“Good things come to those to wait, so we are told. When it comes to Apple, both investors and consumers have been waiting for some new products to be launched,” Bill Maurer writes for Seeking Alpha. “When you combine the lack of an iPad refresh with a weak PC industry, Apple’s revenue growth has completely stalled for the time being. However, that may be about to change.”
“Next week, Apple is expected to start launching new products, and the wait will be over,” Maurer writes. “These new products are very important for Apple, but investors need to remember that Apple’s year ends in September. Even if the company releases two new phones for sale on the 20th and maybe something else, they will contribute a very small percentage of revenues to this fiscal year. These products will form the basis for the story of Apple’s fiscal 2014, which starts in less than one month.”
Maurer writes “While Apple shares could sell off right when products are announced (as they have at times in the past), this is a time that Apple shareholders should look forward to. Those that bought at $400 a few months ago were handsomely rewarded, and those now buying at $500 will hope for similar results thanks to these new products coming shortly.”
Tons more in the full article here.
Seeking Alpha? Pffffft. I’ll hold off on this advice until it hits beta.
Perfect comment from someone who shouldn’t be investing in anything. “Alpha” is a finance term that is basically a measurement of returns in excess of market returns.
Investors are, by the very act of investing in specific stockd, looking for “alpha.” If they didn’t, they would play it safe and invest in a broader index of securities.
http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?rd=1&word=Alpha
Perfect comment from someone who could put a lump of coal in his ass and pull out a diamond.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
I think you should read that link. Whether you were ignorant of the meaning of alpha in that context or you understood it and were making a joke… It clearly was not sarcasm. What you suggested you were doing is a type of pun.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun
Geek humor, get it?
Even Beta isn’t polished enough for me.
Humor is subjective.
And your lost yours.
“Lost your humor” means “getting angry.” I’m not angry. I feel sorry for you pathetic insects. I come here to discuss Apple products and, tangentially, finance. Coming to MDN for “humor” makes no sense at all.
Coal -> Diamond. Financially, you’re set.
You make jokes to cover you’re well-deserved lack of self-esteem.
For those who don’t know: Cubert was pulling a joke.
In coding terms:
Anything ‘alpha is the first thing that kind of, sort of works during a coding project. It is distributed to fellow geeks for bashing and improving. The public must NEVER see it as it inherently sucks.
Anything ‘beta’ is the first thing that the coders suspect might be worth actually using in public. These versions are distributed to real users, either QA (quality assurance) staff or real world customers and clients, for evaluation and bug reporting.
The end result is either 1.0 or a new iteration version of the product.
IOW: Cubert was NOT interested in investing terminology. He was interested in making us laugh. 😆
Oh, sure, waiting with bated breath for color to brighten our day. Pfft…please. Lowered expectations already abound.
Good to know the applehaters are running scared, thanks for checking in.
Apple is going to try to provide the best & most innovative (even if the innovations are internal) personal digital devices possible this fall.
Pushing competitors to the wall will be what happens to those who do not innovate like mad to keep up.
I’ll be in line for an iPhone, MBPro and Mac Pro along with Airport at the very least. Would I buy any of those devices from say Dell or HP or Samsung? What, and suffer a downgrade?
2BoC – yes yes yes – Im with ya!
So yeah… how about that Mac Pro, eh? Will I be able to buy that on September 10th? Or what about an updated AppleTV product? Something exciting please.
Or will it just be updated iPhones? :-/
Apple is not stupid on staggering introductions, so they keep the sales training, scheduling, stocking, production and consumer issues able to be better controlled for smooth introductions.
It is also wise for keeping Apple’s advertising in front of people’s “eyes” at different times for different new products.
Clearly, you haven’t watched Apple for long. Next Tuesday’s presentation will focus on iPhones. Expect the new Mac Pro later, in October, probably coinciding with the release of Mavericks.
That’s my 2¢.
And here I thought I had been having fun with Apple already.
The really SCARY part, to all the Apple Bears and AnalCysts:
Apple had a really good 2013 fiscal year.
Darn!
And even worse: Fiscal 2014 is going to start with a terrific BANG!
Cover your ears all you stupid Apple Bears and AnalCysts. It might make you go deaf. And that would be just too hilarious. 😆
Maybe you should look at how much money they are making than looking at how much money they are making is growing. You might find that impressive…