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$AAPL Apple CFO sells $33.8M in shares
By: TrendSpider | August 27, 2022

• $AAPL Apple CFO sells $33.8M in shares.



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What to expect at Apple’s ‘Far Out’ live event: iPhone 14, Apple Watch, and more
Friday, August 26, 2022 4:22 pm

Apple is holding a special event, titled “Far Out”, where it is expected to unveil a range of products on September 7th; to be streamed live from its Apple Park campus.

Andrew Griffin for The Independent:

iPhone 14

If the new iPhone – or, rather, four different versions of it – does not appear, then it would be a major shock. This is basically confirmed, though Apple of course will not say so until it actually makes the announcement.

The update will primarily focus on the Pro version of the phone, rumours suggest. That will include a new design and improved cameras.

But the non-Pro phone will get an update, too – including the ending of the “Mini” size, and the introduction of a new one.

Apple Watch

Or, more likely, five different ones. In addition to the usual updates – a version of Watch in two different materials, and in two different sizes – Apple is preparing to add a new model to the line-up.

That is rumoured to be a “Pro” watch, which will include a bigger display without extending the size of the Watch itself, as well as a more rugged design.

New AirPods Pro

The AirPods Pro have been the same since they were first released in 2019. And while there are few complaints about them, new features are expected to arrive this year.

They could have new fitness tracking features, thanks to improved motion sensors, as well as making use of new wireless capabilities for better sound.

MacDailyNews Take: Then, likely in early October, Apple will unveil new iPads and Macs for the holiday shopping season!

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/26/what-to-expect-at-apples-far-out-live-event-iphone-14-apple-watch-and-more/

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Wall Street sells off after Powell speech on rate hikes to combat rampant U.S. inflation
Friday, August 26, 2022 12:17 pm

Stocks sold off sharply Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in his Jackson Hole speech the central bank won’t be turning dovish in its fight against rampant U.S. inflation running at Carteresque 40-year highs.

Sara Min for CNBC:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 611 points, or 1.85%, after initially seesawing during the Fed chair’s comments. The S&P 500 fell 2.18% and the Nasdaq Composite slid 2.71%.

Those moves follow a hawkish speech from the Fed chair who reiterated a tough stance against inflation, spurring investors to weigh the implications of higher interest rates for longer.

“Restoring price stability will likely require maintaining a restrictive policy stance for some time. The historical record cautions strongly against prematurely loosening policy,” Powell said.

The major averages were on pace for their second straight down week. The Dow is on track for a 2.9% decline. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are heading to losses of roughly 2.8% and 3.2%, respectively.

Tech giants in the group helmed the decline, with shares of Alphabet sliding nearly 4%. Meta lost 2.5% and Netflix fell 2%. Twitter lost 1.5%. [Apple shed 2.08%.]

Tech names are especially sensitive to rising interest rates, which hurt the value of the stocks’ future earnings.

MacDailyNews Take: In January, Interactive Brokers founder Thomas Peterffy said, “Inflation is 7% — 1% or 2% [in interest rate hikes] doesn’t mean anything. If they really wanted to stop inflation, they would have to raise rates to 4%, 5%, 6%.”

‘Tis best to get a handle on inflation, if you know how, while you still can. – MacDailyNews, May 11, 2021

Stop the misguided crusade against domestic energy production and profligate federal spending and inflation will be stopped dead in its tracks. It’s not difficult. – MacDailyNews, May 11, 2022

For new generations, sometimes tough lessons have to be retaught and learned the hard way. As we go through this, remember: It’s always darkest before the dawn. – MacDailyNews, July 14, 2022

Inflation is repudiation. — Calvin Coolidge

When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the bill… [which] comes in two ways: higher taxes and inflation. Make no mistake about it, inflation is a tax and not by accident. — Ronald Reagan

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/26/wall-street-sells-off-after-powell-speech-on-rate-hikes-to-combat-rampant-u-s-inflation/

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Apple likely to offer iPhone 14 satellite connectivity via Globalstar
Friday, August 26, 2022 11:54 am

Tim Farrar, a satellite communications consultant at California-based research firm Telecom, Media and Finance Associates, believes that Apple is likely announce its long-expected satellite connectivity feature for the iPhone 14 at its “Far out” September 7th special event.

