Not everyone wants a bigger phone. I'm not quite sure what you mean by outdated. The 5 is beautifully styled and executed. It also loads web pages and executes tasks far faster than the s4. The 5 is much smoother and more fluid. It is a pleasure to use. Siri, FaceTime and iMessage are tremendous assets. If you think that aapl has fallen so dramatically becsause of the s4, your mistaken. Hedge funds manipulated aapl up over 400 points. They have taken their self engineered profits and moved onto goog.
The entire universe is out there and amazon grows revenue by 22%. And that deserves a 3000 pe. Msft grew revenue by 18% in the face of a PC slowdown. Aapl s still growing revenue higher than amazon. The difference is that these companies earn billions in profits while growing revenues. Amazon earns nothing yet Bezos' hedge fund buddies continue to manipulate the stock higher. Far better prices can be found everywhere on the web from Walmart, eBay, Barnes & noble, iTunes, thefind.com, overstock.com, restockit.com etc. etc. amzn is a great trading stock because the friends of Bezos hedge funds keep propping it up, but as an investment, I'd be nervous that with so much competition, no pricing power and no proprietary offerings, amazon could easily find itself out of business
Google has run up for one reason. Hedge funds have manipulated aapl to 705 and when it could not be run up a any longer, they bailed out and have now been manipulati g goog. Goog is where it is because of the powerful traders. Correct me if I am wrong, but goog derives more than 95% of its revenue from advertising. The cost that goog has been ale to charge for its ads has been steadily coming down. They must continually sell more ads to compensate and this is a tough game to play long term. They have not been able to monetize any of the businesses they have bought into like android and YouTube. Google glass appears to be a glorified cell phone/ video camera affixed to an eyeglass frame, so we will have to see what comes of them. To buy goog here will leave people in the same place as those that bought aapl at $700. Goog will hit $1000 as that is where the hedge traders will push it, but it could easily get cut in half. Caution is warranted with goog
Chasing Smartphone Market Share Is A Chump's Game; Why Apple Will Win [View article]
I have yet to hear any kid who wants or raves about a z10, lumia or Samsung galaxy III or IV. As far as electronics, my kids love their iPad 4's, their mini's and their Nintendo 3ds XL. They just have no interest in any other tablet. Their friends only talk about iPhones, iPads, & minis. I just don't ever hear any kids or teens talking or getting excited about any other gadgets unless the have an "i" in front of it. As far as "something new", I don't know of any company that has so many successful high end products on the market as apple, nor do I know of any company that can invent ground breaking products every 6 months as Wall Street is demanding.
Amazon Keeps Spending More As Its Customers Spend Less [View article]
In depth article. It should be also mentioned that amazon has aggressive competition. Whatever amazon sells can be found everywhere else for less. I have purchased 30 or 40 items on the Internet so far this year and I found all for much less at other vendors. I either search thefind.com, eBay or just do a bing or google search to find far better pricing than amazon. Yesterday I purchased a carton (36 pieces). Amazon sold them for $3.00 per piece. A Bing search found the exact same item at toolbarn.com for $1.49 each. That's more than 1/2 the price of amazon. And they shipped it for free with no sales tax. I have never found the best price or even the best service at amazon. When I see an amazon box, I know the customer grossly overpaid. Bezos once said " thank god for stupid people" and in this respect, he is quite right.
Samsung (SSNLF.PK) strengthened its lead as the world's top vendor of mobile phones and of smartphones in Q1, IDC estimates. The South Korean giant increased its market share in the latter category to 32.7% from 28.8 a year earlier and shipped more smartphones than the next four providers combined. Apple's (AAPL) share slipped to 17.3% from 23%. The global cellular phone market grew 4% on year to 418.6M devices, with smartphones outshipping feature phones for the first time. [View news story]
I have not spoken to one iPhone 5 user who is wishing for a bigger screen or Phone. The iPhone is such a wonderful device to use with little to no issues. Apple's ecosystem, user experience, Siri, imessage, facetime cannot all be replicated within Samsung and android. Apple products are beautifully executed and their whole user experience and the way information and images are represented on their ipads keeps me coming back. The stock price has been the result of hedge fund manipulation, not the result of shoddy products. Sadly, however, even though apple has stable of superior products, it seems the hedge funds will only take interest in aapl stock if apple comes out with another game changer.
