This Stock Gave investors 5,460%; It's About to Do It Again

Investment U ^ | 04/10/2009 | David Fessler

[Swordmaker]

Somebody's really bullish on AAPL stock—PING!

Disclosure, someday soon, I will have some Apple stock...

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[Star Traveler]

It’s just too bad I didn’t have it way back then.... :-)

[mountn man]

Forest Gump and Bubba did real well with Apple, IIRC. :)

[OBXWanderer]

Reminds me of Gates

[tx_eggman]

[alexander_busek]

This Stock Gave investors 5,460%; It's About to Do It Again

Let's see... AAPL currently has a market capitalization (combined value of all stock) of US$106.5 billion. If that were to again rise by 5,460%, it would then have a market capitalization of US$5.8149 TRILLION.

According to the CIA World Factbook, the U.S. had a G.D.P. (official exchange rate) of US$14.33 trillion in 2008. So the author of the article is predicting that Apple's stock will have a value of roughly HALF of our country's G.D.P.

You know, I find that prediction a little incredible.

Regards,

[webschooner]

Granted, I’m a little biased ...

(more than a little)

Apple may or may not be a wise financial investment, but to listen to anyone who is emotionally involved in a company's products for purposes of investment advice, is a huge mistake.

[Gorzaloon]

Apple may or may not be a wise financial investment, but to listen to anyone who is emotionally involved in a company's products for purposes of investment advice, is a huge mistake.

Or to anyone who is sitting on a pile of it. (The stock.)

[Always Right]

Yeah, the hype is way over the top. Perhaps Apple will go over $200 again by the end of this year and perhaps head to $300 next year. A great return for a stock, but if the economy recovers there will be lots of stocks doing that. Apple is a very solid company that has a bright future.

[raybbr]

According to the CIA World Factbook, the U.S. had a G.D.P. (official exchange rate) of US$14.33 trillion in 2008. So the author of the article is predicting that Apple's stock will have a value of roughly HALF of our country's G.D.P.

Curses on you! How darest thou invect reason into a specious argument?

[McGruff]

Monopolies are good.

[cizinec]

A Unix user would have a better shooting stance.

Other than that, I agree with the image and go Unix.

Thank you.

[hiltonheaded]

AAPL stock rocks as i type this from my shiny macbook......while i listen to my ipod.......they are truly on their game....just need rumors of an iBook reader for next hysteria.......

[erman]

According to the CIA World Factbook, the U.S. had a G.D.P. (official exchange rate) of US$14.33 trillion in 2008. So the author of the article is predicting that Apple's stock will have a value of roughly HALF of our country's G.D.P.

You know, I find that prediction a little incredible.

not if a loaf of bread cost $50 and a gallon of gas $70.... hyperinflation is kewl.

just look to the east and praise TOTUS.

[cardinal4]

All I had to do was look at the headline and I knew what company it was and who had posted it..

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks sm. Fiftyfold increase? Walmart did it, but that was years ago, over a long period of time (Peter Lynch called it a "fifty bagger" in Beating the Street).

[Erik Latranyi]

Look, Apple is a great innovator. However, Apple rarely stays at the top of its markets for long.

First, technology companies rarely stay on top of a market they invented.

Second, Apple is known for having too tight a grip on hardware, leading users to migrate to less restricted imitators.

[cardinal4]

Second, Apple is known for having too tight a grip on hardware, leading users to migrate to less restricted imitators.

It is that fact that is sending me into Apple's camp when I buy my next computer. I want computer whose hardware and software is all made by the same folks..

[Sawdring]

Isn’t Steve Jobs on his death bed? What will their stock do when he is six feet under?