Five billion pure profit per quarter is nothing to sneeze at, even if you’re Apple!
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I, too, think the after-hours movement of AAPL and GOOG are tied to the court ruling in their favor, so I’m mostly happy about it.
However, despite not being a fan of GOOG and their likely abuse (IMHO) of personal, private data, I don’t see how making them share search data with competitors is either enforceable in a way that will level the competitive playing field, or if it’s even a good thing. If anything – erring on the side of more privacy rather than less – I’d rather have seen more restrictions on GOOG’s collection of search data rather than loosening their hoarding of search data so that more and more companies can abuse (again, IMHO) that same data.
-awlabrador
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Well, with today’s bump-up, now over 3%, maybe this has to do with it… And on a Friday…
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And here we go again, AAPL is up nearly 4% to ~255…
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And suddenly, a couple weeks later, the AAPL bump thumped back down to ~245… But, so did all the other indexes slip today as well, unclear to this grasshopper why it all got trashed today, I thought the markets were used to all the chaos/turmoil, maybe not…
(I keep typing APPL, some I catch, maybe not all, AAPL always meant)
It was caused by genius Trump threatening more tariffs on Chinese imports, because of something Xi did, and then following through after market close with 100% tariffs. I’m tired of all the winning…
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So irritating, day after day… What a waste… Tried leaving the news off, but then it just sneaks up on ya!
Well, at least today, I did get my RealID DL renewal done, tree trimmers saved me some concert, made it safer for my neighbor, and my next batch of meds came, a week late, but… A good day, after all…
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Well, here we go again, more irrational exuberance?
268.81 +5.99 (+2.28%)
Earnings coming out 10/30… Market cap up to 3.989T…
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Mr. Market is in a good mood all around because of the rumors of a “framework of a deal” for trade with China. But of course, what Trump giveth, Trump can just as easily take away in a fit of peeve.
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I’m expecting a fall after earnings, maybe lasting into the middle of next week. That’s just based on market reactions to other Apple earnings reports. But if the iPhone 17 and 17 Pro sales continue to be strong, then AAPL could still rise steadily until the next earnings report.
-awlabrador
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Well, it toyed with us today, nearing or passing 270 at times, but not quite there at the end of trading… Still, as noted the fall on even good news tomorrow, like exceptional iPhone 17 sales, acceptance, it gives it a bit of cushion.. It also toys with the 4T mark, so again a waiting game, as it’s surely headed there… Could a dividend increase be possible? Will be listening in tomorrow…
weco
AAPL Q4 2025 earnings call - October 30, 2025 at 5 PM EDT
Here we go, a couple weeks later, and we’ up bit today, mostly, apparently because Apple is going slow on the Ai boom… ~+6 so far today to 275… Up 12.5% for the past month… No complaints here, just sad to see the apparent need to bow to powers that be…
Onward!
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I have enough faith in Apple these days that I don’t feel the need to pay close attention to the stock price, so seeing the occasional pop-up recorded here is always a welcome surprise. 
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I just wanted to pop in here and acknowledge AAPL’s continued climb, closing at 286.19 today.
I had been talking to my son about resistance levels and support levels just a few days ago; he’s new to the game.
AAPL has gone from 276 to 286 in two trading days, which is quite the tear. I don’t want to predict where it goes from here. It seems like every time I make a public prediction, AAPL goes the other way. Even if I hedge and say it could do this or that, AAPL finds a third way to prove me wrong.
-awlabrador
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Indeed, don’t want to jinx it in any way, it’s been quite a year, actually, 52 Week Range
169.21 - 287.40, this from the Yahoo site… No complaints here for sure…
Waiting to see the release of OS26.2, maybe later this week…
What a ride…
Hopefully this “Santa Claus rally” continues into next year. AI bubble skittishness be damned.
But wasn’t there supposed to be one more Apple event this year though?
Bite your tongue! I want the value of my IRA to shrink quickly and the subsequent RMD to be smaller.
JimA
I think the RMD is calculated using the Dec 31 closing value, so if any rally “continues” into January, it is not relevant to what the 2026 RMD will be.
Yes, it uses 31 Dec - so if the rally keeps going the value of my IRA will be higher on 31 Dec then it is now or was last month. Consequently my RMD to be taken in 2026 will be higher than it would otherwise be.
JimA
I have to wonder if that was meant as tongue-in-cheek.
Having too much money isn’t the worst situation. (As of market close today my IRA is up 1.9% vs last year end, and from my point of view that’s fine. Of course the 3.77% RMD for this year helped keep it under control.)
Perhaps you can do a ROTH conversion before the year is over and reduce your RMD that way. Of course, that means taxes, but it will all be taxed someday in any case. I’m looking at how much I can roll over this month without crossing tax brackets (and also looking at what it would mean if I did convert enough to hit the next bracket).