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  • Robert Paul Leitao on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Broadcom rose $19.54 or 6.21% in today’s session to close at at $333.97 and is ahead overnight $11.83 or 3.54% at $345.80. The all-time high of $414.61 was set on December 10th. It’s been a challenging 2026 for the share price of this Apple supplier and custom chip maker.'
  • Robert Paul Leitao on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Although Apple is not an inexpensive stock, I was surprised by the magnitude of the pull down in the share price today. While I do expect Apple to deliver an attractive foldable iPhone model, in my view valuation gains will be delivered by the perceived value proposition of the products and that value proposition will be driven higher not so much by a foldable iPhone design and more by Apple’s ability to deliver on its AI promises presented 22 months ago at WWDC 2024. In tonight’s AH session the shares have regained almost of today’s loo. The shares are quoted AH at $258.77, up $5.27. The shares closed on Monday at $258.86.'
  • David Wilson on Premarket: Apple is red - 'I wonder how many people close to the top are aware of the approach of these flip-flops from the administration that so greatly affect stock price prices. Something smells really dirty.'
  • Greg Lippert on Premarket: Apple is red - 'TACO to the rescue. IMO it was pulling down the market.'
  • Daniel Epstein on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Just to let people know Trump has postponed bombing Iran’s bridges and power plants for two weeks tonight so Apple shares are up in the aftermarket as if today didn’t happen.'
  • David Emery on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Wake me when this ships with FDA approval…. Otherwise, it’s just vapor. The regulatory bar for anything that’s a medical device is high.'
  • Gregg Thurman on Premarket: Apple is red - '”If it needs to ramp up production again, though, the laptop’s margins will be squeezed. ”” I don’t know who Tim Culpan is, but it’s for sure he’s not familiar with Apple’s planning expertise. Apple would NOT launch a new product WITHOUT having secured production inventory for the first year. The delivery schedule may have been underestimated (greater than expected consumer demand), but ramp won’t take long and pricing for delivery exceeding initial orders are already baked into the production agreement. Neither is he particularly familiar with breakeven analysis, ie., “As unit sales grow beyond breakeven, net profit increases”. Greater than expected demand is the best possible problem a company may experience.'
  • John Konopka on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'Seems like over the years Nikkei consistently has negative stories about Apple.'
  • Bart Yee on Premarket: Apple is red - 'I’ll take a close of -$5.80, well off the low of the day of almost -$13.00. Considering this drop was all based on rumors, an AI patent issue in China, only one market, and general pessimism in the market because of the Iran war, this small drop will pass.'
  • Fred Stein on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'Who to believe? We’re in the blackout period pre earnings. We always get scary stories during this time.'
  • Hap Allen on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Something else weighing down the price? NYT: “Whoop, a Wearable Health Device Maker, Raises $575 Million” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/business/dealbook/whoop-raises-575-million-10-billion-valuation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZFA.oZQ_.-aa1B318KKVx&smid=url-share'
  • Neal Guttenberg on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'Rumor 1-Foldable iPhone exists Rumor 2-Foldable iPhone to be introduced this fall, but with no release date Rumor 3-Foldable iPhone, with no release date will be delayed Rumored to be Rumors Apple to charge more for foldable iPhone than the rumors predicted Add your next rumored rumor about the foldable iPhone here I guess that is why they call it a rumor mill'
  • Gregg Thurman on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'Before I began trading DEEP in the money Spreads a dip like this would ruin my day. Today? Not so much. After checking the Indexes and other equities I determined this was an Apple issue. Found the Reuters article, rolled over and went back to sleep. Nothing here except click bait. At nearly 3:00 PM Eastern volume is in line with past sessions. Christmas came early for buyers.'
  • Gregg Thurman on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'It ain’t real until Apple says so. Story sources are a big indicator as to its authenticity.'
  • Steven Philips on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'I’m getting seasick!'
  • Philip Elmer-DeWitt on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'From a note to Evercore clients that landed on my desktop Tuesday: “The Annual Nikkei iPhone Production Story – Foldable Phone Delays, We Think Unlikely” From our perspective, a delay to the new foldable model would be surprising given our recent conversations… We would also note that today’s Nikkei article is consistent with its annual cadence of publishing iPhone production reports, which have historically not always proven accurate. — Analyst Amit Daryanani'
  • Bart Yee on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'First, I don’t believe either of them but it’s plausible I guess. Second, despite Apple never having confirmed a foldable, and never giving ANY timetable IF and WHEN a product will be released, I really don’t care when it is introduced. What I DO CARE about is that Apple, as usual, does all it can to have ANY product it introduces to be as close to Apple’s expectations and design parameters as possible within the timeline it internally sets, not SOMEONE ELSE’S rumors or expectations. I have NO problem with Apple finding any issue which it feels it has to address to make a Foldable work the way they expect it to and that users will delight in and have confidence in. I suspect any issues now showing up have to do with hinge assembly, repeatability, and quality once assembled, rather than the specific design chosen. If they are using Samsung’s latest Apple spec’ed foldable display, I’d assume they have a good display to work with. Again, as usual, Apple will not release until they are satisfied it has reached an Apple level of build quality, reliability, and fit and finish. Doesn’t anyone remember Samsung’s initial Foldable’s problems with soft displays, people peeling off the display’s film protector and numerous and highly publicized display failures within the first 3 months? That set them back almost 6-12 months and damaged Samsung’s reputation because they brought forth a “not ready for prime time” product / concept that needed further refinement over years, not just months. Yes, the expectations for an Apple Foldable are significant, but not nearly as obsessively high as Apple own internal expectations. But, of course, Wall Street doesn’t give that leeway, and they overreact to anything, real or not. The silver lining to this is Apple just was gifted some more cheaper buyback shares.'
