John Scott

Apple: An Antidote to iPhone Complacency

The first two comments are cogent; the article is not.

"Apple is on a roll, and as long as Steve Jobs remains savvy and healthy, their odds look good. But it’s not a lock."

Duh. And here is more great advice:

"And if Apple management shows signs of being as complacent as the Seeking Alpha iPhonatics, then sell! sell! sell!"

The author might have acknowledged that if any company's management becomes complacent, one should sell, sell, sell.

What tripe.

Apple: Are Investors Overlooking Cash Earnings?

I look forward to seeing more of your work. You impress me as someone who works hard to get it right.

Attention Apple Investors: Analysts You Don’t Know But Should

Good post, Zach. It would be even better if you provided specific examples of the poor analysts in similar fashion to what you did with the good analysts.

Apple and the Major Indexes: A Technical View

MACD is a meaningless term unless a specific chart is identified. Even if we are to infer you meant the S&P500 chart, what time frame? Weekly chart? Daily? And are you referring to actual MACD levels or the histogram? Finally do you use (12,26,9) or some other configuration?

Be specific, please.

Apple Shares Up Ahead Of iPhone SDK Event

AAPL is up 49% in the last 12 months and 83% in the last 18 Months. Both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are down about 5% in the last twelve months.

Eric, thanks for writing a note about Apple without quoting Toni Sacconaghi; he has been so wrong for so long with regard to Apple.

Apple Hits Lowest Level Since June; New iPhone Worries

Is there no other analyst following AAPL? One would think not given the amount of ink that you and Vervetka give to Sacconaghi. Next time you three are having a martini at Delmonico's ask him how much revenue Nokia, Rim, and Palm are losing on their unlocked phones. Instead of Apple's 30% unlocked, it is 100% for those companies.

Apple's Playing The EuroOperators For Fools

Zero sum game? Trendy handset?

Take a peak from under that rock. The world is changing.

Will Google End Up Merging With Apple?

I guess Heilemann is a friend of yours, Eric. I am disappointed you did not use your critical skills in evaluating his piece. Perhaps it is fun to speculate on stuff like this, but some of us read your work to be informed, rather than entertained. Heilemann' article is second rate and stale.

Why Wall Street Didn't Like Job's WWDC Apple Leopard Keynote

Carl, perhaps e.t. was just having a bad day; don't let it ruin yours. He makes a couple of good points, but they sort of get lost in the pit bull style, don't they?

Emotion: The Enemy of Every Investor

Your original piece was factually innaccurate and vapid. Now you defend yourself not against the reasoned criticism which has been presented, but instead by painting all your critics as emotional name-callers. You are not an idiot. You did write a lazy opinion piece over a cup of coffee. And now you rail against those who point it out. Instead you should look inward at how you might have written a better prepared, better reasoned article to start with.

I shall limit examples to just two because others here have already shown the flaws in your "thinking". 1). Today I do shut off my music when taking a phone call, but with the iPhone will be done for me. 2) Having three or four dedicated devices in your office (as opposed to an all-in-one) is hardly the same as having three or four dedicated devices in your jacket.

Is the SEC Giving Apple a Pass on Disclosures?

Alan Williams is absolutely right, Herb. Apple is in the software business, and is centered upon OS X. Hardware, whether iPod, Mac, or iPhone is intertwined with it. The removal of "Computer" from the name was not just symbolic.