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- AugustZephyr, on 10/23/2007, -1/+55FTA: "if you had decided 4 years ago to purchase Apple shares instead of a 3rd generation 40GB iPod for $499, you'd have $11,000. That is a lot of apples."
- Rikushix, on 10/16/2007, -1/+43Wow. That really puts success into perspective.
- airwalkery2k, on 10/16/2007, -1/+38That's actually about the week I bought my first iPod. Dang, I should have put that money in Apple stock instead. Then my $300 would be $6000 now.
- nitsnipe, on 10/16/2007, -2/+36Some nerd who invested in Apple back then but was ridiculed by everyone, must feel now like Dave Chapelle when OJ got out of jail.
- WiseWeasel, on 10/16/2007, -4/+31That's leaving out the stock split. Your 4274 shares would be 8548 shares after the split...
8548 x $160 = $1,367,680. - chriskzoo, on 10/15/2007, -9/+34Actually, on 10/11/03 the price was about $11.70 (, which at $50,000 is 4274 shares, times the current price of around $160 - 683,840. Of course you're paying taxes on $633,840 of that, which will leave you with under a half million. Where they pull their $7 a share price from I don't know.
- b4db0y, on 10/16/2007, -2/+25Only if I knew...
- bladefist, on 10/18/2007, -7/+29ya normally i hate apple fan boys, until i bought apple stock a while back, i love you idiots
- planes, on 10/15/2007, -1/+16Forrest Gump must REALLY be wealthy now.
- wassim2k, on 10/15/2007, -1/+15You can play the "if you would have" game all you want, but there's a reason that you didn't back then. Apple wasn't up to sh*t and was basically considered dead by many. There was no reason to buy their stock before Steve Jobs came back. You could have used Forrest Gump's guidance and got into the stock that Lieutenant Dan bought him. That would have been the same level of intelligent reasoning that any wall street type could have done. coulda, shoulda, woulda
- natenovs, on 10/15/2007, -0/+13i went to work this week. made about 1000$. yay me.
- winnch, on 10/15/2007, -1/+13I've read this story so many times. "Argh, if only I hadn't sold at 30!"
"If only I hadn't sold at 50!"
"If only I hadn't sold at 70!"
And 80.
And 90.
And 100.
And 120. 130. 140. 150. 160. 167.
Apple is the top global brand with arguably the strongest executive team in America. Outstanding top-line revenue, profit, and margin growth. Top customer loyalty and brand trust. Innovative products, new markets, strong core businesses.
Buy it at $167. Have some balls and hold it for five years. - FknGoAway, on 10/15/2007, -3/+14I got laughed at when I got my Apple stock, I was also laughed at for buying a laptop from them. I ordered a 17" powerbook on May 24th 2003 and on the 26th decided to invest in Apple stock. They have stopped laughing now though, the laptop was flawless until it was replaced May of this year for a new MBP, and I decided to get another good chunk of Apple stock.
- Flashman, on 10/18/2007, -1/+11MacAddict magazine recommended Apple shares as a great gift for a loved one. In 1997.
Wish I'd paid attention. - waltpsu, on 10/15/2007, -2/+10No, those charts are ALREAY adjusted for splits.
He meant 5 years ago, when the stock (according to the chart) was about $7.25. $50,000 divided by $7.25 equals 6896 shares, which is about $1.2 million.
Because those charts are already adjusted for splits, it makes the math much easier, but it doesn't reflect the actual numbers. 5 years ago, Apple's stock would have actually been around $14.50. You would have bought roughly 3448 shares with your $50,000. After the split, you would now have 6896 shares worth $167.25 each...or about $1.2 million. - moocow1452, on 10/16/2007, -7/+14"How's that Flux Capacitor coming along, Doc?"
- jennamalia, on 10/15/2007, -1/+8I'm accustomed to seeing "pump and dump" stocks in my e-mail and via text messages, but on Digg? ;)
(Remember, past performance is no guarantee of future returns, timing the market never works, the wise investor has a well-diversified portfolio, and it isn't the easiest thing in the world to maximize your tax efficiency in investments...) - rotundo, on 10/15/2007, -1/+8So sad. I had $16K in Apple stock in 2000... at about $15/share. I loved the company, believed in the products, and wanted to hold on for the long term. A reputable financial advisor talked me out of it, convinced me I needed to be diversified, and so I sold it off that fall and went with funds. F*cking motherf*cker.
Sometimes you just have to listen to your instincts.
I be there are a bunch of other people here who have similarly frustrating stories. - wassim2k, on 10/15/2007, -3/+10I'm surprised that someone with your writin' skillz is smart enough to buy stocks.
- winnch, on 10/15/2007, -2/+8You are buying arguably the best run company in America and one of the top global brands in history. Impressive profit, revenue, and margin growth for 6 years running. An outstanding executive team. The most valued CEO in corporate America. Innovative products, strong customer loyalty, great marketing, healthy core businesses. In these rare opportunities, it's always a good time to buy.
There are a few companies you should ALWAYS invest in (at least as part of a healthy portfolio). Sometimes they call them blue chips. This time, they call it Apple. - oneoverzero, on 11/01/2007, -1/+7You fail at humor.
