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Some Agonizing AAPL Facts
(1) The stock's lifetime low was on July 13,1982 at $1.43 per share;
(2) It is up about 34,500% since then;
(3) More recently, it is up 7,300% since April 17, 2003, not even nine years ago;
(4) $14 million invested in AAPL in 2003 would be worth a cool billion now. So what did you do with your $14 million instead, huh?
Hurts, don't it?
Big Cap Tech versus Internet Bubble 2.0 (by Dave Pinsen)
Big Cap Tech Versus Internet Bubble 2.0
Hey fellow Slopers,
Mike Paulenoff's post Wednesday afternoon ("Big-Cap Tech Stocks to Watch") and the release of Groupon's earnings later in the day, prompted me to take another look the hedging costs of some big cap tech stocks along with the cost hedging Groupon and a few other Internet companies that went public in 2011.
Groupon dropped 15.6% after hours Wednesday after it announced a Q4 loss, but at least one observer was bullish on it on Twitter. You might recognize his name from the late '90s:
Groupon now generating operating profit and strong free cash flow read.bi/ypRGEU Meanwhile, idiots still saying "Can't make money"
— Henry Blodget (@hblodget) February 8, 2012
The Last Instance of AAPL Hitting Century Mark
