Apple Stock Soars 22% Over the Summer

[EChondo]

http://mashable.com/2013/08/21/apple-amazon-google-stock/

 

 

Apple's stock is up 22% since July 1 in anticipation of a Sept. 10 product launch.

Statista's chart below compares the performance of Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft stock over the past two months. Apple is the only one of the four major tech companies to see a significant increase this summer. In contrast, Google and Microsoft stock have both decreased. Amazon's stock saw a modest increase of 2% over the same period.

 

I am not one to post Apple news, but it's always fun to see stocks and how well a company is doing before a big product reveal, then seeing the stocks after said product reveal ;)

[Exo]

Stocks are one hell of a thing.

[Hazy125]

As much as I don't like saying, Apple kicks ass when it comes to selling their products

[naca1227]

22% in one summer? Holy shit 

[wtfxmitchell]

and after the release of the iphone 5s everbody thinks it's the same shit as last year and the stocks go down again, just like the past few years....

[orangecat]

XD Microsoft in july. Sorry i had to point that out dafuq did they do?

[linusforsell]

22% in one summer? Holy shit 

Yet they are still down 30% from last years drop. But hey, gotta hand it to them, they have quite dedicated fans.

[hehehehhehehehe]

XD Microsoft in july. Sorry i had to point that out dafuq did they do?

Xbox One...

[M-ursu]

Apple, you are awesome!.

[j0hnlam]

In finance, you always "Buy the rumour, sell the news". Perfect example of this happening. 

[James_AJ]

and would stock rise again when the products are actually launched?

[gauvinic]

and after the release of the iphone 5s everbody thinks it's the same shit as last year and the stocks go down again, just like the past few years....

And this is why Apple stock is a slightly longer version of a P&D stock. Its never bad to make money off of the bane of your existence!

[j0hnlam]

and would stock rise again when the products are actually launched?

 

Depends. Usually, stock prices will drop once it's announced. However when it's available to customers, stock prices have a tendency to fluctuate. If there are reports of the product doing well, it will rise. If not, vice-versa. 

[SteepGnomeKing]

Wait for the Iphone 5s to come out and "Fail" according to investors and analysts than the stock will go down again.

 

I believe it won't reach expectations this time around.

[James_AJ]

Wait for the Iphone 5s to come out and "Fail" according to investors and analysts than the stock will go down again.

 

I believe it won't reach expectations this time around.

that is SO true. I mean, like, what do people expect?

There's been thousands of rumors/news saying it won't be any much different.. it's called iPhone 5"s" for a reason, not iPhone 6..

Were they expecting iPhones with Android and Macs with PC price?

[DLM_012]

I'm very interested to see how their new hardware will sell when it comes to market. A lot of people I know are surprisingly beginning to ditch their Apple devices in favor of other alternatives. I wonder if this is happening on a larger scale and the sales of a new iPad and iPhone will reflect that.

 

Either A) people understand Apple's hardware cycle and are holding out for the newer stuff or B ) they've moved on.

[j0hnlam]

I think the iPhone 5S might do well. Moving from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4S , it broke sales record in the opening week. Then from iPhone 4S to iPhone 5, it broke record sales again. If history repeats itself, iPhone 5S will break sales records again. So I won't be surprise if iPhone 5S breaks sales records.

 

Source : http://www.redmondpie.com/iphone-4s-breaks-sales-records-more-than-4-million-units-sold-in-first-three-days/

Source http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/as-expected-the-boring-iphone-5-achieves-new-apple-sales-record/

[Aphexx]

a finger print reader combined with apple payment structure. I'm guessing people think this is going to change the way we pay for things from now on.