Joe Rossignol for MacRumors:

In a series of tweets, Farrar said T-Mobile’s and SpaceX’s satellite connectivity announcement yesterday was likely intended to pre-empt Apple’s announcement of its own satellite connectivity feature for the iPhone in partnership with Globalstar. Apple is holding a media event at Steve Jobs Theater on September 7, and the event’s “Far Out” tagline and starry sky artwork have fueled speculation about a satellite connectivity announcement.

In February, Globalstar announced that it acquired 17 new satellites to provide “continuous satellite services” to a “potential customer,” which might be Apple.

Tim Farrar via Twitter:

Quick summary of TMUS/SpaceX announcement: proposed text/voice service is copycat of ASTS plan, i.e. using cellular spectrum. FCC has dithered for over 2 years about whether to permit that non-conforming use, to date all we have is an experimental authorization for 1 sat.

TMUS said it will use nationwide PCS spectrum: that means G block (1910-1915MHz UL/1990-95MHz DL). That wasn’t part of SpaceX’s July 2022 Gen2 modification application, implying any approval there will be even further delayed.

Most likely regulatory approach is making a limited experimental application (<=10 satellites?) which would be consistent with suggestion that initial trial users might have to wait up to 30 mins to send messages. But given how many half-formed concepts were put forward, the only possible conclusion is that this was designed to pre-empt next week's Apple announcement of their own free messaging service with Globalstar. That should begin as soon as the new phone is released. Importantly, Apple will be using existing satellite spectrum, with no need for any rule changes from the FCC. However, the service will be limited just to two-way texting - no voice calls or photos unless they invest in a new multi-billion dollar constellation. The Feb 2022 order for 17 new satellites was a stop-gap for service continuity and it is unknown whether Apple might want to go further. Clearly Globalstar's decision to delay their refinancing also anticipated that a public announcement by Apple would make it simpler. So will SpaceX be able to come up with a real alternative to Apple here? It seems like a tough ask to align the spectrum plan (which will have to be different outside the US), regulatory approvals and handsets/billing when Apple's been working on this for two years. So the question then has to be asked why SpaceX wants to put more roadblocks in the way of Gen2 approval, adding to the confusion from their July 2022
2GHz modification proposal. Most plausible answer is that finishing Gen1 has to take precedence for the next 12 months. And until Starship is ready, there's no point in launching Gen2. The question is how well demand growth holds up as Gen1 capacity doubles later this year. Indications of price cuts are a worrying sign that international demand remains weak, while US is still saturated. Ultimately, the problem will be that if US is ~50% of global demand, network efficiency will be poor. However, Starlink Gen1 should still be capable of becoming cash flow positive and making life very hard for everyone else in the satellite industry. It's just that at a valuation of $130B, you need to keep coming up new opportunities before it becomes clear what the limits to growth are for the existing business.

MacDailyNews Take: “Far out.”

This is not going o turn your iPhone into a “satellite phone,” but it will still be a useful feature for certain users, including those in Government & Public Safety, Transportation, Energy, Construction, Maritime, Agriculture, Forestry, etc. – MacDailyNews, August 31, 2021

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/26/apple-likely-to-offer-iphone-14-satellite-connectivity-via-globalstar/

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What the heck happened to the market?? Volatility is real....

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corny

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Nice healthy pullback and u should reload because now is going straight to $200

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$TSLA & $AAPL Leading the bullish flow today
By: Cheddar Flow | August 25, 2022

• $TSLA & $AAPL Leading the bullish flow today.



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Apple Raising Prices for iPhone Pro Models Would be a 'Notable Tailwind' - Analyst
By: Investing.com | August 25, 2022

Apple announced yesterday that its annual iPhone event, titled “Far out,” will take place on September 7th.

