___ ',_`""\ .---, \ :-""``/` | `;' //`\ / / __ | ('. |_ ./O)\ \ `) \ _/-. ` `"` |`-. .-=; ` / `-. /o o \ ,_, . '. L._._;_.-' . `'-. `'-.` ' `'-. `. ' `-. '-._. -' AAPL '. \ `\ | \ | | ; _. \ | | |-.(( ;. \ / / |-.`\) | '. ; / | |(_) ) | \ \ /` | ;'--' \ '.\ /` | / | /`| ; \ / | | | |-._ '. .' / | | |__.`'---"_;'-. .-' //__/ / | .-'`` _.-'` I----------------/ //__/ //___.--'------------------------------I I Traded perception of net worth I I I I Company Feb 16 Feb 16 Sep 16 Mar 16 I I 2011 2012 2012 2013 I I ======== ====== ====== ====== ====== I I I I Apple Inc. = $335B $468B $648B $417B I I I I Microsoft + Dell + Nokia = $290B $315B $292B $273B I I I I Walmart Stores = $180B $212B $250B $242B I I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- (US dollars at current prices) Get the picture? Somethings not adding up. A new "mobile revolution?"
Perhaps, but it is still a bubble. I love bubbles. The only thing I like more than buying into them at the bottom, is shorting them at the top.
iDtenT index as of 4/2/2013: 7,200 (-28.0%)
The Long Road Down for AAPL Goldman Drops Apple From ‘Conviction Buy’
US
| Oct. 28, ’12
| Nov. 25, ’12
| Dec. 23 ’12
| Jan. ’13
| Feb. ’13
| iOS
| 48.1%
| 53.3%
| 51.2%
| 45.9%
| 43.5%
| Android
| 46.7%
| 41.9%
| 44.2%
| 49.4%
| 51.2%
| RIM
| 1.6%
| 1.4%
| 1.1%
| 0.9%
| 0.7%
| Symbian
| 0.3%
| 0.2%
| 0.1%
| 0.1%
| 0.1%
| Windows
| 2.7%
| 2.7%
| 2.6%
| 3.2%
| 4.1%
| Others
| 0.6%
| 0.6%
| 0.9%
| 0.5%
| 0.4%
| Total
| 100.0%
| 100.1%
| 100.1%
| 100.0%
| 100.0%
|
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