Okay, I Was Wrong About Apple

I've always believed that when you're wrong, you should admit it and then move on. I have to admit that I was wrong about the new Apple watch and here's the reason why.

When Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) originally announced several months ago it was going to introduce a smart watch, I was pretty excited. It was then that I said to myself "there's so many smart watches on the market, what's going to differentiate their smart watch from a slew of other smart watches?"

In fact, when Tim Cook, the head of Apple, introduced the smart watch several months ago, I found little to get excited about. Up until that time I had been wearing another smart watch from a small startup company named Pebble, that was funded by Kickstarter, the popular crowdfunding website.

At first glance my Pebble watch did everything the Apple watch could do and was less expensive so why should I get an Apple?

So why was I wrong? Continue reading "Okay, I Was Wrong About Apple"

Apple Flashes A Buy Signal And Is On Track To Move Higher

11 days ago I published a special report on Apple which you can read here. In that report, I stated that a low period should occur either on Friday or today. The fact that a buy signal triggered for Apple today indicates that the low period has passed and we should see Apple move in a positive mode for the next 23 to 28 days. Apple is expected to announce earnings of $2.13 (consensus) after the close of business on the 27th; that's approximately 14 days from now. Let's go with the flow and see if this pattern works out.

The news out of China was disappointing for some China bulls, but the reality is China is still going to have a 7% growth rate which is very positive in any country. Asian and European stocks continue to move upward with Europe just beginning to begin a quantitative easing program whereas the United States is hopefully winding down its quantitative easing program. Continue reading "Apple Flashes A Buy Signal And Is On Track To Move Higher"

All Eyes On Apple

Hello traders and MarketClub members! It's April and this is when we're going to see just how well many of America's major corporations fared in the first quarter. At the moment, the market needs some stimulus to move higher and good earnings could provide the jolt that is needed to push it to new highs.

The market appears to be trapped in a broad trading range and that is largely reflected with the Trade Triangle technology which is indicating a sidelines position at the moment in all the major indices.

Today, I will be following up on my "Is This Apple's Secret Or One Amazing Coincidence?" post to see whether it is still on track. There are a couple of major dates for Apple this month, one is April 10th, when Apple begins accepting orders for its new smart watch and April 27th, when Apple announces its earnings for Q1. The general consensus is that Apple will earn $2.13 per share. A move in Apple this week over $129.25 will turn the intermediate term Trade Triangle positive, indicating a positive trend for this stock. I would not be surprised if this took place as early as this Friday or early next week. I will keep you updated with an Apple alert. Continue reading "All Eyes On Apple"

Is This Apple's Secret Or One Amazing Coincidence?

Hello traders and MarketClub members everywhere. Today, I am going to be looking at what could be an amazing coincidence in Apple. It could also be a profitable opportunity for alert traders. Before we get into that, I hope you all had a chance to look at yesterday's special post on gold. If you didn't, please check it out right here.

It is the last day of the trading week, with both the stock and bond markets closed tomorrow for Good Friday.

I want to lay out for you a potential trading scenario for Apple stock. To that end, I have shown on the below daily chart what I think is going to happen in the future.

In approximately 7 days from now, give or take a couple of days, Apple should offer an amazing buy opportunity if this scenario plays out like I think it will.

Apple Daily Chart

It appears after making a high, Apple sort of drifts back for the next 33 to 34 days before it once again has a sharp upward move. If that same scenario plays out this time, then somewhere between the 10th and 12th of April would be in ideal time to look at getting long stock in Apple. On April 10th, Apple is going to begin taking preorders for its new Apple Watch, coincidence maybe. I'm sure there will be legions of loyal Apple fans waiting and wanting the latest gadget from Apple. Continue reading "Is This Apple's Secret Or One Amazing Coincidence?"

Apple Joins The DOW And Tesla Has Range Anxiety

Hello traders and MarketClub members everywhere today is a big day for Apple as the world's most valuable company is officially joining the DOW after the close of business today. Leaving the Dow is poor old AT&T. They are getting booted out in favor of Apple.

I say congratulations to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and I hope that they do very well being a major component in the DOW. The biggest component in this particular index will be Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS). This is the first time that you had an investment bank represents over 7% of the weighted Dow index. So the most watched index in the world should be worth watching again. Continue reading "Apple Joins The DOW And Tesla Has Range Anxiety"