Category Archives: Apple

Apple Breaks Out

Posted on October 21, 2013 by macromon

Nice to see one of our old faves trading better.  We sense Apple may become a “laggard of choice” as institutional investors look for ways to play catch up in their performance. (click here if chart is not observable)

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Ouch!

Posted on September 11, 2013 by macromon

Wow!   Here’s a new definition of China Mobile. The pain we took yesterday in Apple was enough to cut the position.  Lucky us.  Not! (click here if video is not available)

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Apple’s Revenues

Posted on April 23, 2013 by macromon

Just released.   Nice to finally see a rally after an earnings release though the revenue guide down was horrendous. Apple is providing the following guidance for its fiscal 2013 third quarter: revenue between $33.5 billion and $35.5 billion gross margin … Continue reading →

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Smartphones and Streaming Music

Posted on March 31, 2013 by macromon

Is Apple prepping a streaming music service? Nobody outside Cupertino knows. Here’s strong evidence why it should. – Fortune Interesting Fortune piece on smartphones and streaming music speculating on Apple’s entrance into the space. FORTUNE — There’s no doubt that … Continue reading →

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U.S. Equity Sector ETF – Daily Performance

Posted on March 27, 2013 by macromon

Choppy Markets. The mess in Europe makes it difficult to be long equities.  Italian and Spanish bond spreads are 30-40 bps wider to the Bund on the week.  Large Euro banks down 5-1o percent. Apple breaks through its 50-day and … Continue reading →

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Apple Closes Above 50-day SMA

Posted on March 22, 2013 by macromon

Nice action is Apple today.  After breaking above its 50-day at around $459 it closed very strong.  Looks good on a technical basis. This should get the traders all lathered up.  One of our faves into earnings. By the way,  … Continue reading →

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Apple: The New Alpha Trade?

Posted on March 18, 2013 by macromon

Another good day for Apple. It spent all but the first half hour of trading in the green today,  broke its downtrend line, is now firmly above it 8 and 21-day exponential moving average,  and generated a bullish MACD cross-over … Continue reading →

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Apple Collapses After the Bell

Posted on January 23, 2013 by macromon

Apple is down almost $60, more than 10 percent,  after a disappointing earnings release.   The market just can’t handle the negative second derivative of earnings and revenue growth. It’s stunning to think how fast Apple has gone from a great … Continue reading →

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Qualcomm’s Keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Posted on January 8, 2013 by macromon

Here is Qualcomm’s CEO Paul Jacobs giving the keynote at the CES, which included a surprise onstage visit by Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer. “It is the first time a wireless company has opened up the Consumer Electronics Show.” ]Check it out.   … Continue reading →

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Gold is no hedge for Apple

Posted on December 20, 2012 by macromon

A friend of GMac Monitor tweets on our last post on gold:  “so gold is no short-term hedge for Apple?” When in doubt go to the charts… Short answer.  Nope! Didn’t the Mayans write about this correlation?  Or was it … Continue reading →

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