Apple Inc. (AAPL) Message Board

And the stock sells off because
1) Fed minutes discuss tapering QE... like cutting back on bond buying is going to cut people off from Facebook.
2) One year anniversary of IPO so some shares have a lockup expire. That selling pressure will be gone at some point (unfortunately we don't know when).
3) Some teens are complaining about FB... but they are actually spending MORE time on it anyway. Any parent knows that teens just like to complain!

I think FB is still a BUY.

Sentiment: Buy

Actually the volume is more likely due to lockup expiration of shares since FB just passed its' first anniversary of its IPO within the past couple of days.

Sentiment: Buy

According to Yahoo Finance, FB has over $9 billion in cash and short term investments. Seems their financing methods are just fine. As for accounting, well that is a commodity skill. People who can't do anything else can still count the things that other people CAN do. If the company focuses on more DOING, then the COUNTING can be done by a wide range of folks.

Sentiment: Buy

Last time the stock sunk below 25 it recovered to 29 fairly fast. I hope it is as fast this time too.

Sentiment: Buy

Actually the articles say that teens are griping about FB but are using it more. Seems like that's grounds for the stock price moving up!!

Sentiment: Buy

Almost half of the people on the planet who have access to the Internet are on Facebook. If the company can just monetize that a little better, the stock price will soar!

Sentiment: Buy

Not so hard for FB to have a green day tmw since it got killed today. Needs to swing back up near 26.50 like it was four days ago.

Sentiment: Buy

Yep, down about 10% in the last two weeks. When this has happened before it bounces back up to $29 or so. Pretty darn frustrating watching this price action. FB was weak today when the market was up 150 points. It only got worse when the market sold off heavily. There must have been millions of shares sold after the one year lock up expired within the last couple of days.

Sentiment: Buy

Maybe folks started to realize that tapering QE doesn't really affect Facebook usage. Facebook will be just fine.

I think what you are smelling is a one-year lockup expiration combined with the release of Fed minutes discussing tapering of QE. Well the insiders selling will abate and I can't see how Fed changing QE will affect Facebook usage. This drop is a buying opportunity!

Sentiment: Buy

There's plenty of room for more revenue generation. You could read a business book or take some MBA classes to confirm that reality. If your purpose is simply to bash, then please carry on.

Sentiment: Buy

Twitter is a toy. You're comparing a rubber band to a bow-n-arrow.

Sentiment: Buy

That buy back is supposed to take place over three years. Anyone want to bet that Apple has earned over $100 billion in cash over that same three year time frame? The issue of Apple having excessive amounts of cash isn't going away. It just gets time shifted a little.

Sentiment: Buy

Right now people think the market only goes up. That is especially true of Tuesdays this year. Not much to derail the upward trend but watch out for the other side of this mountain!! It could be ugly.

Sentiment: Buy

With 98% of people losing money buying them, sounds to me like a 98% chance of making money by selling them! :) Just saying...

Sentiment: Buy

Those funds are probably chasing hot stocks like Netflix and Best Buy.

Sentiment: Buy

Apple should flex it's muscles and make fair offers to buy the 100 smallest companies in the S&P 500 that are profitable (avoid the money losers). That would make news around the globe and still not use even the cash Apple has on the books now. All the earnings from those companies are now Apple earnings. In 3 years Apple will have another few hundred billion dollars and can again buy 50-75 companies off the remaining S&P 400.

Sentiment: Buy

Close... ALL politicians want to make themselves look good.

Sentiment: Buy