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To: rnsmth who wrote (23088)	10/27/2012 10:47:52 PM
From: zax	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

And the March ones? Lets not have an error of omission here... ;)

To: rnsmth who wrote (23088)	12/14/2012 11:53:24 AM
From: zax	Respond to of 32692

Apple dramatically cut its component orders for the first quarter of 2013 G*d, it must really, really suck to be invested in those Apple options about now.

To: rnsmth who wrote (23088)	3/1/2013 10:43:59 AM
From: zax	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32692

Message #23088 from rnsmth at 10/27/2012 10:46:03 PM Paid $28 for the first ones They are not going to zero. They are going to $300 :) AAPL Jan 2014 600.000 call (AAPL140118C00600000)-OPR 6.76 0.49(6.76%) 9:58AM EST I suggest you cut your devastating losses in AAPL and invest in Nokia. The MOMO train has turned on Apple, as long predicted. Also, I strongly suggest you do not risk your retirement savings on options. This is just a really, really bad idea.

To: rnsmth who wrote (23088)	5/1/2013 12:05:11 PM
From: zax	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

Apple's Allure Just a Barroom Fantasy BY Rocco Pendola \| 05/01/13 - 11:38 AM EDT thestreet.com NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- We have all been in this situation. Especially those of us who grew up a stone's throw from what they call the "Canadian Ballet." You find yourself in one of these taverns where attractive women disrobe after a salacious introduction from a guy who kept Casey Kasem posters on his wall as a child. With Motley Crue cranking and beers flowing, you're feeling good. One of these ladies approaches you and, in no time, she's telling you that you look like a movie star. Whispering in your ear. Letting you know she wants you. Of course, it's her job to take your money from you so she'll say just about anything. Here's where the Apple ( AAPL _) analogy comes in. The smart guys take what she's giving and walk away with no illusions. The guys who end up emotionally scarred at some point in their lives keep coming back. They buy into the notion that the things these girls in bars say to them represent a reality somehow lost on most of the rest of the female population. It's a recipe for financial and psychological implosion that helps illustrate what happens to investors in situations such as the one AAPL presents. If you're a long-term investor, you cannot consider this run in AAPL real. That's dangerous. Tim Cook tantalizes with a pumped-up dividend and buyback. The stock rises. That's the equivalent of sweet nothings whispered in an ear that requires validation. Granted, the move sets AAPL up as one type of stock for the long haul (nice value, great capital return and a floor thanks to a rock-solid balance sheet and present dominance), but don't allow the return of absurd price targets to pull you in. Keep throwing money at AAPL and you might wind up in the same situation traders and investors were in at $704, a time when so many considered $1,000 inevitable. Remember how painful that was. It absolutely can happen again because, at day's end, this dividend/buyback move is a temporary Band-Aid solution to larger long-term concerns. Let's hope Cook's move to prop up AAPL stock doesn't return the elephant to the corner of his room. I know AAPL fans like to shoot messengers, but we were better off when we talked openly about the elephant.