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    Newsletter Issue #674: More Wacky Industry Analysts Have a Go at Apple

    October 29th, 2012

    Anyone who has an ax to grind against Apple would have found lots of fuel for the fire this week what with Apple’s new product launches, and quarterly financials that fell short of financial analyst guesses. While Apple is not immune to criticism, these so-called analysts often take the criticisms too far, or they betray […]


    Wall Street Eats Their Own Dog Food

    October 20th, 2011

    Consider that, year after year, so-called financial experts have underestimated Apple’s sales. It is so predictable, I can use the same canned headline each and every time to describe the the end results. Unfortunately, it appears that these same “experts” became inebriated with their expectations, and ignored reality to predict how Apple did in the […]


    So How Does Apple Fill Product Gaps?

    January 11th, 2010

    When you don’t know what’s going on with Apple, it’s perfectly reasonable to look over their product lineup and see what gaps might be filled. That, alas, can be a double-edge sword. Take the desktop lineup. Three models, but no affordable expandable model. The Mac Pro is simply too rich for most Mac users, and, […]


    Apple’s Financials: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad

    July 21st, 2009

    Suppose I told you a few months ago that Apple would come out of the April through June quarter with the highest revenues ever for a non-holiday period. Would you believe me, or just assume that the worldwide recession would make it impossible even for Apple to deliver credible financial results? Certainly many financial analysts […]