Comments on: The Great Apple Stock Debate http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Motorcycle Guy http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-233990 Motorcycle Guy Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:19:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-233990 <p>Apple probably is overhyped and overpriced but barring a huge mistake I think they'll continue to grow, hopefully the rate of their stock price slows down so they can lower their PE ratio though.</p> Apple probably is overhyped and overpriced but barring a huge mistake I think they’ll continue to grow, hopefully the rate of their stock price slows down so they can lower their PE ratio though.

]]> By: GigaOM | The Great Apple Stock Debate » Blog Archive » Dragon Head Almost Destroyed Me http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-218377 GigaOM | The Great Apple Stock Debate » Blog Archive » Dragon Head Almost Destroyed Me Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:29:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-218377 <p>[...] is further back with a 400% gain; while Amazon, this year’s buzzboy, lags slightly behind. .: FULL ARTICILE :. Options:  [...]</p> [...] is further back with a 400% gain; while Amazon, this year’s buzzboy, lags slightly behind. .: FULL ARTICILE :. Options:  [...]

]]> By: Travis http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-217823 Travis Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:23:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-217823 <p>I actually did a rather lengthy write-up just yesterday explaining while I think Google, Amazon, and Apple (among a few others such as American Superconductor and Applied Digital Solutions) are a "Strong Buy."</p> <p>You can check it out here <a href="http://www.hizook.com/blog/2007/06/18/investing-for-engineers-stocks-and-mutual-funds" rel="nofollow">Hizook.com</a></p> <p>The reason for Apple is simple. They have <em>several</em> great products, even lay-people are buying in droves, and they show no sign of letting up. Sounds like a winning situation to me -- P/E ratios aside.</p> <p>Amazon is a tough call, but their S3 service is really revolutionary. It was responsible (at least in my opinion) for driving the stock up 40% during their last earnings report. I think you'll see something similar happen come end of July.</p> <p>Google just has the brain-power and will-power to make things happen. I'd buy purely on philosophy.</p> I actually did a rather lengthy write-up just yesterday explaining while I think Google, Amazon, and Apple (among a few others such as American Superconductor and Applied Digital Solutions) are a “Strong Buy.”

You can check it out here Hizook.com

The reason for Apple is simple. They have several great products, even lay-people are buying in droves, and they show no sign of letting up. Sounds like a winning situation to me — P/E ratios aside.

Amazon is a tough call, but their S3 service is really revolutionary. It was responsible (at least in my opinion) for driving the stock up 40% during their last earnings report. I think you’ll see something similar happen come end of July.

Google just has the brain-power and will-power to make things happen. I’d buy purely on philosophy.

]]> By: franky http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-217193 franky Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:15:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-217193 <p>Darn, I just can't imagine Nick Denton with a Detroit Tigers cap. And I don't think I dentoned this one.</p> Darn, I just can’t imagine Nick Denton with a Detroit Tigers cap. And I don’t think I dentoned this one.

]]> By: Kevin Kelleher http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-214445 Kevin Kelleher Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:26:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-214445 <p>Yev - I agree AMZN is way overdue for a correction.</p> <p>Coleman - Dollar gains aren't the same as percentage gains. Apple started from a much smaller price than Google. If you'd invested $1000 in Apple in August 2004, you'd have made more money today than if you'd invested in Google.</p> <p>Dax - The only advice you'll ever hear from me is not to confuse a journalist's opinion with investment advice.</p> <p>Franky - I don't want any of FSJ's luurve unless he's wearing his Detroit Tigers cap at the time ;) http://blogs.business2.com/beta/2007/06/behold_the_hand.html</p> Yev – I agree AMZN is way overdue for a correction.

Coleman – Dollar gains aren’t the same as percentage gains. Apple started from a much smaller price than Google. If you’d invested $1000 in Apple in August 2004, you’d have made more money today than if you’d invested in Google.

Dax – The only advice you’ll ever hear from me is not to confuse a journalist’s opinion with investment advice.