Apple is widely expected to release four new iPhone models for its new iPhone 14 lineup, while some analysts are speculating that the Cupertino-based giant could also present a new Apple Watch and AirPods.

An Evercore ISI analyst notes that this year’s event is being held a week earlier than in 2021, which means Apple will extract an extra week of iPhone sales for this quarter.

“We don’t expect many changes to the standard model and it will likely retain the same A15 chip used in the iPhone 13, but we could see some more material alterations to the Pro lineup,” the analyst said in a client note.

New features for Pro Models could allow Apple to justify a price increase, which the analyst argues would present a “notable tailwind for iPhone revenue.”

“The main point for investors here is likely the potential for ASP uplift with the iPhone, which could drive upside vs. current expectations. New Watch and AirPods would also help kickstart a return to growth for Wearables,” the analyst added.

He has a $185 per share price target on Outperform-rated Apple shares (NASDAQ:AAPL).

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Apple plans to assemble iPhone 14 in India in effort to diversify production outside China
Tuesday, August 23, 2022 9:14 am

After building up launch stock in China, Apple plans to begin assembling the iPhone 14 in India some two months after the product’s launch date, narrowing the gap between the two countries in a effort to diversify production that is heavily dependent on the Chinese Communist Party-controlled country.

Sankalp Phartiyal and Saritha Rai for Bloomberg News:

The company has been working with suppliers to ramp up manufacturing in India and shorten the lag in production of the new iPhone from the typical six to nine months for previous launches, according to people familiar with the matter. Apple, which long made most of its iPhones in China, is seeking alternatives as Xi Jinping’s administration clashes with the US government and imposes lockdowns across the country that have disrupted economic activity.

Analysts such as Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities Group have said they anticipate Apple will ship the next iPhone from both countries at roughly the same time, which would have been a significant benchmark in Apple’s efforts to diversify its supply chain and build redundancy.

MacDailyNews Take: Diversification, especially away from China, reduces risk and benefits Apple.

It’s smart for both Apple and Foxconn to diversify assembly outside of China. There’s no sense having all of your eggs in one basket. – MacDailyNews, April 2, 2019

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/23/apple-plans-to-assemble-iphone-14-in-india-in-effort-to-diversify-production-outside-china/

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Chinese national admits to stealing Apple autonomous vehicle trade secrets
Tuesday, August 23, 2022 9:28 am

A former Apple engineer on Monday pled guilty to criminal charges that he stole the company’s proprietary intellectual property before starting a job at a Chinese autonomous vehicle company.

Peter Blumberg for Bloomberg News:

Zhang Xiaolang, who was arrested in July 2018 on his way to catch a plane to China, admitted to one count of trade-secret theft at a hearing Monday in federal court in San Jose, California, according to the court’s electronic docket.

A judge ordered his plea agreement to be filed under seal from public view and set Zhang’s sentencing for Nov. 14.

MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote back in 2019, this “seems like an avoidable problem.”

Back in 2018, Reuters reported that the charges filed in U.S. federal court alleged that Zhang disclosed intentions to work for a Chinese electric car startup and booked a last-minute flight to China after downloading the plan for a circuit board for a self-driving car.

In 2019, another Chinese national was charged with stealing Apple’s autonomous vehicle trade secrets. Jizhong Chen was charged with stealing proprietary information from the company’s self-driving car project while applying to work for a Chinese rival.

A search of a hard drive owned by Chen found thousands of sensitive Apple documents along with 100 photos taken inside the company’s self-driving facility, according to an FBI affidavit.

Chen has pleaded not guilty and the case is still pending.

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/23/chinese-national-admits-to-stealing-apple-autonomous-vehicle-trade-secrets/

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Apple Watch leads rescuers to missing man with Alzheimer’s
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 4:18 pm

According to officials in New Hampshire, a three-day search for a missing man with Alzheimer’s ended in success thanks to his Apple Watch.