Tim Cook: The (Negative) $250,000,000,000 Man [View article]
aapl is basically back to where it was when Jobs died. The run up in appl stock to 705 and back down is due to the hedge fund traders collusively manipulating the stock and aapl is an easy one to manipulate. If you think otherwise, perhaps stock trading is not for you. Nobody complained after Jobs dies and the stock wne t up 400 points. I don't beleive that any new, ground breaking products would have been released if Jobs were still alive. In fact, we might not even have the iPad mini. Your faulting Tim Cook when its the powerful traders and the media attention they buy you should direct your anger at. These guys pay for the talking head to pump the stock up as they liquidate longs positions and initiate shorts. Thats how this game works whether you believe it or not. They pick a few popular stocks like aapl, amzn, goog, pcln etc to put in play. Why don't stocks like cat, joy and apa fluctuate 10. 20 30 40 50 points a day. These are not stock to easliy control. The next time you see somone holding an iphone, ask them how they like, if they wish it had a bigger screen or if they'd switch to a competing vendor. You would be amazed how many people love their aapl products and how many would never switch. If aapl keeps selling the way they have in the past, the stock price will take care of itself. Last I checked iphones, ipads and minis were still outselling the competition. You can't blame Tim Cook because he is not Steve Jobs. Cook and Ives are the closet thing to Jobs and aapl would be in trouble if either of them left. Both of these guys understand Jobs and his philosophy. As aapl shareholders, we better hope they stick around. There are very, very few people in this world like Steve Jobs. I can think of two off the top of my head quickly- Bill Gates and Enzo Ferrari. You simply can't blame others for not being them. Cook and team have to concentrate on releasing high end products that appeal to the higher end people who are willing to pay more for a premium product. If they cater to the price sensitive everyday common man, they will become like every other vendor out there. Competing on price is never a good thing in business. In my business, I cater to the super elite. The Stevie Cohens, The Henry Kravis', and the Eyals Olfers of this world. On any given day, they can spend $500k each with my firm and price is not an issue because they are paying for my premium service. They want the best, they get the best and they are willing to pay for the best. If I had to compete on price like everyone else and catered to the Smith's, the Jone's and the everyman's of this world, I'd be living paycheck to paycheck in some two bedroom apartment in Queens driving a honda with duct tape holding the bumper and my kids would attend PS 132 in the Bronx. Thats not what my firm is all about and lets hope thats not what aapl decides to cater too. They still have premium and the best quality attached to their name. Ferrari is now workong with aapl to put Siri/ ipads into their awd cars. Ferrari did not pick a kindle or a nexus, they picked aapl for a reason
ComScore Is Reporting A Severe Slowdown In Amazon.com Web Traffic [View article]
These days, amazon has to compete with everyone else, which is why they can't earn any money. They can never raise pricing and have no proudtcs that can command a premium. They cater to the low end experience. Ebay not only has auctions. Many vendors have set up ebay stores and they often offer much better deals than amazon and they have buy it now pricing. Between thefind.com, ebay, buy.com, overstock.com,restocki... shoplet.com,target.com, etc. I save thousands a year on my purchases by doing smart shopping and avoiding amazon. To sum it up, I prefer not to overpay and there isn't a product I can't find elsewhere for far cheaper than amazon. Its your right to overpay if you like so keep on shopping at amazon dot com
ComScore Is Reporting A Severe Slowdown In Amazon.com Web Traffic [View article]
Thanks to T. Berners-Lee, eCommerce was around long before before Bezos. Pizza Hut and many banks pioneered e-retailng far in advance then Bezos copied the idea years later. While not exactly an e-retailer at the time, Barnes & Noble was selling books through mail order catalogs since the 1970's. Quite innovative for its time and certainly the precursor to selling via the web. Bezos was quite the copy cat. Regardless, amazon's stock price is at these levels because of manipulation by Bezos and hedge funds. From selling his overpriced stock, Bezos has the financial power to back many of these guys and for that they keep the stock inflated. What other company can lose money constantly, have slowing revenue growth, spew the same old "just wait and see growth story" for more than a decade yet trades at all time highs. If you think otherwise, perhaps you should learn the game. Don't you find it interesting that amazon is up 20 points since bezos invested in that crook Blodget? To clarify the butt-hurt comment you directed towards me, the only thing that hurts are my arms from carrying the hundreds of thousands of $$ i have made trading aapl, both on the long and short side, to the bank. I am a trader, not an investor, aside from retirement accounts, of technology. While I am not on the level of my good friend Stevie Cohen, I am quite sure I make more money in a given week than most people in the US make in a year. Last I checked, I am certainly entitled to my opinion. I have used amazon in the past and I found their customer service horrible, their prices are no longer competitive and they constantly advertise a low price, only to be changed to a higher cost. I find every single product I wish to buy online much cheaper at other vendors. I have yet to find anything on amazon that i can't get elsewhere for far less. If I have these experiences with amazon, I bet others do too. I trade hard for my money and I prefer to keep as much of it as possible in my pocket, not Bezos' by overpaying. You guys want to overpay, you go right ahead and keep clicking away at amzon dot com. Bezos' once said in private "thank god for stupid people" and I must say, he is quite right.
