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b) They are releasing their full results next week anyway. There is at least one rumour involving Apple every week. Should they respond to all of them? Should they refute the iPhone Mini rumours? |
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One clear reality. There is now serious competition in the smartphone space. And competition squeezes monopolistic practices. That's economics 101...
That is an important point about the Android space. Many similar competitors, making it easier to swap providers. |
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Also, it needn't be a press release. They just need to communicate. It could be simply giving an interview or a few quotable statements to a respected media outlet. --Pat |
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01-16-2013, 08:40 AM | #51 | |
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b) Past performance is no guarantee of future results!! Seriously, this isn't about past earnings so much as indications of current and future trends. And, sure, rumors regarding the mobile market crop up every second. But this is one of the most significant ones regarding a major player, and seems to relate directly to trends in demand. Also, an iPhone Mini or rumors of any future product wouldn't necessarily depress stock prices. It could actually boost prices. --Pat |
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They should only correct misinformation that lowers the share price, but not misinformation that raises it? |
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They should correct any significant rumor that is an assertion of fact and that is incorrect. Especially when it can impact share prices so starkly. The statements regarding decreased orders for screen displays were assertions of fact. The "rumors" of an iPhone Mini were not assertions of fact, but rather clearly predictions. --Pat |
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Besides, from this graph it looks like the market was overexcited about the iPhone 5, and now it's back on the previous track: |
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Regarding folks who bought less than a year ago, you think it's OK then that they may have taken a loss due to potential stock manipulation? How does the date of purchase make a stock loss due to stock manipulation any more or less acceptable? Quote:
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Just to clear up my view (I'm having a bad day, sorry if that came through).
I don't particularly care one way or another about this story or whether Apple respond to it. What I do dislike is the modern trend for executives to have more concern about managing their share price than their company. I don't think share price concerns should have any effect on a companies decision making, they should be focusing on the company itself, and increasing revenue and profit. Instead (fulled, no doubt, by share-price related bonuses), success is measured by whether the share price goes up or down. Shareholders are rewarded through dividends, and the best way to increase dividends is to run a profitable company. The success or failure or short-term speculators (where medium term would be years if not decades) should not affect business decisions. Rant over. (I also hate the modern 'journalism' that regards reporting rumours from another site as somehow being a real story. Second rant over too.) Last edited by murraypaul; 01-16-2013 at 09:49 AM. |
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I am not the only one asking this question. Others writing on the "rumor" of the decreased orders have also asked it. For example, here: http://gizmodo.com/5976163/yes-apple...?post=56225033 --Pat |
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How so in cases such as this regarding a potential incorrect assertion of fact? Again, I'm only saying it should be done for major rumors. Not every little thing. And only things which could be potential stock manipulation. --Pat |
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