Remember when Apple was the most important company in the world?
That was like just a few months ago. Source: J-C Parets
Nice visual by Graphite Asset Advisory and John Haslett, CA(SA), FRM
𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲' 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝟱𝟬% 𝗦𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗶𝗲 Apple isn't half of Berkshire Hathaway. Why? Because the pie is much bigger ! 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟲𝟱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗺𝘀 (swipe right for full list) in its treasure chest along with interest bearing cash and fixed income, Berkshire Hathaway's empire stretches far beyond the realms of just the listed stock market.
Apple $AAPL closed under the 200D SMA for the first time since October.
The $180 support area is key to watch. If it goes, could it take the rest of the market with it? Source chart: Trend spider
Apple marketing philosophy
Just perfect. Source: Linas Beliūnas
Legendary Investor Warren Buffet’s Updated $347 BILLION Portfolio - sold some Apple shares
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold off about 10 million shares or almost $2 billion of Apple stock in the final quarter of 2023, according to the firm's 13-F filing. Berkshire also sold off the majority of its position in HP and about half of its shares of Paramount Global. The firm boosted its positions in Chevron and Occidental Petroleum, as well as Sirius XM Holdings. Berkshire exited large positions in StoneCo and D.R. Horton, as well as two smaller positions in insurance firms Globe Life and Markel. Source: Creative Capital, Reuters
Beware of magazine cover page...
On this day in 1996: Apple cover story “The Fall Of An American Icon.” Source: Jon Erlichman
Apple has bought back $619 billion in stock over the past 10 years
Which is greater than the market cap of 492 companies in the S&P 500. $AAPL Source: Charlie Bilello
In 1997, Apple lost $1 billion. Today? $1 billion in profit every 3 days.
Source: Jon Erlichman