Julia Marnin for the Sacramento Bee:

After Patrick Hart, 59, walked off from his home in Warner while wearing his watch the afternoon of Aug. 21, he was nowhere to be found as local and state authorities went looking for him, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game Law Enforcement.

Rescuers tracked Hart down on Aug. 23 after information gathered from his watch pointed to his potential whereabouts, an agency news release says.

Prior to him being found, it was believed that Hart had trekked to a tough, wooded terrain called “the minks,” according to the release.

During the search, an Air Force rescue coordination center got involved and discovered Hart’s Apple Watch lost power sometime during his disappearance, the release says. A 700-acre area was pinpointed as the location where Hart likely was when his watch shut down.

A New England K9 Search and Rescue team ultimately tracked down Hart in the woods the morning of Aug. 23 using this information, according to NH Fish and Game.

MacDailyNews Take: Yet another one saved!

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/24/apple-watch-leads-rescuers-to-missing-man-with-alzheimers/

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Apple stock gets fresh buy point ahead of ‘Far out’ September 7th event
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 6:20 pm

Apple is the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) “Stock Of The Day” as the company prepares to unveil its new iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Series 8 at a product launch on September 7th.

Meanwhile, Apple stock has set a new, lower buy point amid the recent market pullback.

Patrick Seitz for Investor’s Business Daily:

Apple stock is in a 34-week consolidation pattern with a buy point of 183.04, according to IBD MarketSmith charts. That buy point is 10 cents above the stock’s all-time high of 182.94 reached on Jan. 4, based on IBD trading guidelines.

However, with a recent retreat in the shares, Apple stock has formed a handle with a new buy point of 176.25.

Aggressive investors also could have picked up Apple stock after a bullish bounce off its 21-day line.

Apple stock has an IBD Composite Rating of 91 out of 99, according to IBD Stock Checkup. IBD’s Composite Rating is a blend of key fundamental and technical metrics to help investors gauge a stock’s strengths. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.

MacDailyNews Note: More info and charts in the full article here.
https://www.investors.com/research/ibd-stock-of-the-day/apple-stock-gets-fresh-buy-point-ahead-of-iphone-14-reveal/

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/24/apple-stock-gets-fresh-buy-point-ahead-of-far-out-september-7th-event/

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Apple (AAPL) Seasonality over the last 10 years is the lowest in September
By: Money Flow Mel | August 24, 2022

• $AAPL Seasonality over the last 10 years is the lowest in September.



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$AAPL Bearish MACD cross for the first time in over three months for Apple
By: TrendSpider | August 23, 2022

• $AAPL Bearish MACD cross for the first time in over three months for Apple.



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Apple 1.58 Million Share at $167.23 #darkpool prints
By: Money Flow Mel | August 23, 2022

• $AAPL 1.58 million share #darkpool prints at $167.23.



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re; Apple CFO sold $16.9 Million worth of shares at the exact top of the rally so far
By: Cheddar Flow | August 23, 2022

• $AAPL CFO sold $16.9M worth of shares at the exact top of the rally so far

It was a pre-disclosed trade from February yet he sniped the current top (~$175.66)

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That's a weird way to put it from this Cheddar dude.

"It was a pre-disclosed trade from February"

Why didn't cheddar flow just say it was a rule 10b5-1 trade?

Boy - as an insider you try to do things by the book and then when you do - people think its fishy anyway.

There was nothing wrong with that. Not one thing. Kudos to the CFO

This transaction was made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on November 16, 2020 and modified on February 26, 2021.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019322000076/xslF345X03/wf-form4_166094821148314.xml

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Smart phone demand is dropping, except for in the most expensive models
By: Markets & Mayhem | August 23, 2022

• Smart phone demand is dropping, except for in the most expensive models. Good news for $AAPL, bad news for many others.



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Apple (AAPL) PT Set at $200.00 by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
By: MarketBeat | August 22, 2022

• Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL - Get Rating) received a $200.00 price target from JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a research report issued on Monday, Borsen Zeitung reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s price objective suggests a potential upside of 18.51% from the stock's previous close...

