What Steve Jobs said:


“Steve Jobs was once asked at an Apple [AAPL] shareholder meeting by a shareholder who wanted get some insights into his deepest thinking: ‘What keeps you awake at night?’” Steve Denning writes for Forbes. “Mr. Jobs replied, ‘Shareholder meetings.’”

This is an interesting read:

APPLE: THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO - Business Insider

Interesting article.

I think "Apple is the new Microsoft" may be true. They of course aren't going away, but their days of huge innovation and growth may be over.

I disagree. There is still huge potential for innovation with new tech, materials, social, etc. There are whole undiscovered applications out there. The world's appetite has now been whetted. Apple just needs to be the one to bring the new tech to the world. They're very good at that, and I expect them to continue. But, for sure, it won't be at the same level as it would have been with Steve in charge.

Except their stuff works better than MS's. Big dif.

BTW, AT&T's big invention was the telephone. I think they're still doing okay, maybe more than okay since the US govt. might be their most important client.

However, modern electronics is a moving target with new tech always potentially changing the landscape of communications. Tech companies have to stay on top or keep up with their competitors otherwise they fade away like so many have. Last I heard, the crystal ball has yet to be invented.

Sherwood

Maybe. They certainly were very good at it during the Jobs years.

I don't know if we can point to much evidence of Apple being the one to bring new tech to the world in the post-Jobs era.

Being the "New Microsoft" isn't a huge fail, as the article points out. AAPL will for sure always be around and will always be a huge company (just like Microsoft).

But in today's tech world, without some really big innovations, the stock price may very well remain stagnant for years on end (just like Microsoft, which was at $20 in 1998 and is still under $40 today - 16 years to not even double in price).

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I've been hearing predictions of doom for Apple since being at the introduction of the Apple II in April 1977. Lots of people have a big emotional investment in Apple failing. It continues to dash their hopes.

Not that Apple doesn't have its own issues. However, I think there's a positive correlation between M/Windows owners and those who hate Apple Corp.

That's a little different from people who own M/Windows 7/8 and those who also hate M/Windows 8.

Sherwood

go baby go....:) http://macdailynews.com/2014/04/23/macdailynews-presents-live-notes-from-apples-q214-conference-call/

7:1stock split and increasing div!

and increase share buyback 30 B to 90 B....

7-1 Biches! yee ha!

People always say 7:1, but I believe it's more proper to say 1:7. In any case, wheee!

i dont own any apple stock but good for those of you who do. That said, the iphone 6 is looking like it might be super ugly. whats up with that?

What say the stock guys about about buying a few shares of AAPL in the next day or two?

Sid,

Apple, Microsoft, GE, or AT&T are all long term investments. Don't expect any huge gains but they will not flush down the drain.

Just my opinion.

An interesting comment that came out yesterday:

Citing research from App Annie and Chitika, the company stated that the iPad generated four times the mobile web traffic as all Android tablets combined, and that two-thirds of US consumers that planned to purchase a tablet in the next 3 months would be purchasing an iPad.