So a certain Wall Street trader released a bogus report Tuesday afternoon claiming Apple shareholders were prepared to approve a stock split at Wednesday’s meeting. As you might expect, it never happened, it wasn’t going to happen. But the stock price soared for a bit, which likely gave the trader in question a decent profit, […]

For one day, at least, it appeared as if the Wall Street freakout over Apple’s past and future prospects might be abating. The stock price had begun to soar way ahead than the market, increasing by nearly ten dollars per share at the end of the trading day, but that could be a blip. Predicting […]

So after fretting over the ongoing dilution of Apple’s market cap, a new spate of positive comments sent the stock price soaring all over again on Wednesday. This roller coaster effect will likely continue until next week, when Apple spills the beans on the last quarter’s earnings picture. In the meantime, though, it’s probably far […]

You’d think that Apple CEO Tim Cook is the enemy based on some of the comments spewed forth in recent weeks from so-called tech and financial journalists. I suppose part of it is that he’s a numbers and inventory person. He even has an M.B.A., which means he’s just a professional manager, right? Isn’t that […]