Marc Faber says Apple reminds him of Polaroid, and that we could see the company go completely belly-up, with CNBC’s Jackie DeAngelis and the Futures Now Traders.
Well, basically, this is the kind of stuff I’m really not interested in. This is the kind of Polaroid of 1970. Uh, Dr. Land, who was the founder of Polaroid, has more patents under his head than anyone else in the world and Polaroid went bust. And, we have many other examples of high tech companies that just faded away… I’m not saying [Apple Inc.] will go bust, I said it could go bust – eventually. Not tomorrow and not the day after tomorrow, but it’s basically a toy company for grownups. – Marc Faber, October 15, 2013
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Marc Faber has spiking his coffee today! A baseless comment with no support. Ignore him!
Let’s not forget ” Life changes and fades! “
Toys?
While it may be true that I play a lot, I use Apple products through-out the day. Other than sleeping, I’m not sure I often go more than an hour without touching an Apple product. True again, sometimes it’s for games, watching movies, or watching TV, but I’m also checking news, communicating, navigating, controlling other devices, and such… that is, when I’m not working behind one of my Macs every day.
Yes, Apple could go bust… and so could Exxon… “but Exxon is an oil company that we depend upon for transportation and energy”… I’d rather have my Apple products, thank you.
Mark Faber will go bust.
this report is BS, Polaroid and Kodak went bust because they didnt want to cannibalise itself, like holding on to film technology and fearful of digital destroying the film, so they withheld digital development, Apple is not afraid to cannibalise itself, so apple will innovate and move on, not go bust. Why are these writers allowed to write such garbage?
I think we have just witnessed an Analyst who has missed taking his daily meds
What is sad is that some will believe him and sell.
For Apple to go belly up would mean that another company would have to invent on a whole other higher level and establish an ecosystem, and we know for sure that won’t be Samsung or even Google.
Does this guy understand anything about product markets. The only possible motivation for his outrageous speculation is
:(1) He and his buddies are trying to cover a short position before Tim Cook announces the next phase oz share repurchase … closing the window and gain/loss equation on short plays
(2). He really knows nothing about the impact of connected mobile devices on our business and personal lives, because he’s living under a rock
MK
ALL tech companies are much more volatile because technology keeps marching on, and big companies find it hard to adapt to new paradigms. If you want safety, invest in staple foods and so forth. I would have to agree actually that tech stocks should in general be valued lower because nobody really takes this risk into account. So many stocks, Blackberry, Sun Microsystems, and many others were thought to be so great before they cratered. But I think Apple is better placed than most other tech stocks. They have the money to buy the future of technology, and their culture is more adaptive than most.
Apple reminds me of fruits, and fruits always get eaten, therefore Apple will be eaten.
Mcdruid reminds me of nuts, therefore he is.
Yes, Macdruid, and more fruit grows to take the place of that which has been eaten, just like Apple will continue to produce new and more flavoursome ‘fruits’ on into the future.
Marc Faber became known when he discovered
that Ken Lay of Enron was a crook. Marc Faber is no long looked on as knowing anything except the seat is warm where has been sitting. His statement is totally stupid. He is a no body in the investment world.
If iPhones, iPads, iPods, iMacs, iTVs and almost everything else Apple makes aren’t toys for adults WTF are they?
First and foremost I think we should all realize that Mr. Faber doesn’t “Get It”.
The IT in this case is the fact that Apple doesn’t make Toys. Not for kids and certainly not for grownups.
Until he somehow wraps his head around those facts he’s going to continue to look very foolish to the world at large.
huh where can we comment on that ANALyst report?
And the US can go bust one day. Wait looks like defaults a coming.
A realist will tell you the glass is 100% full – 50% liquid, 50% gas
don’t forget the glass itself is a solid!
Marc Faber is smart that he works on a TV channel.
Cook. Leave.
X. Piss off.
No the only way Apple loses is with Goldman Sachs. Finance as Monty Python showed years ago is theft and pirate rades!
Apple the innocent robin is in bed with the wolf!
Yawn …
Why not tell me in September 2012 ? Why say it now ?
Those who don’t learn from History are bound to repeat it … or something like that. Marc … the sky may fall!
The weak point at Apple today is, that the Fisher Price iPhone 5C is 100$ to expensive ..
Everybody needs their toys, especially adults. Adult toys have come out of the closet because everybody finally admitted they’re a lot of fun. And sexy.
…waiting for the smart vibrator as only Apple can imagine it.
A REAL engineer will proclaim the glass has the correct size, with a safety margin of 100%. An sales guy will then tell him to make the glass half that size, because “we can’t scale for worst case scenarios”.