Category Archives: Apple

The Safe Haven That Rocks

Posted on May 30, 2012 by macromon

Check out Apple’s relative performance today.  Impressive. Let’s see how it closes, but it has broken out to a recent high.   We  noted this stock may become the safe haven for captive equity investors.   Looks like the case, at least … Continue reading →

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Apple: THE Stock to Watch

Posted on May 23, 2012 by macromon

Apple was strong most of the day even as the Dow was down almost 200 points.   It really took off around noon and led the overall market higher. We noted yesterday that Apple is becoming a “safe haven” equity play … Continue reading →

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Apple, housing, and this merde market

Posted on May 22, 2012 by macromon

Merde markets! We had a plan to unload our longs (mostly Apple) in the pre-market or at the open.  We were expecting some follow through from yesterday’s ramp but didn’t think it would hold.  We were lucky enough to get … Continue reading →

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General Apple Takes Charge Amidst Rumors Of Better World

Posted on May 21, 2012 by macromon

Always a decent sign when General Apple leads the market, trading up over $33 (6+ percent) including the move in after hours.  Note the nice bounce off and failure to close below its the 100-day.  There’s the next line in … Continue reading →

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Tale of Two Gaps

Posted on May 15, 2012 by macromon

We’ve posted many times how a market “abhors a vacuum and all gaps will be filled.” Apple’s opening gap after their latest earnings release has now been completely filled. Not Amazon’s, however, and it could be the fact the gap … Continue reading →

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Apple Gives Up Gains To Close Lower

Posted on May 1, 2012 by macromon

Apple traded up almost $14 only close lower on the day.  The stock led the S&P500 and other major indices off their highs of the day to cut their intraday gains in half.  The Russell gave up almost a 2 … Continue reading →

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Sell in May?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by macromon

We don’t know. What we do know:   1)  May has bad seasonals as illustrated in the chart by our good friends at the Chart Store;  2)  Apple, the leader of 2012, is trading like dog dirt after the huge pop … Continue reading →

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Apple Beats, Up $40 in AH….

Posted on April 24, 2012 by macromon

Don’t have a lot of time as we’re out the door but thought you should see the Apple data.  Big beat and up over $40 after hours. Good thing for the sell-off prior to earnings as its sets the stock … Continue reading →

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Apple’s Wild Ride

Posted on April 16, 2012 by macromon

It’s been a while since we’ve weighed in on Apple.  Well, at least a few weeks since our March 30th post as we wondered out loud if the stock needed to fill its March 14th gap open at $568. The … Continue reading →

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Apple’s Secret Sauce

Posted on April 9, 2012 by macromon

Great piece from our good friend over at MindBodyForce.com. Behind Success: Conviction April 9th, 2012 by Andrew Szabo A blog by Bill Taylor, on the blog network of Harvard Business Review, brings out the central importance of believing in what … Continue reading →

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