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FY2022 EPS Estimates for Apple Inc. (AAPL) Lifted by KeyCorp
By: MarketBeat | August 22, 2022

• Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL - Get Rating) - Stock analysts at KeyCorp upped their FY2022 earnings estimates for shares of Apple in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, August 18th. KeyCorp analyst B. Nispel now forecasts that the iPhone maker will earn $6.10 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $6.08. KeyCorp has a "Overweight" rating and a $185.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Apple's current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Apple's Q2 2023 earnings at $1.47 EPS...

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Apple CFO sold $16.9 Million worth of shares at the exact top of the rally so far
By: Cheddar Flow | August 23, 2022

• $AAPL CFO sold $16.9M worth of shares at the exact top of the rally so far

It was a pre-disclosed trade from February yet he sniped the current top (~$175.66)





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Apple said to be focusing on premium iPhone 14 Pro Max production
Monday, August 22, 2022 2:44 pm

Apple is reportedly focusing on production of the flagship, and premium-priced, 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max, a move which bodes well for iPhone’s Average Selling Price (ASP).

José Adorno for 9to5Mac:

Panel shipments indicate that Apple is focusing on the iPhone 14 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro production for when it announces the new smartphones three weeks from now, according to data shared by display analyst Ross Young. In addition, the company expects the regular models to account for higher sales after the event, especially the iPhone 14 Max.

DSCC Ross Young shared for his Super Followers on Twitter that, from June to September, iPhone 14 Pro Max [and iPhone 14 Pro [have] the highest share of panel productions with a 29% and 28% share respectively.

During this quarter, the iPhone 14 Max had the smallest share at 21% of production and 19% of shipments, although Young expects this phone to “make up a lot of ground in September.”

As usual, die-hard customers will focus on buying the Pro line, especially with the bigger iPhone 14 Pro Max version, followed by the iPhone 14 Pro, just after the September event.

MacDailyNews Take: On Friday, KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Brandon Nispel wrote in a note to clients that demand continues to remain skewed towards the iPhone 13 Pro Max and iPhone 13 Pro models while demand for the iPhone SE and iPhone mini is “muted,” despite continued promotions for those lower-end / smaller models. Obviously, Apple expects this iPhone mix to at least continue, and possibly grow even stronger, as customers seek out the very best iPhones available.

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/22/apple-said-to-be-focusing-on-premium-iphone-14-pro-max-production/

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Apple assembler Foxconn to invest $300 million more in Vietnam production
Monday, August 22, 2022 9:17 am

Vietnam state media said this weekend that Apple assembler Foxconn has signed a $300 million memorandum of understanding with Vietnamese developer Kinh Bac City to expand its facility in the north of the country to diversify and boost production.

Reuters:

The Taiwanese company’s new factory, on a plot of 50.5 hectares (125 acres) in Bac Giang province, will generate 30,000 local jobs, the Tuoi Tre newspaper said.

The move follows a report this week that Foxconn has started test production of the Apple Watch in northern Vietnam. read more

Foxconn, which has been in Bac Giang for 15 years, has moved part of its iPad and AirPods production to Bac Giang’s Quang Chau Industrial Park, Tuoi Tre reported. It did not say which type of products would be produced at the new factory or its capacity.

MacDailyNews Note: Apple is reportedly in talks to produce MacBooks, Apple Watches, and HomePods and MacBooks in Vietnam. Vietnam already produces some of Apple’s AirPods and the company reportedly began to move some iPad production to the country in June. More info here.

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/22/apple-assembler-foxconn-to-invest-300-million-more-in-vietnam-production/

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Steve Jobs’ Apple-1, hand-soldered by Woz, auctioned for nearly $700K
Friday, August 19, 2022 5:15 pm

An authenticated Apple-1 computer prototype from the mid-1970s, used by Apple co-founder and hand-soldered by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, has sold at auction for nearly $700,000.

