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[JakeStratham]

Since many of you are active stock investors/traders, you may find this recent piece by Derek Thompson interesting...

Why Amazon Is Special and Apple Is Not—In 1 Paragraph - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic

Excerpt:

A week ago, Apple announced the most profitable quarter in the history of the company and the stock plunged 12 percent. A few days later, Amazon announced a 45 percent annual fall in profits, and its stock went up. What the what?

It's short. It's sweet. And if you're into stocks, it may lead to better results.

If you walk away with a key insight or two about economics, all the better.

 

[r3p1v]

A week ago, Apple announced the most profitable quarter in the history of the company and the stock plunged 12 percent. A few days later, Amazon announced a 45 percent annual fall in profits, and its stock went up. What the what?

Pretty sure it has to do with expectations. People expect Apple to keep producing record growth and their stock was waaay overbought. Nobody really cares about Amazon.

 

[stockfire]

yeah Amazon is sitting pretty! No one covets their 1.46% return on assets.

 

[shindig]

Nearly everybody I know has bought something/still buys through amazon.

Not true of apple.

 

[dsiomtw]

No one cares about Amazon? lol They will probably be the last man standing of all the big tech companies that exist today.

 

[contract]

Amazon = Invest.

I have a STRONG feeling Apple is going to slowly die out.. (Not entirely, but they'll drop huge $$$)

 

[Zsaleem]

My brother works for Amazon and all the stocks he gets keep multiplying. I haven't exploited him for internal data yet

 

[mx=headroom]

Amazon = Invest.

I have a STRONG feeling Apple is going to slowly die out.. (Not entirely, but they'll drop huge $$$)

You mean like $250 in about 4 months? Oh wait...

 

[contract]

You mean like $250 in about 4 months? Oh wait...

When they started selling the iPad Mini, it was a solid and clear indication they will go to shit.. (I mean seriously, that to me is just a bad "pumper" product.) It's been said Steve Jobs made plans for years even after he passed away, but how well those plans will get executed without him around is unknown.. Not to mention, how do you plan for the future when technology is forever ageing by each day that passes?