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- threemagic, on 12/27/2007, -2/+62I remember just before the iMac it was 14 a share... I sold at 40.. I thought I was a genius...
- grumpyrain, on 12/27/2007, -9/+51I bet all those first gen iPod buyers wish they just bought AAPL shares instead. They would be pushing close to 20K profit now for that investment.
- Me1000, on 12/27/2007, -7/+38Do you have any idea how the stock market works?
or for that matter, do you even know what a share is? - DMBmelch, on 12/27/2007, -3/+33I started working Apple retail in late 2001. A guy I worked with said, "Hey, don't forget to invest in the savings and security plan"
I listened to the guy and invested about $20 per pay period, reluctantly giving up some beer money. As a college kid, that was tough.
When I sell next year and put a $30,000 down payment on a house using AAPL, I can honestly say, I didn't miss the beer that much. Invest early kids! - BossKey, on 12/27/2007, -4/+28There are people who want to run mainstream apps while having access to a Unix command line, instead of having to use Windows Vista.
That's not trendy, that's technologically savvy. - Me1000, on 12/27/2007, -3/+26not really, because if they wouldn't pf bought the iPiod Apple would of likely discontinued the product, or made radical changes. Without iPod sales the stock wouldn't of shot up like it has.
The iPod has brought a bunch of people over to the Mac and the iPhone, along with continued iPod sales. - peaceninja, on 12/27/2007, -5/+26i dont own any mac products, but i dont mind saying you seem to be out of touch
- pw378, on 12/27/2007, -0/+20Two magic words of investing:
1. Buy
2. Hold - SvenJolly, on 12/27/2007, -4/+24I ***HAD*** 2000 shares at $12.50/share (circa 2001)...it's split once since then. Lets see...4000 shares at $200/share - $6.25/share... #$%@*!!!!!?????!!!!!!! @$%#^@!!!!!!!!!!
/that sound you hear is my palm hitting my forehead repeatedly - relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -5/+22What is this, high school?
- msomers, on 12/27/2007, -1/+16You do realize you can trade in ANY old iPod (broken or working) and get 10% off a new one, correct?
- afwjam, on 12/27/2007, -2/+16You know the mac also has a system wide spell check.
- timusca, on 12/27/2007, -1/+14$797,500 is some damn nice cash... sucks to be you.
- outofstep, on 12/27/2007, -5/+18I really, really wish I had bought it at $5.
- totorototoro, on 12/27/2007, -2/+15You really have no clue, do you. :p
- jsg7, on 12/27/2007, -2/+14I did buy at $5. I just wish I hadn't kept selling on the way up over the last few years...
- aussieNickuss, on 12/27/2007, -0/+10Close (current): $198.95
HIGH: $200.96 - rotten777, on 12/27/2007, -0/+10you two done with your penis size comparison?
- ddufour, on 12/27/2007, -1/+11Price doesn't mean everything when it comes to stocks. Google could split tomorrow and be a $350 stock with twice as many available shares.
- ThatsUnpossible, on 12/27/2007, -2/+11Google's share price may be 350% higher than Apple's shareprice, but their market value is only 30% higher.
- Me1000, on 12/27/2007, -2/+11Yeah Safari has a built in spell checker too, and I normally use it, no idea why I didn't...
My apologies if you are truly offended by my poor typing skills! - theuniversal, on 12/27/2007, -3/+11Apple launched its first iPod on October 23, 2001. It was 5G and cost about USD$400. At the time, Apple stock was about $9.20, rising above $10 before the end of that year. At $9.20/share, $400 would get you 43 shares. 43 shares at $200 is $8600. A spectacular investment for sure, but a long way from 20K. Try again in late 2009.
- inactive, on 12/27/2007, -3/+11Stop spamming your crap, you got banned last time which is a good hint to stop.
- Bootes, on 12/27/2007, -1/+9It's probably a higher percentage than the percentage of Windows users that know how to do something other than view websites on sign on to an IM client.
- ahwatukee, on 12/27/2007, -0/+7I had to digg his comment because of the term, "Smugtard."
- brianez21, on 12/27/2007, -1/+8Hey, you got nearly 3x return for your money doing that - mathematically speaking you did pretty well, so don't feel bad =)
- pyronik, on 12/27/2007, -3/+10I saw a couple of people commenting on how they wanted to buy apple stock because it was doing well... I figured I'd just give a little investments 101 here right now so people make good decisions. Right now according to whats called "Efficient Market Hypothesis" a stock price contains all the information on the performance of a stock and future performance of a stock. This means that for the stock price to go up any further something has to happen that make them gain more money in the future or whatever. Makes sense right? well .. that being said.. if you want to invest in the short term you can say hey.. apples doing pretty good.. and invest in it and maybe you'll make some money on the bubble, but if you are going long term you need to consider some other things.
