The extra slam that Apple stock got from Carl Icahn's surprise announcement that he had dumped all of his AAPL shares proves again why activist investors can be dangerous.
While many investors believe they can glean actionable tips by following the likes of Carl Icahn, people can never forget that these folks are in the game to maximize their own profit.
Earlier this week, tech juggernaut Apple Inc. singlehandedly sent the entire stock market reeling when it reported a second-quarter miss in earnings and revenue.
It was the company's first revenue decline in 13 years.
The disappointing reports listed falling iPhone shipments, which are down some 16% year on year, and 26% fewer sales in the massive and, for Apple, critical Chinese market. The strong dollar isn't helping Apple's performance there, either.
It's only the latest victim of the "earnings recession" we're almost certainly enduring right now.
Don't get me wrong: Apple is still a great company and a must-have stock.
But here's the thing... the very nature of what it means to be an Apple shareholder is changing, and the company is in the midst of what I think is a misstep right now.
The Apple stock price has been hammered following an uncharacteristically bad earnings report.
Apple Inc.'s fiscal Q2 earnings were not only much lower than the same period a year ago, but missed Wall Street expectations as well.
The AAPL stock price was down as much as 8% in after-hours trading. But the sharp sell-off was an overreaction.
Here's why Apple stock is a great bargain right now...
While Apple stock has slumped ahead of the fiscal Q2 earnings, the company has not yet peaked.
The Apple Q2 2016 earnings are expected to show the company's first year-over-year decline in revenue since 2003.
Concerns about slowing iPhone sales have shaved more than 19% from the AAPL stock price over the past year.
But investors need to ignore the gloom. Here's why Apple stock is a buy...
Whether Apple stock is a buy on the one-year anniversary of the Apple Watch launch has not been made easier to answer by a lot of speculative news stories.
Many analysts and pundits have declared the Apple Watch a "flop" because they're guessing that the newest Apple device has failed to meet expectations.
AAPL stock has reacted to Monday's Apple Event news pretty much like the tech media did - with a big yawn.
But most people have completely missed the significance of what Apple is doing.
That reading of the debut of the iPhone 5SE greatly underestimates Apple's plans. It's part of a grand strategy that will boost earnings more than people think.
A 2016 Apple dividend increase is pretty much a lock for April.
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) already has committed to raising its dividend. The tech giant has done it three years in a row.
The only question is how big the AAPL dividend increase will be.
We've crunched the numbers, it looks like it will be much higher than most people think...
The Apple vs. FBI fight might seem about one company granting access to the data on one device, but the legal implications of this case go far beyond that.
The FBI is seeking access to the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers, but Apple has resisted. It may look like Apple is simply being stubborn.
Apple buying Netflix would give the tech giant something it's been lacking lately - but absolutely must have to keep investors happy.
While an Apple-Netflix deal would not be cheap, it would pay off for Apple in the long run.
An Apple acquisition of Netflix would address the root cause of why investors have dropped Apple stock more than 20% since November.
This is what Apple has to gain from buying Netflix...
While not officially announced, it is widely expected that Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) will on March 15 introduce a new 4-inch model of the iPhone - the so-called iPhone 5SE. It sounds like a step backwards.
Is it time to buy Apple stock?
With shares of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) down about 28% from last summer's highs, the company is looking more and more like a bargain.
Persistent concerns about slowing iPhone sales and lowered guidance for the current quarter has soured Wall Street on Apple stock.
But this is why it may be time to buy AAPL stock anyway...
Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson has lowered his Apple stock price target in the wake of less than stellar earnings yesterday (Tuesday), but nevertheless sees significant gains ahead.
Robinson remains bullish on the stock with an AAPL price target of $130 - about 35% higher than where it currently trades.
Here's why Robinson says Apple "is still a stock to own"...
Wall Street is awaiting the Q1 Apple earnings not to find out about another record-breaking quarter, but to see if their fears about slumping iPhone sales in 2016 will be realized.
Instead of focusing on Apple's numbers for its December quarter (Q1 of Apple's fiscal year), Wall Street will be looking mostly at the company's guidance for Q2.
Here's what they've been saying - and why they're getting it wrong...
The Apple Q1 earnings, expected after the market close tomorrow (Tuesday), won't blow estimates out of the water, but will be better than Wall Street has predicted.
Concerns over slowing iPhone sales growth has prompted more than a dozen analysts to lower their 12-month price targets over the past two months, dropping Apple stock 18%.
But here's why the analysts are overreacting...
A lot of Apple Inc. stock facts are relatively obscure, despite heavy media coverage of the company.</p.
But Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) has been around a relatively long time now - nearly 40 years - and so has had plenty of time to accumulate a storied history.