Franky – I don’t want any of FSJ’s luurve unless he’s wearing his Detroit Tigers cap at the time ;) http://blogs.business2.com/beta/2007/06/behold_the_hand.html

]]> By: Apple devastates beyond the desktop « wicksite http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-213898 Apple devastates beyond the desktop « wicksite Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:48:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-213898 <p>[...] Put into the picture Apple’s competitive laptops, Apple TV, and the oh-so-subversive glue - iTunes, which bypasses Windows to network with other instances of itself - and you start to see the complete personal distributed device network to which Apple aspires. I don’t currently own Apple stock but I have encouraged everyone I know to buy some. [...]</p> [...] Put into the picture Apple’s competitive laptops, Apple TV, and the oh-so-subversive glue – iTunes, which bypasses Windows to network with other instances of itself – and you start to see the complete personal distributed device network to which Apple aspires. I don’t currently own Apple stock but I have encouraged everyone I know to buy some. [...]

]]> By: StockWatch http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-212566 StockWatch Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:00:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-212566 <p>ValleyWag is still the current "Champ" in the "Apple is dead" sweepstakes (taking over from Michael Dell ;p ); he sold ALL his Apple shares just 2 months ago, at around 94, and advised us all to follow suit. Stock is up $30 a share since then.</p> ValleyWag is still the current “Champ” in the “Apple is dead” sweepstakes (taking over from Michael Dell ;p ); he sold ALL his Apple shares just 2 months ago, at around 94, and advised us all to follow suit. Stock is up $30 a share since then.

]]> By: Yev http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-212453 Yev Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:39:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-212453 <p>"That said, the stock seems overdue for a modest correction, given its rush from $90 to $120 in less than two months. Corrections can be a beneficial thing for stock rallies, laying the groundwork for further advances"</p> <p>Why is it overdue? Why isn't AMZN overdue? Look at Amazon's PE for gods sake and compare it to Apple as well as growth and consistency over the last number of years.</p> <p>Apple is constantly compared to Dell, HP, etc., when its nowhere near those companies, its leaps and bounds above them.</p> <p>People need to get over their "hate" for Apple and admit that is one of the few that consistently delivers quality product and growth.</p> <p>nuff said</p> “That said, the stock seems overdue for a modest correction, given its rush from $90 to $120 in less than two months. Corrections can be a beneficial thing for stock rallies, laying the groundwork for further advances”

Why is it overdue? Why isn’t AMZN overdue? Look at Amazon’s PE for gods sake and compare it to Apple as well as growth and consistency over the last number of years.

Apple is constantly compared to Dell, HP, etc., when its nowhere near those companies, its leaps and bounds above them.

People need to get over their “hate” for Apple and admit that is one of the few that consistently delivers quality product and growth.

nuff said

]]> By: Coleman Foley http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-212074 Coleman Foley Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:47:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-212074 <p>Google's stock has gone up $400 in the last 5 years, while Apple's has gone up $115 in the same period.</p> Google’s stock has gone up $400 in the last 5 years, while Apple’s has gone up $115 in the same period.

]]> By: dax http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-211800 dax Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:58:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-211800 <p>frankly the only thing more telling of a top (in any market) is when general public persona feel inclined to give investment advice.</p> <p>mag/ covers speak a same language- but a(respected) tech columnist, talking about any stocks' price and PE values, well, it kinda scares me. -just a humble observation</p> frankly the only thing more telling of a top (in any market) is when general public persona feel inclined to give investment advice.

mag/ covers speak a same language- but a(respected) tech columnist, talking about any stocks’ price and PE values, well, it kinda scares me. -just a humble observation

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-211365 Om Malik Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:59:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-211365 <p>Oh... well, that would be better than not loving ;-)</p> Oh… well, that would be better than not loving ;-)

]]> By: franky http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-211136 franky Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:00:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/18/the-great-apple-stock-debate/#comment-211136 <p>Somehow I got the feeling FSJ will <em>lurve</em> you for this. :|</p> Somehow I got the feeling FSJ will lurve you for this. :|

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