2006-11-21 07:56:11 · 5 answers · asked by 8 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
It all depends if you think it's going to go up or go down.
My opinion is absolutely! If you want to lose your shorts, short Apple!
I'm in AAPL right now and love it for several reasons, at least in the short term.
The ipod is the industry standard and it continues to rock. Further, the ipod was a test for their MACs to be released with their dual core processors. This allows the the MACs to run any PC software now seamlessly vastly expanding the power of the MAC.
Just like where the ipod became the standard of the MP3 market via being cool and providing the complete services, the MACs now bridge the gap for PC users who like cool machines. If AAPL only steals a percent or two of the PC market, that'll be a HUGE increase in sales for AAPL, contributing to the bottom line.
It's also the shopping season, so I expect AAPL to remain strong at least until year end. After that, you just watch for weakening signs and sell then. You'll have your chance.
Until then, there are also good technical signs to go along with fundamental reasons too that the stock will continue higher.
Hope that helps!
2006-11-21 08:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by Yada Yada Yada 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shorting a hot stock like Google or Apple can be a very risky proposition. The problem is that the stock does not trade on fundamentals at all. It would be equivelent to shorting a dot.com stock in early 1998. They were all outragously overpriced and yet they continued increasing in price for another 2 years. Then the bubble burst. In the mean time all the shorts were hung out on the line.
2006-11-21 08:05:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google inventory is only too costly? In what way? in case you propose only that one share fees $800, that may no longer a level of how much cheap or costly the inventory is. Volatility will rely on the beta of each inventory, yet all issues being equivalent, a a million% circulate in an $8 inventory is the comparable earnings as a a million% circulate in a $800 inventory. it extremely is all relative. in case you had only 2 shares of GOOG inventory the previous week, you will have already made $one hundred. Throwing Apple into the foray only provides threat and unknowns and confusion and detours your scheme. Had you shorted AAPL, you probable could have lost money. short Sale Rule This regulation substitute into rescinded in July 2007 by utilising decree of the SEC; subsequently short sales can happen (the place eligible) on any value tick interior the industry, in spite of if up or down.
2016-11-25 23:15:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not now. Apple has a lot of momentum and they're expected to have great sales during the holiday season.
2006-11-21 08:23:38 · answer #4 · answered by Robert J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. too hot right now. maybe a long put, if you know options.
2006-11-21 10:59:22 · answer #5 · answered by hgary06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