___ ',_`""\ .---, \ :-""``/` | `;' //`\ / / __ | ('. |_ ./O)\ \ `) \ _/-. ` `"` |`-. .-=; ` / `-. /o o \ ,_, . '. L._._;_.-' . `'-. `'-.` ' `'-. `. ' `-. '-._. -' AAPL '. \ `\ | \ | | ; _. \ | | |-.(( ;. \ / / |-.`\) | '. ; / | |(_) ) | \ \ /` | ;'--' \ '.\ /` | / | /`| ; \ / | | | |-._ '. .' / | | |__.`'---"_;'-. .-' //__/ / | .-'`` _.-'` I----------------/ //__/ //___.--'--------------------------------------I I Traded perception of net worth I I I I Company Feb 16 Feb 16 Sep 16 Feb 16 Aug 16 I I 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 I I ======== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== I I I I Apple Inc. = $335B $468B $648B $432B $456B I I I I Microsoft + Dell + Nokia = $290B $315B $292B $270B $304B I I I I Walmart Stores = $180B $212B $250B $232B $243B 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 8/18/2013: 7,737(-22.6%)


Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it will buy Nokia's mobile phone business for 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 billion). Steve Ballmer Tells Employees: 'Stephen Elop Will Be Coming back to Microsoft' Developing...

The Nokia Bandit 6 Inches. Quad Core. 20 MP Camera. Stop drooling.


Apple found Guilty in Conspiracy to Drive Up eBook Prices Publishers “fought tooth and nail” with Apple before agreeing to the terms, rather than colluding with the company.
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