ComScore Is Reporting A Severe Slowdown In Amazon.com Web Traffic [View article]
Bezels is no Steve jobs or Bill Gates. What is it exactly that he innovated? He is a glorified middleman peddling others merchandise. He and his company have succeeded with respect to share price increase simply because Bezos is a FOWS (friend of Wall street). Bezos' hedge fund buddies own most of the stock and keep it inflated. Amazon' stock is up 20 points since Bezos made his investment in Henry Blodget ( the crook that publicly hyped the same stocks that he was telling his better investors to sell and short) . He has been a buddy of Bezos and is one of the main reasons for amazon's share price climb. Blodget peddled the stock to his other hedge fund buddies for years and here we are at $273. For this, Bezos rewarded Blodget to the tune of $5 million. Blodget is now writing the financial forward for amazon's upcoming earnings report. Both if these guys should be in the same place ad s Bernie Madoff. Bezos is no innovator, he is nothing more than a used car salesman with very powerful friends in high places. Has anybody experienced this with amazon: yesterday i searched eBay, Barnes & noble and thefind.com for a price on a blu ray DVD. Barnes and eBay had it for $8.29. The eBay seller offered no sales tax and free shipping. Amazon had it listed at $6. I thought this was impossible, so I clicked on it and it took me to amazon's website which now had it listed for $10.95 plus tax and shipping. This happens constantly with them- Very deceptive. I have spoken to others who no longer use amazon as this is becoming the norm. Every item I have purchased online, Amazon has never had the best pricing or customer service so I am amazed that people still use them. I have spoken to several insiders who work at the company and many despise Bezos and his tactics. They did tell me that amply rewards anyone who can get his company and stock ahead by any means. The Bezos-Blodget team is proof of that.
Amazon Falling From Tax Haven To Debt Hell - Prepare To Sell [View article]
Bezels is no Steve jobs or Bill Gates. What is it exactly that he innovated? He is a glorified middleman peddling others merchandise. He and his company have succeeded with respect to share price increase simply because Bezos is a FOWS (friend of Wall street). Bezos' hedge fund buddies own most of the stock and keep it inflated. Amazon' stock is up 20 points since Bezos made his investment in Henry Blodget ( the crook that publicly hyped the same stocks that he was telling his better investors to sell and short) . He has been a buddy of Bezos and is one of the main reasons for amazon's share price climb. Blodget peddled the stock to his other hedge fund buddies for years and here we are at $273. For this, Bezos rewarded Blodget to the tune of $5 million. Blodget is now writing the financial forward for amazon's upcoming earnings report. Both if these guys should be in the same place ad s Bernie Madoff. Bezos is no innovator, he is nothing more than a used car salesman with very powerful friends in high places. Has anybody experienced this with amazon: yesterday i searched eBay, Barnes & noble and thefind.com for a price on a blu ray DVD. Barnes and eBay had it for $8.29. The eBay seller offered no sales tax and free shipping. Amazon had it listed at $6. I thought this was impossible, so I clicked on it and it took me to amazon's website which now had it listed for $10.95 plus tax and shipping. This happens constantly with them- Very deceptive. I have spoken to others who no longer use amazon as this is becoming the norm. Every item I have purchased online, Amazon has never had the best pricing or customer service so I am amazed that people still use them. I have spoken to several insiders who work at the company and many despise Bezos and his tactics. They did tell me that amply rewards anyone who can get his company and stock ahead by any means. The Bezos-Blodget tape am is proof of that.
