Apple is going to have a tough year

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Post by prostoalex » Sat, Jan 02, 2016, 6:27 AM UTC

Apple is going to have a tough year
businessinsider.com

Re: Apple is going to have a tough year

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Post by jen729w » Sat, Jan 02, 2016, 6:47 AM UTC

Again.

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Post by epistasis » Sat, Jan 02, 2016, 6:54 AM UTC

Apple: always so beleaguered.

I do agree that their software has taken a huge nosedive. Their major attempts at initiatives have been poorly executed.

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Post by cloudwalking » Sat, Jan 02, 2016, 6:55 AM UTC

Strange he quotes Ben Thompson as bearish on Apple. Ben says exactly the opposite in his podcast. He has a very favorable outlook on Apple.

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Post by Aloha » Sat, Jan 02, 2016, 6:56 AM UTC

am I the only one who considers the markets obsession of endless growth as absurd?

Both sides in the smart phone market have been growing thru beating down the weaker competitors then just by market growth, the smart phone market in developed countries is largely reaching saturation - where is the place to grow now?

I work in a market where volume matters little - margin is the key - my division for example produces a product with a gross margin of ~50%

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Post by hackaflocka » Sat, Jan 02, 2016, 7:01 AM UTC

"iPhone sales could go negative for the first time in history."

Growth. You mean sales growth. So call it that. There's enough innumeracy and economic illiteracy out there -- let's not add to it, eh.

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Post by melted » Sat, Jan 02, 2016, 7:01 AM UTC

One thing about Apple is this: they _always_ have a plan. Count on it. It's not like Business Insider is uncovering something they don't know here. All this doomsaying is due to the fact that Apple does not pre-announce anything. This, understandably, drives mass media nuts, so they just make things up. But that doesn't change the basic truth of the issue: Apple always has a plan.

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Post by arcticbull » Sat, Jan 02, 2016, 7:02 AM UTC

Ah it's that time of year again; it's all over guys, time to go home.

Re: Apple is going to have a tough year

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Post by mrmondo » Sat, Jan 02, 2016, 7:02 AM UTC

I've heard this almost every year, and almost every year it turns out to be an incorrect assumption and as Aloha pointed out here - what is the obsession with growth?

Growth does not equal stability.

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Post by enos_feedler » Sat, Jan 02, 2016, 7:02 AM UTC

apple stock will hit a high of $144.42 USD per share this year. You heard it here first.

EDIT add "this year"