Comments on: Stock ManAAPLation? [Updated]

By: Robert Falkner

Robert Falkner — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:34:16 +0000

35,861 puts @$90…16,687 @$95…46,211 @$100 and that’s all times a hundred shares of course. Somebody’s gonna lose a bundle if they can’t shut Apple down by the 16th. Well worth planning in advance for.

By: John Paczkowski

John Paczkowski — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:20:13 +0000

Jeff ... The "op-ed" to which you refer was based on a Dell exec. blog post. It was not "taken" from another WSJ writer. In fact, the WSJ article ran about a week after my post. If you re-read my Dell post, you'll see that there's quite a bit more to it then DELL=BAD, APPLE=GOOD.

By: Jeff Stevens

Jeff Stevens — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:02:51 +0000

My word I had in mind Mark is Hypocrisy. John also wrote an op-ed bashing Dell favoring Apple in the “Green with envy” story, he took from a WSJ writer. Even though Apple is rated lower in Green than Dell, as John indicated. The smart op-ed would to have agreed with Dell in bashing Apple for making a Green TV commercial. So I am shocked he isn’t an Apple stockholder.

By: Sunny Guy

Sunny Guy — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:38:09 +0000

You sold AAPL based on an anonymous rumor??

I think your allowance is too high — your parents
need to reduce it.

Unfortunately, you’re probably a typical “investor”
nowadays. No wonder the market is bonkers.

Sunny Guy

By: Mark Light

Mark Light — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:44:21 +0000

Sour grapes, in other words. Jealousy, basically. :) Grrr…(me thumbs the Thesaurus)… :)

By: Mark Light

Mark Light — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:40:59 +0000

Looks’d like Sun-related exposure, from here. :)

By: John Paczkowski

John Paczkowski — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:29:35 +0000

I don’t really hold any stocks, Jeff.

http://allthingsd.com/about/john-paczkowski/

By: Jeff Stevens

Jeff Stevens — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:23:10 +0000

Only your stocks, John, are manipulated. Stocks like SIRI, that you trashed on the 30th, and Peter on the 28th aren’t!

By: sheldon danto

sheldon danto — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:18:55 +0000

I’ve seen this manipulation trend and have in messages asked the SEC to investigate. From a gut feel perspective there appears to be some link between reporting on RIMM and the negative statements from select analysts. APPLE is unbelievably well positioned, in product, in market / customer perceptions, and financially with it’s cash and margin levels plus its recuring revenue line as to how it books a IPHONE sale. Ultimately, either the market manipulators will get nervous or they will get caught and APPLE will again climb back to the value levels it has earned. SEC take a look, other investors – be patient – stock will be back where it belongs soon.

By: Ken Maness

Ken Maness — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:59:15 +0000

Maybe I’m naive, but I’ve sold shares of Apple stock twice in the last two months based on reports of Steve Jobs illness. The latest was supposedly from a source at Gizmodo that had been 100% correct in the past, before that from an ‘anonymous user’ that Steve had supposedly been rushed to the hospital with chest pains. Whether I’m naive or not for selling, this type of garbage has cost me a great deal of money.

By: Uma Lakshman

Uma Lakshman — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:52:11 +0000

Yes, I noted the very same on Dec31st. I disagree on the stock price though, it should have been 108.