If you want to invest long term you need to consider, ok so its doing so good over the long term.. lets say its expected to go up in price $3 in the next month, well theres going to be some risk to that expected return. If however you say looked at microsoft and it was going to go up $2 in next 3 months, Does this make microsoft a better or worse investment.. the answer isn't clear because the risk of that expected return may be different. Thats on an individual stock basis. If however you have a well diversified portfolio then the std deviation of the stock price (also known as the unsystematic risk) becomes irrelevant and you should focus on the beta of the stock.
Basically the message im trying to get across is don't make your trades on the basis of which stock CAN go up the highest but the stock that has the best risk/reward ratio. Newcomers might want to do a little research first, and maybe start with market indexes and risk free securities - theuniversal, on 12/27/2007, -2/+9The 9.20 figure is already split adjusted. So as I said, a $400 investment in October 2001 would be worth about $8600 today. An amazing return, but less than half of 20K.
- doctordbx, on 12/27/2007, -11/+18Wow! This thread is full of "I should have bought" retards or "I did buy!" smugtards.
I didn't buy. I don't regret not buying. The world is full of "what ifs". - ahwatukee, on 12/27/2007, -2/+9So when you're not flaming 92% of the computer using world, what kind of diseases are you curing with your $3000 laptop? I like Apple products, too, so, "Don't hate."
- whappo, on 12/27/2007, -3/+9http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:AAPL
- MikeDugg, on 12/27/2007, -2/+8I bought for $6.32 per share in 2003 (split-adjusted) and still have them!
- peaceninja, on 12/27/2007, -0/+6dont click on this link, its some sort of spam that benefits the guy the more visitors he gets
- NSResponder, on 12/27/2007, -0/+6I bought the maximum number of shares I could under the employee stock purchase plan, and I really wish I'd gone ahead and bought more through a regular brokerage account. Still, when I left Apple, I had about three years of coasting room, and a couple of years later, I'm doing much better than that.
-jcr - digjam, on 12/27/2007, -1/+7well i dont own any apple products not even a ipod but i dont mind making money off them... so i have some moeny invested in appl...
so tell you the truth.. fanboys != shareholders. - deadbaby, on 12/27/2007, -1/+7"Despite have these "amazing" computer products Apple still languishes in the bottom percentile of market share.
I really don't understand your point. Apple isn't competing against the entire aggregate sales of hundreds of PC makers. Apple targets a specific segment of the market. They are not the same company as Dell or HP. They are not Microsoft. It's an entirely different business model. I would try to explain it but it seems like a waste of time. - inkhead, on 12/27/2007, -1/+7Then don't sell if you have no idea. Listen seriously it takes about a day of total concentration to have a grasp on the market. If you can't find time for it find a friend that does, nothing is worse than selling off stock at the wrong time.
There are a lot of do nots... Also remember January 18th is the keynote, so you should see buildup then drop afterwards, then slow build up over the next few months... So Wait to sell till march if you want to sell. - Markie1006, on 12/27/2007, -4/+9How're those grapes...sour much?
- ahwatukee, on 12/27/2007, -1/+6But if you're a first time buyer, it's great and it encourages people to buy!
- h00ligan, on 12/27/2007, -1/+6it was something like $2.40 when Gil was shoved out... iirc - I was working there at the time and tried to get dad to buy! He laughed at me.. boo.
- mrcabnit, on 12/27/2007, -1/+6i bought in at 137 after it dropped with the iphone prices
- tybris, on 12/27/2007, -1/+6a stock broker...
- pyronik, on 12/27/2007, -0/+4actually thats a great example of how diversification would of helped decrease the loss from the internet bubble bursting... people investing inclusively in tech stocks were hurt very badly, people in other more traditional industries lost money but not nearly as much
- BossKey, on 12/27/2007, -0/+4There have been multiple anecdotal reports that if you go to a Unix-related conference these days, the number of Apple laptops in the audience is up dramatically. Now Unix users are just about the least trendy and fashion-forward people I can think of. They are into sheer utility and practicality.
- CraigJ, on 12/27/2007, -2/+6yes. because Apple uses mind control to force people to buy there stuff...
- ukgbnott, on 12/27/2007, -2/+6Don't just trade it in it now because it's doing well. It may be that it doesn't go up any further, but of course it may. You need to do your due diligence.
- veloc1ty, on 12/27/2007, -2/+6He's putting a down payment on a house, not a car. >_>
- MacParrot, on 12/27/2007, -1/+5Ooooo, clever comeback. You had to think REAL hard to put it together didn't you? Dumbass
- MacParrot, on 12/27/2007, -2/+6You really have no clue how the market works do you? If you did, you wouldn't have made such an incredibly stupid statement.
- MacParrot, on 12/27/2007, -0/+4Stupid statements and questions is what BB does best. It's kinda the way he is. Yes, it is sad and pathetic
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