keep on promoting intelligent analysis by the small investors who put a lot of thought in picking their portfolios.