Welcome to the end of the week and another edition of Happy Hour! Just sit back, relax, and enjoy your end of the week roundup of all things interesting in the land of money.
An Apple Falls
Everything’s working out just as I predicted. Apple, the biggest headline grab ever, missed on sales numbers. I’m not surprised really. I’ve been negative on the stock since before it achieved #1 market cap status. Which was about the time euphoria drove the stock to record heights. Calls for $1,000/share and $1 trillion market cap, was the rage. Everyone wanted to own Apple.
Now the pundits are calling for change. Seems good ‘ole Tim Cook isn’t really worth that big bonus he was given last year. The stock was driven by new product sales. Funny, I don’t remember any new products introduced in 2012. I saw a smaller iPad and the typical minor annual upgrades. Cook’s excuse was supply problems (the area he specializes). There were two potential bright spots: Continue Reading…

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