Further Signs Of Demand Weakness Now Hit The iPad Mini [View article]
I dont believe that the majority of people buy iphones as a status symbol. Thats just ridiculous. A $600 phone is a status symbol? What kind of idiot would be impressed by someone holding a phone? I am more envious of the people who own the $100 million apartment in Manhattan, the $40 million waterfront weekend estate in East Hampton, the $20 million ski chalet in Vail, the $30 million 450' ocean liner lunching off the coast of Monaco on it and the fleet of planes from Gulfstreams to vintage Mustang P-51's fighter jets. I believe that most buy an iphone because it works perfectly for them. I bought mine because after trying it, it proved to be a superior product. While I don't own an "slk", and quite frankly, that is barely a Mercedes Benz, I do own a range rover and a new Ferrari Spider, but I bought these things for me to enjoy, not because its going to impress someone driving past me in an "SLK" or its equivalent the Mazda Miata. Jeez, the things some people say
Apple's Magic Is Broken [View article]
What's Fueling Amazon's Incredible Revenue Growth? [View article]
Msft grew revenue by 18% in the face of a PC slowdown. Aapl s still growing revenue higher than amazon.
The difference is that these companies earn billions in profits while growing revenues. Amazon earns nothing yet Bezos' hedge fund buddies continue to manipulate the stock higher.
Far better prices can be found everywhere on the web from Walmart, eBay, Barnes & noble, iTunes, thefind.com, overstock.com, restockit.com etc. etc.
amzn is a great trading stock because the friends of Bezos hedge funds keep propping it up, but as an investment, I'd be nervous that with so much competition, no pricing power and no proprietary offerings, amazon could easily find itself out of business
4 Reasons To Buy Google Right Now [View article]
Correct me if I am wrong, but goog derives more than 95% of its revenue from advertising. The cost that goog has been ale to charge for its ads has been steadily coming down. They must continually sell more ads to compensate and this is a tough game to play long term.
They have not been able to monetize any of the businesses they have bought into like android and YouTube.
Google glass appears to be a glorified cell phone/ video camera affixed to an eyeglass frame, so we will have to see what comes of them.
To buy goog here will leave people in the same place as those that bought aapl at $700. Goog will hit $1000 as that is where the hedge traders will push it, but it could easily get cut in half. Caution is warranted with goog
Chasing Smartphone Market Share Is A Chump's Game; Why Apple Will Win [View article]
As far as electronics, my kids love their iPad 4's, their mini's and their Nintendo 3ds XL. They just have no interest in any other tablet.
Their friends only talk about iPhones, iPads, & minis. I just don't ever hear any kids or teens talking or getting excited about any other gadgets unless the have an "i" in front of it.
As far as "something new", I don't know of any company that has so many successful high end products on the market as apple, nor do I know of any company that can invent ground breaking products every 6 months as Wall Street is demanding.
Amazon Keeps Spending More As Its Customers Spend Less [View article]
Samsung (SSNLF.PK) strengthened its lead as the world's top vendor of mobile phones and of smartphones in Q1, IDC estimates. The South Korean giant increased its market share in the latter category to 32.7% from 28.8 a year earlier and shipped more smartphones than the next four providers combined. Apple's (AAPL) share slipped to 17.3% from 23%. The global cellular phone market grew 4% on year to 418.6M devices, with smartphones outshipping feature phones for the first time. [View news story]
The stock price has been the result of hedge fund manipulation, not the result of shoddy products. Sadly, however, even though apple has stable of superior products, it seems the hedge funds will only take interest in aapl stock if apple comes out with another game changer.
Tim Cook: The (Negative) $250,000,000,000 Man [View article]
Tim Cook: The (Negative) $250,000,000,000 Man [View article]
I don't beleive that any new, ground breaking products would have been released if Jobs were still alive. In fact, we might not even have the iPad mini.
