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Apple Stands Firm On CEO Steve Jobs’ Return In June

Apple’s annual shareholder meeting was relatively quiet. Aside from the by-the-book motives of some parties who grilled Apple execs about Steve Jobs, no journalists or reporters were allowed to directly relay information to the press, and as usual Apple did not release a transcript.
Macworld notes that one of the first questions asked at Wednesday’s annual [...]

Apple Shareholders Re-elect Board, Vote Proposals Down [U]

Even though many shareholders and investors felt downright lied to throughout the ongoing Steve Jobs health issues, the company’s shareholders have re-elected the same board of directors and voted down proposals they felt unnecessary.
Acting on relatively firm confidence and guidance from the board itself, Apple’s board of directors was re-elected including CEO Steve Jobs, Former [...]

Apple Stays Resilient In a Turbulent Financial Environment

In an extremely turbulent financial market, Apple’s fundamental business remains resilient. The company has positioned itself to withstand the current economic recession better than many of its competitors, and has continued to deliver promising numbers.
In a tough economy where headlines have been dominated by layoffs, cuts and downsizing, Apple has remained focused on securing its [...]

Analysts Maintain Strong Buy Ratings for Apple (AAPL) Stock

Apple stock (AAPL) has seen its most significant growth this month following JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s lifted profit estimates for 2009 and 2010 attributed to accelerating notebook sales.

Bloomberg reports that San Francisco-based JPMorgan analyst, Mark Moskowitz, has noted that Apple’s opportunity to increase their notebook market share is something that “warrants increased attention.”  He then [...]

Will Apple (AAPL) Hit $60? Brace Yourself If It Does

Yesterday, Apple (AAPL) coasted through a late day crash before closing at $80.85. The lowest numbers the company has seen since 2006, pre-iPhone.
The major concern for most people here is that the stock so easily sailed down to $80 per share. After hovering around the mid-eighties for a while, and a few nice rallies thrown [...]

Apple (AAPL) Shares Get Slammed As Market Plunges

Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL) closed at their lowest price since December 2006. While some may see this as a buying opportunity, the company has shed well over 50% off of their market cap since hitting all time highs above $200 per share.
Apple shares are down nearly 60% for the year. These are staggering numbers [...]

Apple’s Annual SEC Filing: Advertising, R&D Budget Increase, Patents

Every year Apple files an annual report with the SEC. Today, Apple filed its annual report for 2008, and after digging through 93-page release, Tricia Duryee from paidContent.org points us to a few noteworthy items.

Although the entire document is actually a very interesting read, if you simply don’t have the patience or nerve to skim [...]

Apple Is The Best Run Company In America

In a time of vast economic downturn and financial instability, not many companies are able to shake-up management, launch high-end technology products, and position themselves as a leader both on, and off Wall Street. With CEO Steve Jobs at the helm, Apple has officially set itself apart from the rest of the floundering tech industry, [...]

Cramer: Apple (AAPL) Shares Have Already Bottomed

Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL) have continued to rise on strong confidence in the company’s global position. Analyst Jim Cramer, one of the company’s biggest believers, continue to hammer home his belief in the company’s overall market dominance.

Cramer’s analysis that Apple has already bottomed should “ring a bell” for many listeners. If you have [...]

Apple (AAPL) Shares Bounce Back on Market/iPhone Confidence

Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL), surged both late yesterday afternoon and early this morning as the market and Wall Street begin realizing the company’s premium positioning. As the stock market fights its way through these difficult times, Apple is believed to be the company to watch, as its swings dictate the market’s performance.

Although Apple [...]

Apple (AAPL) Has More Cash Than Microsoft

Microsoft recently its first quarter revenue report, and deep within the documents, is a pretty astonishing fact. Based on the most recent information from both companies, Apple (AAPL) has more cash than Microsoft.

VentureBeat points out that while Apple closed the quarter with $24.5 billion in the bank, Microsoft is hovering around $20.7 billion when [...]

Teenager Was Behind False Steve Jobs Heart Attack Rumor [Update]

The SEC has pinpointed an eighteen year old kid as being the person responsible for posting a fake rumor about Apple CEO Steve Jobs suffering a heart attack.

While we new the SEC had begun investigating the incident, the intentions behind the fake rumor have been unclear. Many believed it to be a stock scam, while [...]

Fortune: Analyzing the Apple Analysts After Q4 Earnings Call

Now that Apple has reported their 4th quarter earnings results, Fortune has put together a chart analyzing the numerous Apple analysts, and how close they were to actual numbers reported by Apple.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt explains for Fortune, “What jumps out of the chart for me is how badly the pros blew the iPhone numbers: the [...]

Apple (AAPL) Shares Skyrocket in After Hours Trading, Up Over 14% [U]

Shares of Apple Inc, (Nasdaq: AAPL) have skyrocketed in after hours trading on Tuesday, October 21st following the company’s 4th quarter earnings results conference call.

Currently, shares of the big tech firm are hovering around $104.40 in after hours trading, up $12.91 (14.11%) from the day’s closing price of $91.49. As we previously reported, Apple has [...]

Steve Jobs Makes Rare Appearance During Quarterly Earnings Call

Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a rare appearance during Apple’s 4th quarter earnings results conference call. Feeling the timing was right to address some questions that have been raised, Jobs highlighted two core milestones. First being Apple beating (outselling) RIM, and second, measured by revenue, Apple has become the world’s third largest mobile phone supplier, [...]

BOOM! Apple Officially Smashes Goal of Selling 10 Million iPhones

BOOM! Apple has officially shattered their goal of selling 10 million iPhones by the end of calendar year 2008.

Arguably the biggest piece of information announced in today’s 4th quarter earnings conference call was Apple’s iPhone sales. Apple has explained that in this past quarter 6.9 million iPhone 3G’s were sold. This exceeds all previous iPhone [...]

Apple (AAPL) Upgraded Due to Cushy Market Position

JPMorgan upgraded Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock to “Overweight” from its previous rating of “Neutral” this morning. The reason behind this leap in confidence? The Wall Street heavyweight argues that Apply is protected “from the cold winds of a consumer downturn.”
In other words, Apple is setup with a nice cushion between its revenue [...]

Apple’s Notebook Family Price-Points Have Analysts in a Tizzy

Apple has released an entirely new family of notebooks today, as well as a revamped LED Cinema Display. Instead of reducing prices to soften the friction towards a hurting economy, Apple has decided to remain steadfast in their approach of adding new features and better performance while keeping price points intact.

In the face of completely [...]

Apple (AAPL) Upgraded to Buy, Back to Back Rallies

While speculation and anticipation for tomorrow’s notebook media event builds up, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) shares are chugging through back to back rallies, and the stock is currently hovering above $100 per share.

View the full AAPL chart at Wikinvest

Toni Sacconaghi of Sanford Bernstein, who has been rather bearish when it comes to Apple for nearly two [...]

Extremely Scary Trading Day for Apple (AAPL) Shareholders and Investors

On September 29th, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) shares saw the sharpest sell-off the company has seen in years. After losing nearly $20 billion in market cap, the shares continue to get slammed, hovering in the $80’s all day today before closing up $1.07 (1.10%) per share.

For those not interested in following the nuances of Apple’s day [...]