“Apple Inc is not expected to show a big post-earnings swing when it reports fiscal third-quarter results after the closing bell on Tuesday, but this could also mean investors are under-hedged in case the company delivers a shock,” Angela Moon and Doris Frankel report for Reuters.
“The options market is pricing in a potential move up or down of 4 to near 5 percent in Apple’s stock price following the results,” Moon and Frankel report. “This is in line with a historic average move of about 4.3 to 4.4 percent over the past four quarters.”
Moon and Frankel report, “The implied volatility for the next 30 days for Apple stands at 29.4 percent, according to options analytics firm Livevol. That number compared with the same measure from the past seven earnings cycles is very low, said Ophir Gottlieb, managing director of Livevol Inc. ‘This tells us that investors are not expecting large movements and they would be under-hedged if Apple earnings deviated significantly from what is expected,’ Place said.”
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Last line in article, bottom line? :
“The intrinsic value of Apple is estimated at $728, way above the current share price, according to Thomson Reuters’ Starmine.”
Jibber Jabber, Jibber Jabber! What a lot of investor jargon! I have no idea what they are talking about!
Don’t worry, the so-called analysts don’t either.
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All I know is that GOOG had a big miss on earnings last week, yet less than one freaking week later it was right back where it was before. The entire thing is just one big fix, so don’t even try making any sense out of what the stock does after earnings are announced later today.
Google will finally take a big hit when their phone flops and Samesung gets close to having their own os.
Samsung doesn’t need its own OS, it just needs to fork a variation of Android that Google services aren’t allowed on.
they many not, but last I heard they were working one it. I think it was called Tinzen.
Tizen actually
Really? You’ll notice that I prefaced that with the words “I think,” implying uncertainty.
Too much bad blood injected into Apple’s share prices by WS. Thankfully that doesn’t dictate well they can do as a company.
Oh no! I haven’t got any options left!!!