It’s difficult to get overly excited with the shares. Having briefly rallied after the better than expected Q3 results, the long awaited new product launches do little to resolve the big question and the shares are back below their relative market level when I closed the GrowthRater long position back on 13 May, for a 29% […]
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I am closing my long position on Apple (aapl) I established back in February at $121.4 ps. With the shares closing at $156.1 on Friday, that’s a gain of approx +29% over the 100 days held; an annualised return of 105%. GrowthRater porfolio – recent closed positions GrowthRater model portfolio additions – Apple […]
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Apple (aapl) – Q2 FY17 results: iPhone unit sales edge lower on China fall . Verisk (vrsk – Q1 FY17 results: Muted start to the year Rational AG (raa_de) – Q1 FY17 results: A storming start following last year’s ‘SelfCookingCenter’ launch . Muted start to the year from US & […]
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I am adding 3 stocks this morningto the GrowthRater model portfolio Apple, Inc (aapl) at $121.4 per share PayPal, Inc (pypl) at $39.8 per share Paddy Power Betfair (ppb_l) at 8,380p per share Apple, inc (aapl): Added at $121.4 (close) PayPal, inc (pypl): Added at $39.8 (close) Paddy PowerBetfair Plc (ppb_l): Added […]
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Okay, so we’ve got Apple’s Q2 results out tomorrow and expectations aren’t very ambitious (see Outlook in below Investment Summary). It’s the big issue that is going to get the share price right however, and by this, whether we are looking at a re-run of Sony over two decades ago after Akio Morita stepped down. […]
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What’s the next big thing for Apple should the stalling growth in Chinese demand for the iPhone mark the peak in this product’s life cycle? Improvements to the Mac may be invigorating that product line, but its contribution remains relatively modest to the overall group, while the weak health of the global laptop market does […]
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