“For the first time, market research firm IDC is predicting that 2015 will be the first year that the rate at which the worldwide smartphone market expands will sink into single digits. Turns out, most people who want smartphones probably already have ’em,” Davey Alba reports for Wired. “Counterintuitively, this is to Apple’s benefit.”
“Since most people who want smartphones in many parts of the world now already own them, it follows that more growth is likely to happen in the upgrade market than among first-time buyers in China,” Alba reports. “In its last reported quarter, Apple saw 99 percent revenue growth in the country compared to the same period last year. There’s yet more potential to convert smartphone owners into Apple users as the country continues its transition to 4G technology.”
“Finally, it’s because Apple is the undisputed king of premium smartphones that, even if the company doesn’t sell all the phones, it still makes massive piles of money.,” Alba reports. “It’s the little guys who are on the losing end.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The signs are all lit up in flashing neon lights. Can, nay will, Wall Street finally see them?
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Thumper” for the heads up.]
It’s hard to believe that Wall Street is stubbornly opposed to making $ with Apple. They wouldn’t pass on the opportunity unless they could make more elsewhere.
On the contrary, I think Wall Street is making tons of money off Apple with how volatile the ups and downs are on the stock..
They are gaming the system.
once AAPL surpasses PLUM (adjusted +- for BUN), growth is inevitable.
the question is whether anal-ysts will have the foresight to use EGG trajectories YTD rather than short term metrics.
They already have EGG all over their faces.
Cream
BUYING AND SELLING FROM THE BEGINNING?
Looks like the US Jobs numbers yesterday and the 99% probability of a follow through Fed action on Interest Rates on 16th December 2015 will finally see stability returning to the markets.
Impact: looks like large institutional investors started piling into AAPL yesterday, as they predict the end of easy money & therefore flight to stocks with solid underlying fundamentals that cannot be argued with …. aka Apple Inc.!