apples shares

eurotrotter

iv been think, with arrival of the iphone and its guranteed success ver the next couple of years, i feel apple share price is expected to rise,
dont get me wrong i have no experience on the stock market or anything like that , but anyone with any bit of awareness of apples success over the past few years will tellu this.
so im asking u guys, wat ye think of the idea of buying some apple shares.
is it too late, shoudl they have been bought before the iphone was launched
im currentlt in the states where the iphone is expected to take the mobile market by storm with demand far outweighing supply.
so wat do u guys think?
i remember havin ghte vey sam ethough at about this stage of the ipods success, and of course the share price did climb and i kood have made myself that bit richer!

thanks for yer time guys!
ed

Dont be at yourself

http://new.quote.com/stocks/chart.action?sym=AAPL

But then what goes up must come down and all that.

Gillo

Ah yes Eircom, how many people were going to be made millionaires???

Apple shares a probabley a good investment, but I'm sure there are others out there.

Oriel

This isn't the right forum for this. You're not going to get much reliable financial advice here.
But I think you'd have been best buying before the iPod, if not long before that.
You're not alone in thinking iPhone = big money, hence Apple made it in the first place.
More importantly, there is no guaranteed success in the iPod.

Oriel

Also, more important than knowing to buy is knowing when to sell...

flogen

If the US launch is anything to go by, share prices should rise on the day of the European launch... at least they will if it sells well in its first day.

I'd say there's still room for growth in Apple shares and there are a few events on the way that would suggest price boosts... but don't expect any major growth any more and keep in mind just how volatile their shares can be, especially now that they're so high in value!

babypink

they report later in the month - the 25th i believe, so if you're going to do something i'd wait until closer to that time. The stock is already heavily traded and quite volatile so its going to nuts closer to earnings. I do see some more upside to the stock but just how much is anyone's guess, given its recent incredible performance, and even going further back to the last stock split...since then its been all roses for the most part.

I'm hanging on for the earnings before i decide whether to offload what i have.

Ham'nd'egger

eurotrotter wrote:

iv been think, with arrival of the iphone and its guranteed success ver the next couple of years, i feel apple share price is expected to rise,
dont get me wrong i have no experience on the stock market or anything like that , but anyone with any bit of awareness of apples success over the past few years will tellu this.
so im asking u guys, wat ye think of the idea of buying some apple shares.
is it too late, shoudl they have been bought before the iphone was launched
im currentlt in the states where the iphone is expected to take the mobile market by storm with demand far outweighing supply.
so wat do u guys think?
i remember havin ghte vey sam ethough at about this stage of the ipods success, and of course the share price did climb and i kood have made myself that bit richer!

thanks for yer time guys!
ed

Anybody who thinks that buying any company shares makes them a very quick buck and fast are the ones that invariably lose out trying to play the markets. If it's quick returns you want, you are far faster to bet on a few odds on favourites on the dogs!

Realistically, if you are looking to play Apple shares and stick to them, you will need €'s or $'s in the hundreds of thousand's as few brokers will deal in amounts less than 1,000 shares of any company. The shares closed at $138.10 yesterday on the American NASDAQ and €100 on the German exchange so these are the figures you need to be allowing for per share. Apple also does not pay a cash dividend on shares so you will really need to sit and watch these shares if you wish to try cash in on them as selling them is your only way to make money (Don't forget broker fees and taxes on gains may eat into your reserve so any profit may well get eaten up.).

Personally, I feel they are a good buy, but only as part of a greater portfolio and as part of a longer term investment, say 5+ years; same as other "bluechip" stock. There would need to be something phenomenal to be introduced to the Apple market in order to generate a mass rise as the iPod, iPhone and the Intel switch did; other than 10.5, there isn't as much to spike the shares up. With a company that is used to mass hyped launches such as Apple, even the lack of a new product or a let down product can cause a slump in shares so you do have a lot to weigh up here.

The main thing to ask yourself is, can you afford to lose on this?

ixoy

Sunday Times just covered them in their business section last weekend, if you want to look through it. Their financial advice was "Sell" based on the size of the mobile market Apple is competing with, its required targets, and its inexperience in the telecommunications market.

babypink

in this day and age you don't need to go through a traditional broker. There are plenty of online brokerages that will open accounts with minimum $1000, and at approx $7 a trade its not too bad. Factor in the bitchin' exchange rate at the minute and there's scope for doing alot.

If you do a bit of good research and there lies the possibility to make good money off stocks in the medium-term. Personally I've only invested money that i'm prepared to do without for a few years, whatever gains i get in the short term just go straight back into it.

I don't believe that apple need another huge single product launch - iPhone wasn't big enough??? iPhone sales look good, mac sales are up, iTunes sales are up, market share is up, and they've quietly seeded AppleTV into the market. I see potential in AppleTV, aside from iPhone. Hell, they sold upwards of 500000 iPhones opening weekend and at the estimated 55% margin - thats $125,000,000+ profit in one weekend.

I'm happy, i've made 50 points on AAPL, but I'm not ruling out dumping it - like i said, i'm going to keep a really close eye on it running up to earnings and naturally the numbers themselves.

Ham'nd'egger

babypink wrote:

in this day and age you don't need to go through a traditional broker. There are plenty of online brokerages that will open accounts with minimum $1000, and at approx $7 a trade its not too bad. Factor in the bitchin' exchange rate at the minute and there's scope for doing alot.

If you do a bit of good research and there lies the possibility to make good money off stocks in the medium-term. Personally I've only invested money that i'm prepared to do without for a few years, whatever gains i get in the short term just go straight back into it.

I don't believe that apple need another huge single product launch - iPhone wasn't big enough??? iPhone sales look good, mac sales are up, iTunes sales are up, market share is up, and they've quietly seeded AppleTV into the market. I see potential in AppleTV, aside from iPhone. Hell, they sold upwards of 500000 iPhones opening weekend and at the estimated 55% margin - thats $125,000,000+ profit in one weekend.

I'm happy, i've made 50 points on AAPL, but I'm not ruling out dumping it - like i said, i'm going to keep a really close eye on it running up to earnings and naturally the numbers themselves.

Yes, you can buy and sell on line but you do so at the risk of having no advice as to what one is doing, so your risk are that bit greater. Still, I hold to my point in saying you need at least €10k to see any return, and at that, a long term play will be needed.

On my point of new ideas, Babypink, growth can also be fuelled by expectation of new products as it will open a PLC to new markets and additional customers. In Apple's case, it isn't goin to be as much of an issue but it can and does affect the share price of any company; it is no exact science.