The Associated Press:

The prototype was used by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1976 to demonstrate the Apple-1 to Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores in the world, Boston-based RR Auction said in a statement.

A Bay Area collector who wishes to remain anonymous made the winning $677,196 bid on Thursday, the auctioneeer said.

“There is no Apple-1 without this board — it’s the holy grail of Steve Jobs and Apple memorabilia,” said Bobby Livingston, RR’s executive vice president.

MacDailyNews Take: Even cracked in half, this one-of-a-kind board fetched 2/3rd of a million bucks!

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/19/steve-jobs-apple-1-hand-soldered-by-woz-auctioned-for-nearly-700k/

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Bullish Flow Today $AAPL & $TSLA Leading
By: Cheddar Flow | August 22, 2022

• Bullish Flow Today $AAPL & $TSLA Leading.



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Taken a breather, it is normal before another rocket launcher...Lol....Hahahahah...

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$AAPL Currently testing +3 months of channel support
By: TrendSpider | August 22, 2022

• $AAPL Currently testing +3 months of channel support as #GoNoGo flips fully bearish for the first time since June.



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THE LONGER YOU HOLD THE MORE YOU WILL LOSE!!!!!!!

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Apple is planning to expand its advertising business significantly
By: Cheddar Flow | August 21, 2022

• $AAPL is planning to expand its advertising business significantly by placing more ads directly on users' devices directly, Bloomberg reports.



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Can't go up forever But it will fly again after a. Normal pull back..

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Agree, Apple will get there in time i will continue to add on any dip, if apple elects to do another buy back and pay the fee to government they can do anything apple dame well feels like. They have the scratch to do it,
new products could fire the stock up in coming months, the future is bright for Apple!!

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Agree on the pull back i will start buying as well on 166.00 pullback, moreover, my not make it that low if the buyers step in at 168.00?

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Apple, Inc. (AAPL) Getting closer to ATH before Friday's pull back to the 8D
By: Options Mike | August 21, 2022

• $AAPL Getting closer to ATH before Friday's pull back to the 8D. It's run a ton and a bit hot.

If it pulls more 166 area may pick it up.



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$AAPL 8 EMA Break to close the week, after riding it up almost +28%
By: TrendSpider | August 20, 2022

• $AAPL 8 EMA Break to close the week, after riding it up almost +28%.



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16.07 ***BILLION*** SHARES OUTSTANDING!!!!!!

Quarterly Earnings Growth (yoy) -10.60%

Total Cash (mrq) 48.23B
Total Debt (mrq) 119.69B

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRASH IS COMING!!!!!!!

APPLE'S REVENUE WILL GET CUT IN HALF!!!!!!!!

THE MASSES WON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR FOOD!!!!!!!

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Apple's float has shrank at an average CAGR of -3.59% since 2010 as a result of their share buyback program
By: Markets & Mayhem | August 20, 2022

• $AAPL's float has shrank at an average CAGR of -3.59% since 2010 as a result of their share buyback program.



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Apple Inc. (AAPL) CFO Luca Maestri Sells 96,735 Shares
By: MarketBeat | August 19, 2022

• Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL - Get Rating) CFO Luca Maestri sold 96,735 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.95, for a total value of $16,923,788.25. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 110,673 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $19,362,241.35. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link...

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KeyCorp Raises Apple (AAPL) Price Target to $185.00
By: MarketBeat | August 19, 2022

• Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL - Get Rating) had its price objective increased by research analysts at KeyCorp from $177.00 to $185.00 in a report released on Friday, The Fly reports. The brokerage currently has an "overweight" rating on the iPhone maker's stock. KeyCorp's price objective suggests a potential upside of 6.23% from the stock's previous close...

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APPLE IS A GREAT SHORT AT THESE BUBBLE PRICES!!!!!!

THIS WOKE COMPANY IS BLOWING ITS CASH ON STOCK BUYBACKS..... TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR GREED AND STUPIDITY!!!!!

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You will keep your record intact being 100% wrong on your predictions.

