The short-term technical outlook for AAPL is negative, RSI and MACD are negative, and so are the 14-day, 50-day and 200-day moving averages. The head-and-shoulders topping pattern that became confirmed upon the break below the neckline around $107 had a first downside target of around $83, however, inherently increasing risks are for AAPL to test support at the open gap charted two years ago of $71.
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APPLE SELL Commentary & Charts
AAPL shares fell more than -8% after the close in NY yesterday, to about $96 this morning in Frankfurt, and below our January 27th “Sell” on APL at $ 99.99. We reiterate our “Sell” on AAPL at the current price of $96/share.
Apple (NYSE: AAPL $99.99) SELL
Apple’s Q4 results which were announced after the market close yesterday were disappointing, and forward guidance by Tim Cook is confirming our past long term views, that Apple’s business & product innovation, its industry lead and business strategy has peaked in 2013. Apple did not grow unit sales y-o-y in any of its major product categories during the crucial Q4 holiday sales. The number of iPhones sold was basically flat from a year ago, Mac unit sales declined -4% y-o-y, and iPad unit sales plunged -25%.
Morning Market Commentary – SPX & DOW in seasonal correction AAPL “Sell/short” note
US equity markets have entered their annual period of seasonal weakness. Seasonal tendencies for stocks turn firmly negative on September 16; average loss for the S&P 500 Index over the three weeks to follow is -2.5%. The DJIA has more often underperformed during the May to October time frame with a brief counter-trend rally occurring in July. September remains clearly the worst calendar month for stock market performance.
AAPL Apple Sell Recommendation
Apple (AAPL), the biggest company still by market capitalization in the US, didn’t have the sort of effect it was hoping for with the launch of two new smart phones: its share price fell sharply as analysts expressed their disappointment with the latest gadgets: the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C.
Apple, once the technological and applications leader has become an innovation follower, and it proves our point more and more, as the company management is struggling with its corporate vision and business plan and original strategy. Recent product announcements, like the iWatch, and “cheaper” iPhones are confirming our 2012 concerns, which we published in our leading “Sell/short” AAPL report on October 3rd 2012 (AAPL US$ 685). Apple’s business model has run out of momentum, growth is declining, and AAPL is forced by market and consumer trend dynamics to test smaller, cheaper, and lower value added gimmicks, which are going to be having a negative affect on AAPL’s margins, which we identified as unsustainable, in our last years original report.
Morning Market Commentary Sell in May, AAPL reiterating sell/short; Gold & Silver to go higher
The period for seasonal strength in equity markets concludes on May 5th, after which a trendless market is the average. Economic events over the next few days, including central bank announcements and employment report releases, are likely to set the tone for the month ahead. The technical backdrop of equity markets has shown deterioration over recent months, particularly pertaining to momentum, and the likelihood is increasing that a market correction is near based on recent warning signals that have become prominent in April. Stocks have been up 6 months in a row. And April finished at a historic high of 1597.57.
Each May is different. And there have been some very profitable summers in years past. So it’s never wise to just take this saying at face value and truly walk away from the markets. The resilience of stocks to be pressing all-time highs after 3 straight weeks of soft economic reports (including a scary showing for Chicago PMI in contraction territory) is making it hard to say what exactly would make stocks go lower at this stage. Meaning that investors seem quite comfortable with the ebb and flow of muddle through economic growth. And as long as the Fed is on the side of investors, with all that QE, then there is no reason to walk away?
Morning Market Commentary – Currency impact on corporate earnings and equities pricing, AAPL Sell/Short reiteration
Just as an update on a major subject, which most sell side economists, strategists and analysts have grossly overlooked still so far yet, the impact of a temporary strengthening US$ against major currencies like the Yen, the Euro on US exports/imports, current account, and on corporate revenues and earnings. We had started to point to this significant subject in our Q 2 Global Strategy Outlook, and already do we see impacts of this highly overlooked and underestimated subject on earnings releases for major US companies, like Caterpillar, Coca Cola, AAPL, JBL, BA, to name just a few.
Morning Market Commentary – AAPL “Sell/Short” reiteration, SPX Sell signals clear
Apple stock traded below US$ 400 for the first time since 2011, just prior to the exuberant and parabolic rise to US$ 705 in 1H 2012. Yesterday APPL fell 5.50% following a weak sales outlook from key chip supplier to Apple, Cirrus Logic. Shares of AAPL are down around 42% since the stock peaked in September of last year, when we put a “Sell/short” recommendation on AAPL at US$ 685, this amidst concerns that Apple is losing its market dominance.
