Steven Philips on Premarket: Apple is green - 'Yay! 🙂'
on iPhone to the rescue - 'One fricking line of code. Can you imagine what would happen to much of tech (except for Apple, of course….) if this one line of code were actually force-implemented? FAR less advertising revenue, from that moment on….'
on iPhone to the rescue - 'Highlighting, of course, the importance of Apple’s investment in and deal with Globalstar. Should they actually trust Amazon, once divesting the Apple investment in Globalstar as part of the buyout? I wouldn’t. But then I also rely on my Garmin InReach Mini GPS and emergency contact service, and not my iPhone.'
on iPhone to the rescue - 'The key element that runs through many of these stories is how quickly help arrives. We had one in our area where police arrived within two minutes of a crash that left all occupants incapacitated. It is not just the iPhones. Apple must have coordinated with the first responders to arrange all the protocols and agree on the messaging so that the correct information would get to the right people in seconds. Amazing.'
on iPhone to the rescue - '“I hope someone at Apple is keeping track of all these rescues.” I chuckled at this, I bet they a team dedicated to documenting these amazing stories. If this one ends well, I bet we see it in an ad or an Apple Event video in a year or two.'
on Premarket: Apple is green - 'Microsoft reached its current all-time high of $555.45 on July 31, 2025. The 52-week range on the shares is $355.67 – $555.45. The 52-week low was set on April 21, 2025, just about one year ago. The shares are trading today at $410.30, up $17.29 on the day. In a note dated yesterday, Morningstar has a 5-star rating on the shares and a Fair Value Estimate of $600 per share. I plan to read through the note.'
on CNBC's Joe Kernen puts his MAGA bias on display (video) - 'Greg Boyd said: “Buttigieg: “Compliance problems for sure.” “America is weaker.” Speaking of chair of NATO: “His job is to butter up president.” Buttigieg is the Democrat’s version of Ted Cruz.” **Interesting…you watched the entire video and only had criticism for Pete Buttigieg? Here’s a link to a response that’s a little more critical of Joe Kernen: https(colon)//www.msn(dot)com/en-us/money/markets/pete-buttigieg-shreds-cnbc-host-on-trump-s-iran-war-and-inflation/ar-AA20CD0J “Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has absolutely shredded CNBC host Joe Kernen on the Iran war and President Donald Trump’s broken inflation promises. Trump won the 2024 presidential election in part on his promise to lower rising costs for Americans, but as Buttigieg noted, inflation is now higher than it was when his ex-boss, former President Joe Biden, left office.”'
on Premarket: Apple is green - 'No sooner do I post that AAPL seems to be trading in a range (yesterday), topping out at $262.xx, than 24 hours later it breaks out to $265.50 (and the session is far from over). I should make more of these observations.'
on Apple leaker Jon Prosser spills to The Verge - 'And for all those people busting their guts to create these products – what must they feel like losing the narrative of what they create to parasites like this, who contribute ZERO to producing anything useful.'
on What killed the Towson Town Center Apple Store? - 'Grew-up thirty miles north of Towson. Then it was vibrant with bars and restaurants. Now the area has become crime ridden with shootings in the mall.'
on BofA raises its Apple target $5 to $325 - 'The quote is “expected buyback authorization”, not unexpected. Meaning street wants to know how much Apple authorized to buy back last quarter. In Q1, Apple spent $25.2B on share repurchases. Per Q1 2026 10Q: “(1) On May 1, 2025, the Company announced a program to repurchase up to $100 billion of the Company’s common stock. As of December 27, 2025, $25.2 billion of the May 2025 program had been utilized. The program does not obligate the Company to acquire a minimum amount of shares. Under the program, shares may be repurchased in privately negotiated or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act.”'
on What Apple told senators about Musk's nudie AI - 'My take: I’m sort of surprised Mr. Cook lets the toxic Mr. Musk anywhere near the App Store. It appears that objectivity is becoming less and less important to our culture.'
on What Apple told senators about Musk's nudie AI - 'If they would keep toxic Musk away from the AppStore, then also Truth Social and hundreds of other apps. Guidelines is indeed all they can use as selective criteria.'
on Apple leaker Jon Prosser spills to The Verge - 'Do leakers know that there is no honor in what they do? They don’t tell the future, they induce someone to violate a contract. And they are not actually the leakers. They are the leak publishers who find ways to monetize leaks. The actual leaker is the source who violated the contract and therefore holds the liability for doing so. While the publisher receives the reward, the leaker receives nothing unless the publisher compensates the leaker. No matter how you look at it, this is a rotten way to make a living.'
on What Apple told senators about Musk's nudie AI - 'They should have pulled the offending apps pending revisions.'
on BofA raises its Apple target $5 to $325 - 'no, my additional $2 is modest! I would be pretty happy with a 26% gain in 12m under the current topsy-turvy-ness.'
on BofA raises its Apple target $5 to $325 - 'Modest? Sure, but his PT went from 24% above current to nearly 26% above. Expect more upgrades as analysts anticipate good results and guidance, shortly.'