- kodybryson, on 10/15/2007, -3/+9chrisfx, you should base your decision to buy a Mac on whether it will make you happy, not on the other people that own them. But if a PC (or whatever) makes you happier, then this Mac user, and ex-Microsoft employee, and ex-Windows developer, is happy for you. Some people don't express themselves that well, but they aren't trying to criticize you or your choice, they're just expressing their own happiness with theirs. If the same things don't make you happy, then just be thankful you made the choices you made, and be happy for them that they made their choices. it's win win.
- Brutusfly, on 10/15/2007, -1/+6I bought AAPL around $7, but unfortunately didn't have $50,000 to do it with. And I sold portions over the years as it climbed. I thought long term, but not long enough. Still hard to complain. I also bought some Nintendo before the Wii came out and Nvidia before Doom 3 was released (up 200 percent every year so far). This stuff seems so obvious to a geek, the trick is getting in before the rest of Wallstreet catches on. Like candy from a baby! Do it Diggers!
- jennamalia, on 10/15/2007, -0/+5And the 4-year metric is a bit odd, too, since the financial industry's default standards are 1, 3, and 5-year measurements.
(Perhaps to hide the stagnant period between OCT 02 and MAY 03?) - saggygrandma, on 10/15/2007, -1/+6hahaha
- kineticarl, on 10/15/2007, -1/+6have.
- kingkilr, on 10/16/2007, -1/+6Not as much, thats 6.3 times, the apple one is 22.7 times greater
- ngmcs8203, on 10/16/2007, -2/+7Free advice can also be the worse.
- inactive, on 10/15/2007, -4/+8Big ***** deal. Way to enlighten us, Captain Math. We need an article to spell this out? Why don't you pick every stock on the exchange at some random date in the past and spell out what X invested in year Y would have yielded today.
Who gives a *****? - zapperdude60, on 10/15/2007, -2/+6you really keep an open mind don't you?
- NextGenXbox, on 10/15/2007, -1/+5Coulda woulda shoulda. No use living in the past.
- IntellEJent, on 10/15/2007, -1/+4Even though the first trade was at $100, Google opened at $85...
- AntBing, on 10/15/2007, -1/+4You really are a wise weasel!
- inactive, on 10/15/2007, -1/+4Unfortunately, in their laudable efforts to do something different, they made the buy-in process such a ridiculous pain in the ass that many people didn't bother. Like I'm going to write an essay about why I should be allowed to buy Google stock, and then get a note from my mom, and blah blah blah. ***** that.
- JavertHolmes, on 10/15/2007, -3/+6Their P/E ratio is 47+, their PEG ratio is almost 2. What this means in plain English is that people think that the company's profits are going to grow far faster than their historical data shows.
- winnch, on 10/15/2007, -1/+4Wait. Your point is that Google has gone up LESS in LESS time?
Sorry if I'm not impressed with that statement. - skywake, on 10/15/2007, -4/+7Good on you for making an investment back in '03 but don't get too greedy. Soon the average consumer will have the same hate for Apple that they have for Microsoft. The American dollar is worth less and less everyday, if you want some advice then I would say invest overseas.
- unmarked, on 10/15/2007, -0/+3which gave folks a great opportunity to buy more stock!
- kineticarl, on 10/15/2007, -1/+4Apple stock is the only apple product I own...
- Narrator, on 10/15/2007, -1/+4Apple is not the last stock to do this. There are always stocks that at some point in the future will be worth a lot of money. This is why predicting the future is a very lucrative business. Of course you have to be good at it to make any money :).
- atrain15, on 10/16/2007, -0/+3Before I met her, my wife sold about $5000 of Apple stock to pay taxes 5 months before the iPod was released in 2001. It was around $10 a share at the time. It also split 2 for 1 in 2004. So, that $5K then would be about $165K now.
That would have been nice to have. - kineticarl, on 10/15/2007, -1/+3Actually, you'll only pay 15% tax on that since you held it for over a year. So you'd end up with over a half mil, if the 633K was correct.
- Hargow, on 10/15/2007, -0/+2Tch, thats nothing. You guys should have invested 50k in Taser International (NASDAQ: TASR) in October in 2002 for $0.29. If you sold at the end of 2004, you would have a cool $5.5 million. Pay attention guys, everyone's ass is going to be tased in the future, the growth is going to be phenomenal!
- Trocisp, on 10/15/2007, -3/+5Money.... hollow units?
Uh, what world do you live in? - WiseWeasel, on 10/15/2007, -2/+4Why are you in here commenting then?
- kaplanfx, on 10/16/2007, -0/+2Seriously, think about how much Forrest Gump must be worth.
- TalkingBadger, on 10/15/2007, -0/+2Ace. I invested 50K in Enron back in 2000. That must be worth a fortune by now.
- Chester12, on 10/15/2007, -1/+3That should read 02, not 03. I just re-read it and I guess the author corrected it.
- JavertHolmes, on 10/15/2007, -3/+5So sad. I had $16K in Amazon stock in 2000... at about $99 a share. I loved the company, believed in the future of selling products online (real stores are overrated and annoying, not to mention more expensive), and wanted to hold on for the long term. A reputable financial advisor tried to talk me out of it, tried to convince me I needed to be diversified, and so I told him to go jump in a lake and stuck to my stock. F*cking motherf*cker. By late 2001 the price was hovering around $10 and I got out before I lost the last $1,600 of my $16,000 investment.
Sometimes you just have to listen to your analyst.
I'll bet there are a bunch of other people here who have similarly frustrating stories. The above account is a fictional one. - Myonosken, on 10/15/2007, -0/+2what up wid u dawg. i investin ***** in my hoez.
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