Your faulting Tim Cook when its the powerful traders and the media attention they buy you should direct your anger at. These guys pay for the talking head to pump the stock up as they liquidate longs positions and initiate shorts. Thats how this game works whether you believe it or not. They pick a few popular stocks like aapl, amzn, goog, pcln etc to put in play. Why don't stocks like cat, joy and apa fluctuate 10. 20 30 40 50 points a day. These are not stock to easliy control.
The next time you see somone holding an iphone, ask them how they like, if they wish it had a bigger screen or if they'd switch to a competing vendor. You would be amazed how many people love their aapl products and how many would never switch. If aapl keeps selling the way they have in the past, the stock price will take care of itself. Last I checked iphones, ipads and minis were still outselling the competition.
You can't blame Tim Cook because he is not Steve Jobs. Cook and Ives are the closet thing to Jobs and aapl would be in trouble if either of them left. Both of these guys understand Jobs and his philosophy. As aapl shareholders, we better hope they stick around. There are very, very few people in this world like Steve Jobs. I can think of two off the top of my head quickly- Bill Gates and Enzo Ferrari. You simply can't blame others for not being them. Cook and team have to concentrate on releasing high end products that appeal to the higher end people who are willing to pay more for a premium product. If they cater to the price sensitive everyday common man, they will become like every other vendor out there. Competing on price is never a good thing in business. In my business, I cater to the super elite. The Stevie Cohens, The Henry Kravis', and the Eyals Olfers of this world. On any given day, they can spend $500k each with my firm and price is not an issue because they are paying for my premium service. They want the best, they get the best and they are willing to pay for the best. If I had to compete on price like everyone else and catered to the Smith's, the Jone's and the everyman's of this world, I'd be living paycheck to paycheck in some two bedroom apartment in Queens driving a honda with duct tape holding the bumper and my kids would attend PS 132 in the Bronx. Thats not what my firm is all about and lets hope thats not what aapl decides to cater too. They still have premium and the best quality attached to their name. Ferrari is now workong with aapl to put Siri/ ipads into their awd cars. Ferrari did not pick a kindle or a nexus, they picked aapl for a reason
ComScore Is Reporting A Severe Slowdown In Amazon.com Web Traffic [View article]
Ebay not only has auctions. Many vendors have set up ebay stores and they often offer much better deals than amazon and they have buy it now pricing. Between thefind.com, ebay, buy.com, overstock.com,restocki... shoplet.com,target.com, etc. I save thousands a year on my purchases by doing smart shopping and avoiding amazon.
To sum it up, I prefer not to overpay and there isn't a product I can't find elsewhere for far cheaper than amazon. Its your right to overpay if you like so keep on shopping at amazon dot com
ComScore Is Reporting A Severe Slowdown In Amazon.com Web Traffic [View article]
Regardless, amazon's stock price is at these levels because of manipulation by Bezos and hedge funds. From selling his overpriced stock, Bezos has the financial power to back many of these guys and for that they keep the stock inflated. What other company can lose money constantly, have slowing revenue growth, spew the same old "just wait and see growth story" for more than a decade yet trades at all time highs. If you think otherwise, perhaps you should learn the game. Don't you find it interesting that amazon is up 20 points since bezos invested in that crook Blodget?
To clarify the butt-hurt comment you directed towards me, the only thing that hurts are my arms from carrying the hundreds of thousands of $$ i have made trading aapl, both on the long and short side, to the bank. I am a trader, not an investor, aside from retirement accounts, of technology. While I am not on the level of my good friend Stevie Cohen, I am quite sure I make more money in a given week than most people in the US make in a year.
Last I checked, I am certainly entitled to my opinion. I have used amazon in the past and I found their customer service horrible, their prices are no longer competitive and they constantly advertise a low price, only to be changed to a higher cost. I find every single product I wish to buy online much cheaper at other vendors. I have yet to find anything on amazon that i can't get elsewhere for far less. If I have these experiences with amazon, I bet others do too. I trade hard for my money and I prefer to keep as much of it as possible in my pocket, not Bezos' by overpaying. You guys want to overpay, you go right ahead and keep clicking away at amzon dot com. Bezos' once said in private "thank god for stupid people" and I must say, he is quite right.
