Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has maintained its solid go-to reputation despite its most recent earnings concerns that margins were continuing to compress. We wanted to take a look at the key Apple news driving the buy and sell decisions for investors right now. there are a lot of Apple developments between last night and today that will matter for investors.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced that its version of its Office for Mac 2011 is now officially available. Speaking of Microsoft, departing chief Software architect Ray Ozzie used a memo saying that the company has missed opportunities and he noted the success of other companies in innovation and change (gee, like Apple?).
Gleacher & Co. noted that the new MacBook Air ultra-thin notebook has a higher margin than many of its other profit margins.
Major stock options alert… We noticed for VSInvestor that options remain highly elevated in the weekly and monthly option expirations, but we also noticed an interesting price trend for the long-term pricing bias. FULL DETAILS
At our site this morning Douglas McIntyre discussed the possibilities of Apple buying Sony (NYSE: SNE). Fortune has panned that notion, along with the notion of Apple acquiring Facebook as well. Get ready for an “Apple to buy __________” rumor each day. That is what a mountain of cash will do for you.
Did Steve Jobs whine about Microsoft buying Bungie, the creator of the kick-(you know what) video game franchise Halo?
PC World covered Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) with its Android market hitting 100,000 Apps, but asks if it can ever compete with Apple.
Lastly, a CNBC video on today’s Power Lunch with David Faber and a regular showed how Apple was one of the top five or six companies that have been responsible for 27% of the entire S&P 500 Index rally points… calling it a selective melt-up.
JON C. OGG
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