Robert Paul Leitao on Premarket: Apple was red, turned green - 'Mike: Today I added to small positions in Amazon and AMD. I consider both of them oversold. On my watch list at the moment is PNC Financial Services (PNC). I believe there are opportunities in select regional banking markets. I already have exposure in the financial sector so I may pass on PNC for now as I look for opportunities in other sectors in which I don’t have exposure and wish to establish a new position.'
on Premarket: Apple was red, turned green - 'If they did stand up they WOULDN’T have any balls left!'
on Apple's worst day since April - 'I am wondering if anyone was a frontrunner in shorting Apple’s stock yesterday. Especially someone from Bloomberg, NY Post or from the Administration.'
on Why Apple bought Severence - 'Severance is one of the best shows I’ve ever watched. I hope that them bringing it in house might speed up its production schedule. I know that they had some hiccups going into their second season.'
on Premarket: Apple was red, turned green - 'Robert, you seem to have a pretty good handle on companies that the market undervalues. Are you willing to share any names of specific companies you’re looking at? Even if you share that information after you make your move, it might be helpful to some of us. Thanks!'
on Why Apple bought Severence - 'Only slightly OT:: Apple’s balance sheet carries $0 for Intangibles and Goodwill. All their IP whether tech or entertainment plus their Brand are not counted. So what? Right now, investors in hyperscalars worry about inadequate depreciation for CAPEX in data center build outs. AAPL carries no such risk.'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'I don’t subscribe to Apple News. But if it lists the “top news stories”, isn’t that just a list of the news stories that are being read most by Apple News subscribers, as opposed to a subjective ranking of quality of the stories? That’s normally how these things work.'
on Premarket: Apple was red, turned green - 'Of course, Gregg. This admin is playing by a different set of illegal and shady rules and nobody has the balls to stand up and stop them.'
on Why Apple's Cosmic Orange is the new black - 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRRhJ11dUlE (Wife loved this scene, and fully agreed with Morticia about the unforgivable sin)'
on Premarket: Apple was red, turned green - 'After AAPL’s big declines on Monday and yesterday we now know why. https://stocks.apple.com/AsJm4roZ9QdWUhnXgp7udjg How much you want to bet Trump’s friends got advance notice of this report. Further, Trump’s SEC and DoJ appointees won’t investigate.'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'In a normal administration that cared even slightly about appearing evenhanded, we would never see an FTC move against a news platform like AppleNews while an outfit like Elon Musk’s X (f/k/a Twitter) went unscathed. In contrast to AppleNews, X’s algorithms are intended to promote Musk’s ethno-nationalist, pro-Putin, pro-apartheid views of what the world ought to look like. And yet not only has the Trump Administration not criticized X, it is actively defending X on “free speech” grounds in the halls of Europe, which is trying to regulate it. This degree of rank hypocrisy would cause members of an ordinary administration to blush. But Trump’s crowd plays by a different set of “rules.” Their game is to harness every lever of federal power to advance the president’s own personal, financial, and political interests regardless of how unlawful or abusive this looks to fair-minded people who are paying attention. But surely by now this is obvious to everyone.'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'I have, in the past, seen, and read Fox News, Fox Business, Fox Sports, and New York Post. After sampling them for a few months, they were not interesting, unbiased, science or fact based or even reasonably well written, at least in comparison to other news outlets both domestic and abroad that I also read. Since I was getting these article previews showing up in my feed, I chose the “see less” or “uninterested” options for awhile, and when they still kept coming, I simply chose, as is my right, to block them. I also blocked Planet F1 after a while because the written tedious sensationalism of F1 team internal and inter team dynamics was ultimately not much more than tabloid stuff, maybe gripping for some, but not for me. I also have no interest in stuff pushed to me from Facebook, X/Twitter, Elon, Mark Z. TicTok, etc. and have trained myself to ignore 95% of all ads on any platform including Apple iOS. Just not interested in targeted or pushed ads. I can do my own research, choose my sources, reasonably verify information, and make my own decision, for which I have and take responsibility for. Over Half to 2/3rds of my life was spent learning how to reasonably critically think, understand the science that came before, came during, and will come after my life. I’m sure there’s plenty of conservative articles in Apple News, after all, republicans probably buy Apple iPhones too, I mean they wouldn’t be caught dead with a Chinese or South Korean, or Vietnamese made Android smartphone, right? And surely all conservatives will spend extra to buy US made products to keep there fellow workers (or robots, or AI) working, so they would steadfastly avoid Walmart, Amazon, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Harbor Freight, Ikea and other retailer’s that import all that imported stuff? So yeah, conservatives, the sources and stories are there, if you look for them and choose to follow them. You have every right to unfollow or block any other source you don’t care for, that’s why Apple gave you that choice and ability. I suggest you use that choice for yourself, and quit trying to tell me and everyone else what and how we want to see, read, or watch. That’s not your job, that’s mine.'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - 'The New York Post *IS* most definitely available to read in full within Apple News. Just use the Search feature. One can then add it to the “Channels & Topics” list along with any other media source to which one wants to have easy access. If I’m understanding correctly, I think what is being objected to by these conservative watchdogs is the rarity of the appearance of articles from the NYP and other right-wing media within Apple News’ “Today” section, featuring current top news stories.'