Morning Market Commentary – BDI, NDX, AAPL
When stocks began to peak from a substantial seasonal run that began in October of that year, the Baltic Dry index is rising as cyclicals, such as energy and materials, are weakening. The BDI provides an assessment of the price of moving the major raw materials by sea. The diverging activity of the price of shipping materials versus the price of companies valued based upon materials they produce is made without conclusion, other than the fact that underlying fundamental influences that typically drive these cyclical sectors higher at this time of year are still occurring. Manufacturing and industrial production typically increase into the Spring, driving the BDI higher as more goods are shipped, and customarily giving strength to Materials and Energy. However, the fading relative performance of these cyclical sectors suggests that investor demand to hold these stocks is clearly absent, despite the positive fundamental influences. Once again, warning signs are beginning to emerge. With AAPL still commanding a large percentage of the Nasdaq 100 , the short trade is in AAPL. Now after it completed it’s 10 % recovery from its lows of US$418, we are advising to short AAPL, with our next price target being US$ 380, then over the 9 – 12 months time period, we stick to our AAPL price target of US$ 320.
Morning Market Commentary US$, US Market Charts, SSES, Italy, Greece
European Economic Outlook for 2013. Clearly, …………………………………………………more mixed macro news ahead.
We see technical evidence for the long-term bullish trend to remain intact until there are greater odds of a looming recession. Or until stocks become overvalued. Neither is a real concern right now. Not even with the government cost cuts from the sequester going through post March 1st.
So, we are recommending to add towards Asian, and European equities if, and when the correction increases in velocity.
Morning Market Commentary EUR/USE;US$/YESN;SSEC;AAPL
Apple stock continues to look for a lower price. The gap down from January is a major sign of more selling volume to possibly join the carnage in the once biggest stock in the world. Shares of Apple have not moved above its 50-day moving average since September of last year, precisely when the new iPhone and iPad were launched.
We maintain our “Sell/Short” recommendation on AAPL, with our 3 – 6 months price target of US$ 320.
APPL Update reiterating our “sell/short”
The attached report is an update on APPL stock, following our original “Sell/Short” note from October 3rd, 2012 to our clients.
After a report by James Stewart, NYTimes this past Friday Feb. 8th, 2013 in his “Common Sense” Column, “Following a Herd of Bulls on Apple”http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/business/following-a-herd-of-bulls-on-apples-stock.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&ref=business, we are reiterating our “Sell/Short” recommendation on APPL with a short-medium term (3-9 months) price target of US$ 320/share.
Morning Market Commentary AAPL, SPX, SSEC, N-225, DAX, CAC, FTSE
APPLE (NASDAQ AAPL US$ 469 pre-open ind.) We maintain our 3 – 6 months price target for AAPL at US$ 380.
We had a few interesting phone calls over the past 2 months from some clients, but also news reporters, and other critics, who used to receive our research, and/or download it from Bloomberg, but who do not pay us for our services, however, have put a lot of emphasis on taking the time and read and battle our forecasts and research, particularly as of late related to Apple and our call on October 2nd, to “sell/short” the beloved stock.
Let’s look at the facts, since then, we correctly predicted AAPL to fall from then US$ 685 to US$ 520, based initially on chart technical outlook changing. Then, when AAPL hit our price target of US$ 520, we wrote in several daily reports, besides updates on Apple, that we were expecting AAPL to recover back towards US$ 585, which it subsequently did within the ten days after our US$ 585 target call.
On December 5th, we reiterated our initial call, which was based in part on chart technical traditional Fibonacci basics, but also complementing the chart technical aspects with market research and looking at the dynamics that existed for AAPL’s most direct competitors, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, and considering all of our combined research, and logical sense, that AAPL’s investors euphoria had been fading.
Morning Market Commentary – Bull or Bear?
Bull or Bear? and European Nuclear Power Plant Problems
The weekly chart below of the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the past few years shows a massive rising wedge formation, which has severe bearish implications should the price action break below the lower limit of this pattern. Given the easy money policy in the US and other parts of the world, a certain amount of skepticism of the bearish implications is warranted. However, the merit of this pattern is supported by a negative momentum divergence over the same period.