What happened to your prediction a week or two ago that it was going to $130?

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$AAPL Since its IPO, September has been Apple's worst performing month with only a 34% win rate
By: TrendSpider | August 20, 2022

• $AAPL Since its IPO, September has been Apple's worst performing month with only a 34% win rate.



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AAPL GOING BACK TO THE $160'S NEXT WEEK, AND LOWER IN SEPTEMBER!!!!!!

GET YOUR MONEY OUT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!!

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Apple (AAPL) Ends its green streak printing a gravestone doji candle just below ATHs
By: TrendSpider | August 19, 2022

• $AAPL Apple ends its green streak printing a gravestone doji candle just below ATHs.



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Factories in southwestern China mak- ing components for Apple products and Toyota cars have been ordered to suspend production to save power during a record-breaking heatwave.
A representative of Foxconn, which produces iPads, Mac computers and smartwatches, said the impact at its plant in Chengdu, the capital of Sich- uan province, had been “limited”. Toy- ota said it was monitoring the situation and following government guidance.
Unprecedented heatwaves this sum- mer have prompted several Chinese provinces, including Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui, to ration electricity use amid surging power demands to keep fans and air conditioning operating.
The extreme weather,with tempera- tures climbing past 40C, has piled fur- ther pressure on an economy that is already struggling under President Xi’s zero-Covid policy. Supply chains are under strain from the Ukraine war and military tensions around Taiwan.
Zeng Ming, a professor at North China Electric Power University, told local media China’s power demands had risen annually but this summer “large areas are experiencing sustained heatwaves, causing the peak load to rise too rapidly”.
In the eastern city of Hefei, chicken farmers have installed air conditioning after hens, stressed by the hot weather, stopped laying. Egg prices are said to have risen by up to 30 per cent.
Staff at the local animal husbandry and veterinary office said cows also produce less milk and sows have smaller litters in hot weather. They advised farmers to keep coops and pens cool and adjust feeding times. But egg production is 2 to 3 per cent lower even in air-conditioned coops, Global Times, a party-run newspaper, reported.
Several Chinese cities have reported
record high temperatures this summer. In Shanghai, the country’s financial hub, the temperature was above 40C for at least six days, the most sustained heatwave in 150 years.
After the eastern city of Hangzhou recorded 40.9C on August 11, the authorities deployed cloud-seeding air- craft to encourage rainfall.
Several local governments have called on factories to cut their power use and asked individuals to cope with higher room temperatures.
The power company in Dazhou announced yesterday it would increase the rolling power outage time for resi- dents to three hours, up from two and half hours, and called for unity in this summer’s battle not to overwhelm the grid.
Much of China’s power generation is still coal-fired, contributing to the country emitting 27 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gases in 2019.
The United States was the second- largest emitter, at 11 per cent, and India was third with 6.6 per cent of emissions, according to the US-based Rhodium Group.
China’s emissions more than trebled over the previous three decades, the think tank added. Beijing recently said it would suspend dialogue with the US on climate change, among other subjects, in reaction to the visit to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The regime in Beijing has promised to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 but refused to speed up progress, arguing that it must balance the goal with economic growth and that it must set its own pace.
Dong Xiucheng, an expert on carbon neutrality, told state media the extreme weather could become a new norm.
“Climate change needs high atten- tion from all countries,” Dong said. “The measure of all measures is to red

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PSA: If you haven’t already, update your Mac, iPhone, and iPad
Friday, August 19, 2022 8:50 am

Apple has released operating system updates to fix a security issue with its Mac, iPhone, and iPad computers, which it says hackers may have “actively exploited.”

Tom Gerken for The Beeb:

The flaw could allow hackers to take complete control of affected devices, industry experts have suggested.

The update has been made available to iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2 and later and iPad 5th gen. and later.

It is also available to the iPad mini 4 and later versions and the iPod touch (7th generation). Mac users running macOS Monterey are also being encouraged to update.

