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Someone is still using the term "Mactel" ?! get over it, man...

Smart guy. Nice he's not afraid to show it.

come on now, i love the enthusiasm, but seriously. that would imply a market capitalization of about $180 billion and they will earn $3-3.5 billion this year, or a valuation of 51 times the higher earnings figures. This is absurd. If it happens, i will love it, but it just will not. I would be happy to sell him my shares at $200 anytime in 2007.

Hell yeah.

Steve Jobs is so innovate, he's dangerous!

"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds." - Albert E.

The number's enticing, but I don't want the stock to be THAT volatile, in either direction. Investors already use AAPL to play games-- quick profits here and there. If it rockets up to $200, expect a huge sell-off. Too much roller coaster.

Err that "innovative", dam spell checker doesn't do grammar.

you know, I love Apple, and I'm an optimist, but $200 a freaking share?

Maybe 120, but 200?

And yes, it's time to bury the dumbass Mactel moniker.

$200 is just crazy talk!

@R

If you own Apple shares as an invesment, you are irrational if you wouldn't want the share price to go to $200 within 12 months. Any money manager would kill for a 100% return in a year. You just have to know when to sell and take your profits.

Investors do not "play games" with Apple stock (except for the analysts who work for the short sellers ). As a stock trader, the only way to make money is with volatility. If the price doesn't move, how do you make a profit?

If you don't want to miss a peak, just put in a limit order at a target price of your choosing. That way you won't miss it if you are on vacation the day it spikes. You just have to be careful and watch the limit prices and adjust it up or down as expectations change.

Also, if you are holding the stock just because it is "Apple" and you are in it for emotional reasons, the stock price doesn't matter as you won't make a trade when you should. Hopefully it is not your retirement money.

If you want to buy something Apple for emotional reasons, buy a computer or iPod, not the stock.

Yeah, well, Microsoft got it right the first time with Zune and I don't hear anyone but the IT guys at work talk about it. That's okay. Microsoft is lying in wait to pounce on Apple big time with Zune II. I can feel the pressure now. Silent but deadly.

Microsoft stock will be trading at $201 a share. Take that, Apple losers.

Your potential. Our passion.

AAPL has grown 600% in the last six years. Why is it so hard to think they could grow 100% this year. Do you guys not have the ability to look at AAPL's history?

Poon Tang,

It actually is supposed to be "Our potental, Your passion" Microsoft is so belittling. Altho, "Our potential, Your frustration" seems to fit more often than not.

WiseGuy, you wrote one sentence, why not proofread it rather than rely on a some spell checker?

@Poon Tanf...silent but deadly?

Good terminology to describe Microsoft and their product that stinks the most.

$200? I wish it would be true....

critic, you are obviously confused between "investing" and "trading." Trading is speculation, and is what you're talking about in most of your post. When you say that investors do not play games with AAPL, you are right. Traders do. Investors don't mess with momentum, head-and-shoulders patterns, break-outs, and all that chart-based mumbo jumbo. They look at fundamentals, revenue growth forecasts, Porter's five forces, strategic and industry analysis, and so on. Speculators look for a fast buck, and most of them lose their shirts. The rest are lying.

why not?,


exactly! ....

and moreover, not one of those last 6 years looked so good for Apple, initially, as this one.

@sum Jung Gai

I am not confused at all. The objective of both is to make money.

Your comments are true to a certain extent. However, even an "investor" will look to take a profit when a stock seems to be at a top. Whether that means from a technical standpoint or simply from a gut feeling.

In general, I am an investor not a trader, and typically hold my positions for years, if for no other reason than capital gains tax efficiency.

My comments come from experience though. I can not tell you how much value I have let slip by not pulling the trigger on a sale when a stock had gained a lot of value. The old saying that bulls make money, bears make money, but pigs get slaughtered is true. You have to know how to be decisive. For most of the stocks I held past a peak, it took years to get back to that level, if ever.

My only really good call was on Dell, when I sold out my positions in 2005 at it's peak after an interview where Kevin Rollins referred to the iPod as a fad and a toy. I'm sure there is a MDN post on the interview if you go back. It became clear that Dell just didn't get the consumer market and would be in for trouble.

I "invested" in Dell for 7 years, but it was clear that something was changing. This happens to any company, and there is no point "investing" if you don't forsee a long term financial reward.

Apple shares were under-appreciated a few years back - they hit $14/share. Then they went up a bunch. Then they split! While the value of Apple Inc may double by the end of the year, the price of the stock will not. They will manage their stock price - currently over-rated (my opinion) - to keep it below $100, if possible.

Their current market cap is $80B. H-P's is less than $110B. Are they saying that the maker of Macs, software, iPods and iPhones is worth more than a maker of PCs, software, workstations, servers, printers, INK, and more?

DLMeyer - the Voice of G.L.Horton's Stage Page

@critic:

I like that Kevin Rollins quote.
Especially in the light of today, where makers of cars would be unable to sell their high-end models without an "iPod interface".
Hell, it's even more important than particle filters (which is crazy, but then, what isn't?).
Back to the article: 200$? That would be, well, gross.
I think a lot of future revenue has already been priced into the stock.
On the other hand, the stock price has climbed from four or five $ ten years ago to now almost 100 $ - including two 2:1 splits.

This whole "AAPL will hit <insert arbitrary large number> before <insert some date in the not too distant future>"- comedy reminds me of the pump-and-dump stock-scams I have to delete from my Inbox every day...

MMMMM

200 a share?

OK look, lets focus on breaking 100 because that is all this is about

we have to break 100 or split

after that this stock will keep going up ( but, if you don't know, it is gamed BIG TIME )

this means that if you can't stand a 10-15% drop --- stay out

if you can invest in AAPL for the next 3 years YOUR MONEY WILL DOUBLE AT LEAST ONCE

PERIOD

If microsuck keeps sucking???

well then 450 a share buy 2011

get with it america dump micosuck and become the future already!!!!

tell it to the hedge funds working daily to run it down

Dagnamit - He was right!

Dec 28, 07 - 12:34 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

Who's laughing now, kiddies?