IDC Data Are More Bullish For Microsoft Than The Market Seems To Realize [View article]
I met an it guy in ny on Wednesday. He was carrying a surface pro under his arm. I made the mistake of asking him his thoughts about it and if his it clients were using iPads in the field. The guy cornered me and for the next thirty minutes I listened to him as he raved about the surface's abilities as well as how many business users were disappointed in the iPads capabilities with respect to its use in business. The guy was very passionate about the Pro. My company has upgrade to win 8 on dell one 27's and Lenovo ideacentre touch screens as well as the surface pro's. I can tell you that we are amazed. It is fast, fluid, stable and has brought computing into the future.
ComScore Is Reporting A Severe Slowdown In Amazon.com Web Traffic [View article]
Amazon' stock is up 20 points since Bezos made his investment in Henry Blodget ( the crook that publicly hyped the same stocks that he was telling his better investors to sell and short) . He has been a buddy of Bezos and is one of the main reasons for amazon's share price climb. Blodget peddled the stock to his other hedge fund buddies for years and here we are at $273. For this, Bezos rewarded Blodget to the tune of $5 million. Blodget is now writing the financial forward for amazon's upcoming earnings report. Both if these guys should be in the same place ad s Bernie Madoff.
Bezos is no innovator, he is nothing more than a used car salesman with very powerful friends in high places.
Has anybody experienced this with amazon: yesterday i searched eBay, Barnes & noble and thefind.com for a price on a blu ray DVD. Barnes and eBay had it for $8.29. The eBay seller offered no sales tax and free shipping. Amazon had it listed at $6. I thought this was impossible, so I clicked on it and it took me to amazon's website which now had it listed for $10.95 plus tax and shipping. This happens constantly with them- Very deceptive. I have spoken to others who no longer use amazon as this is becoming the norm. Every item I have purchased online, Amazon has never had the best pricing or customer service so I am amazed that people still use them. I have spoken to several insiders who work at the company and many despise Bezos and his tactics. They did tell me that amply rewards anyone who can get his company and stock ahead by any means. The Bezos-Blodget team is proof of that.
Amazon Falling From Tax Haven To Debt Hell - Prepare To Sell [View article]
Amazon' stock is up 20 points since Bezos made his investment in Henry Blodget ( the crook that publicly hyped the same stocks that he was telling his better investors to sell and short) . He has been a buddy of Bezos and is one of the main reasons for amazon's share price climb. Blodget peddled the stock to his other hedge fund buddies for years and here we are at $273. For this, Bezos rewarded Blodget to the tune of $5 million. Blodget is now writing the financial forward for amazon's upcoming earnings report. Both if these guys should be in the same place ad s Bernie Madoff.
Bezos is no innovator, he is nothing more than a used car salesman with very powerful friends in high places.
Has anybody experienced this with amazon: yesterday i searched eBay, Barnes & noble and thefind.com for a price on a blu ray DVD. Barnes and eBay had it for $8.29. The eBay seller offered no sales tax and free shipping. Amazon had it listed at $6. I thought this was impossible, so I clicked on it and it took me to amazon's website which now had it listed for $10.95 plus tax and shipping. This happens constantly with them- Very deceptive. I have spoken to others who no longer use amazon as this is becoming the norm. Every item I have purchased online, Amazon has never had the best pricing or customer service so I am amazed that people still use them. I have spoken to several insiders who work at the company and many despise Bezos and his tactics. They did tell me that amply rewards anyone who can get his company and stock ahead by any means. The Bezos-Blodget tape am is proof of that.
Further Signs Of Demand Weakness Now Hit The iPad Mini [View article]
Further Signs Of Demand Weakness Now Hit The iPad Mini [View article]
I am more envious of the people who own the $100 million apartment in Manhattan, the $40 million waterfront weekend estate in East Hampton, the $20 million ski chalet in Vail, the $30 million 450' ocean liner lunching off the coast of Monaco on it and the fleet of planes from Gulfstreams to vintage Mustang P-51's fighter jets.
I believe that most buy an iphone because it works perfectly for them. I bought mine because after trying it, it proved to be a superior product.
While I don't own an "slk", and quite frankly, that is barely a Mercedes Benz, I do own a range rover and a new Ferrari Spider, but I bought these things for me to enjoy, not because its going to impress someone driving past me in an "SLK" or its equivalent the Mazda Miata.
Jeez, the things some people say