Apple said hackers used the flaw to infiltrate WebKit, the engine that powers Apple web browser Safari. The technology company said the exploit could be used by hackers if the user accessed “maliciously-crafted web content.”

There have so far been no confirmed reports of specific cases where the security flaw has been used against people or devices.

MacDailyNews Take: Again, if you haven’t already, update your Mac, iPhone, and iPad to macOS Monterey 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, and iPadOS 15.6.1, respectively.

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/19/psa-if-you-havent-already-update-your-mac-iphone-and-ipad/

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BofA: Apple has the potential to trade in the $230s
Friday, August 19, 2022 4:16 pm

BofA sees potential for Apple to trade to the $230s, representing potential upside of more than 30%, even after significantly outperforming the S&P 500 amid the rally from the mid-June depths.

Matthew Fox for Business Insider:

The most valuable company in the world could soon see big gains ahead if it continues to outperform the broader stock market.

That’s according to Bank of America analyst Stephen Suttmeier, who said in a Wednesday note that Apple has a bullish technical setup that could send the stock to above $230, representing potential upside of more than 30% from current levels.

Suttmeier’s favorable outlook on Apple is based on the stock hitting a new relative all-time high when measured against the S&P 500. The relative outperformance of Apple against the broader market has been impressive since the June 17 low, with Apple up 31%, more than double the S&P 500’s gain of 15%…

[I]f Apple stock can break above its December 2021 peak of around $183, Suttmeier expects a measured move price objective in the $230s for the iPhone maker.

MacDailyNews Take: Technical, schmechnical.

Apple has the potential to trade well beyond the $230s. iCal it.

Buy and hold. AAPL longs will be rewarded handsomely (as many already have).

https://macdailynews.com/2022/08/19/bofa-apple-has-the-potential-to-trade-in-the-230s/

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$AAPL $14.9 Million OTM Call Strike: 175 Expiration: 12/16
By: Cheddar Flow | August 19, 2022

• $AAPL $14.9M OTM Call

Strike: 175
Expiration: 12/16

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KeyBanc Recommends Owning Apple - Boosts Price Target
By: Investing.com | August 19, 2022

Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) price target was raised to $185 from $177 per share by a KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst on Friday.

The analyst told investors in a research note that they recommend owning Apple shares and are raising the price target on the stock based on strong trends.

"Our KFLD shows Indexed Spending was +29% m/m in July, vs. the 3-year avg. of +16%. Our data rapidly rebounded post softer results in April through June. July is seasonally the strongest sequential growth month of F4Q, which appears to be off to a strong start, when we would expect Spend to moderate in August and September," the analyst said. "Currently, the data supports our above-consensus Hardware revenue estimates, which we increase for iPhone (F4Q22: KBCM $69.6B vs. consensus $68.0B) based on further review of our estimates and F3Q22 results"

The analyst added that the data says they should expect better than historical growth for Hardware in the upcoming quarter.

"We are tweaking our revenue estimates for F4Q22 +1.0% driven by +2.2% iPhone revenue. We continue to take comfort in growth in the active installed base of devices, which hit an all-time high in F3Q22, and we believe comments around "strong double-digit" growth in switchers to iPhone as encouraging. We were too quick to reduce our PT due to FX pressure when ex-FX we believe AAPL revenue is growing double-digits, and gross margins are up 100 bps y/y in F4Q22," the analyst added.

Apple shares are down 0.7% Friday.

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$AAPL with a massive 36% rally off of lows in 2 months
By: Bracco | August 18, 2022

• $AAPL with a massive 36% rally off of lows in 2 months

Something to keep in mind, $AAPL is approaching its worst performing month (September) for the last 42 years

Last 5 September results for $AAPL

9/21 -7.41%
9/20 -12.77%
9/19 +8.49%
9/18 -1.16%
9/17 -6.48%





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Apple $1.7 Million OTM Call Strike: 185 Expiration: 10/21
By: Cheddar Flow | August 18, 2022

• $AAPL $1.7M OTM Call

Strike: 185
Expiration: 10/21



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