Robert Paul Leitao on This week's Apple trading strategies (3/2-3/6/26) - 'In Monday trading in Asia, The Nikkei 225 is off 1.53% and the TOPIX is down 1.62% Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index is in the red 2.40%. European markets will open in about five hours…'
on Apple closes five stores in the United Arab Emirates - 'Apple does not have company run stores in Israel. Any stores mentioned must be authorised resellers or even unauthorised ones.'
on Apple's securities fraud defense: We didn't know - 'Fred Brooks said “What one programmer can do in one month, two programmers can do in two months.”'
on What the decapitation of Iran means for Apple - '“… I guess being the most popular and benevolent company on the planet has its benefits.…” … and Apple doesn’t make pagers… '
on Apple closes five stores in the United Arab Emirates - '” The UAE is not the only country in the Middle East within range of Iranian missiles.” Iran has developed over a dozen different types of missiles, several of which have a range of about 2,000 km (about 1,200 miles). That puts them well within range of all of the Middle East, southeastern Europe, Russia and Egypt. Iranian leadership (until today) had no interest in peace, only the spread of its hatred of all things Jewish, Christian or Sunni.'
on Apple closes five stores in the United Arab Emirates - 'Phil: Dubai and Abu Dhabi are in the UAE. BTW, Iran is nuts to piss off the Gulf States (UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait) and Saudi Arabia. One thing to go after the bases of the attacking countries, but thinking this will get them to put pressure to end the war, doesn’t seem likely to my humble opinion.'
on What the decapitation of Iran means for Apple - 'Pedo-Trump “if you elect me I’ll bring energy prices down 50%” Today – “oil spikes 7% on Iran fears” What a moron. Things have never been as expensive, tariffs are squeezing Americans and the stock market is struggling to stay positive.'
on What the decapitation of Iran means for Apple - 'Oh, don’t worry! Hegseth assures that this won’t go any further! 🙂'
on What the decapitation of Iran means for Apple - 'I expect this campaign to be over before the markets open tomorrow morning.'
on What the decapitation of Iran means for Apple - 'If the Russian shadow tanker fleet continues to be interdicted, prices for Russian oil will go up and availability will go down. Of course, Russia can construct pipelines to China, but not (directly) to many other neutral countries.'
on What the decapitation of Iran means for Apple - 'If Trump really wanted to destroy Iran he should become their president. MY TAKE After the very protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with all the pernicious peripheral actions – not to mention Donald’s kidnapping of Venezuela’s president and the hyperbolic on-again off-again tariff war and pathological bullying of friends and foes alike, I can’t imagine how blowing up Iran – which has been in a protracted war against “the West” and its neighbors ever since 1979, is going to affect Apple. Why? Because Apple is not in the war business. Truth is, everyone likes to use Apple stuff, including our enemies. I guess being the most popular and benevolent company on the planet has its benefits.'
on What the decapitation of Iran means for Apple - 'Hi, David. Russia will benefit financially from a curtailment of oil. And so will this President’s other oil barron cronies. Do NOT underestimate the Powers behind Trump’s Throne. He may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but they’re no dummies. Just unbelievably callous and greedy.'