  • Daniel Epstein on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'Greg’s reply is short and to the point. Market reactions are not linear to the actual value or cost to the company if what is said if it is even true. A likely buying opportunity. Might not last too long but given all of the anxiety being created in the world these days it is easy to understand how a stampede can be created. Short term trader’s in Apple stock always seem to be in control of the narrative when the company doesn’t have any way to respond during these legal quite periods. And given this is about an unannounced product which many are expecting it is easy to create doom and gloom problems that people take as the truth.'
  • Stephen Gordon on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'Thank goodness Bloomberg keeps Apple in check.'
  • Cy on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'AAPL’s information void has been training the quant/HF/algo/AI traders to do this for years. It’s a reliable trade. Irrelevant whether the Nikkei (and Gurman and similar) stories are correct, only matters for the traders they moved AAPL. Next Nikkei story will do the same.'
  • Greg Lippert on Foldable iPhone rumor takes a bite out of Apple - 'What an overreaction.'
  • David Emery on Is this the iPhone fold? - 'It’s the -use cases- that have me pessimistic about a fold. I just don’t understand how it would be used and what advantages one would gain from some particular usage that would be worth the cost, the effort to pull it out and unfold, etc, etc.'
  • Joseph Bland on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Also from that Asymco article: “More precisely, there is another measure called the Enterprise Value (EV) which is the total price tag of a company, representing what it would cost to buy the entire business and pay off its debts. EV = Market Cap + Total Debt + Preferred Stock + Minority Interest – Cash and Cash Equivalents.” BTW, since Apple and others are using their cash to distill down their stock float, EV for them is a moving target.'
  • Joseph Bland on Premarket: Apple is red - 'From today’s post on Asymco, replete with charts: “…The graph shows the P/E vs. EV/FCF for the companies in the table. The graphs are the same data but the one on the right is zoomed in on the lower left corner (note the red squares). The reason for the zoom is that there are three outliers. Tesla, Amazon and Lilly. Tesla has absurd valuation on both P/E (300 to 400 range in last 6 months) and EV/FCF while Amazon has an outrageous EV/FCF value due to abnormal capital spending. Basically, Tesla has negligible earnings (and negative growth) while holding astronomical share price and Amazon is spending far above its median on CapEx. Amazon’s 10-year EV/FCF is much lower, at approximately 55… …Most companies should not stray too far from this line. But what we are seeing, with the notable exception of Apple, is that most tech companies have cash flow far below earnings. This is again due to the CapEx elephant.” Advantage, Apple.'
  • Fred Stein on Why Needham's Laura Martin ignores Apple in her AI hyperscalers analysis - 'Amusing: The definition of FCF: Free cash flow (FCF) is the cash a company generates after covering its operating expenses and capital expenditures. Talk about ‘reality distortion’ ??'
  • Bill Donahue on Why Needham's Laura Martin ignores Apple in her AI hyperscalers analysis - 'Sorry – that article on Sam Altman is in The New Yorker, not The Verge.'
  • Bill Donahue on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Apparently the investment banks have finally figured out that a company with a CEO who’s decide to shift corporate focus from its reason for existing to recreating the basic plot from “I Robot”, including announcing a massive capex for it, may have financial and free cash flow implications.'
  • Joseph Bland on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Never try to catch a falling knife, and this particular knife has been telegraphing its fall for a long time.'
  • Bill Donahue on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Thanks Joe – that made me laugh. How many times have we heard Tim Cook say in his earnings calls that the demand for the latest released product exceeds manufacturing capacity? But whoa! – this time, it’s because of the dreaded Chip Shortage of 2026 That Brought Down the World!!! And that’s really bad. And particularly bad for Apple, because we all know why. Mark Twain was obviously speaking on behalf of Apple when he said, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”.'
  • Fred Stein on Is this the iPhone fold? - 'From a former fold skeptic – Go to a carriers store and to see Samsung’s big screen. Rumors of delays, mock-up models. meh.'