Thursday, September 26, 2013

Wow, the Apple Stock Really Made a Comeback like the Oracle Team in America’s Cup

Wow, the Apple Stock Really Made a Comeback like the Oracle Team in America’s Cup
As we know the Oracle Team USA won the America’s Cup on 9/25/2013. It experienced one of the greatest historical comebacks. It reminds me of the Apple Stock.
Why do some stocks with apparent great potential underperform? It is not hard to notice that some stocks do not follow the general market trend, such as Apple Inc. Once a red-hot stock, Apple Company’s total value could have been greater than a country’s wealth, at its apex! You never know when the tide will change for an individual stock, even when the general market is robust.  Apple stock reached its all-time high closing price on 9/19/2012 at $702. Actually, on 9/21/2012 it reached an all-time intraday high of $705. 
 
Chart1 AAPL vs. NASDAQ from 9/19/2012 to 6/25/2013.
Source: Line Graph Outline form Yahoo Finance.  Actual data compiled by blogger.
 
From the above chart, you found that Nasdaq-100 gained about 10% from September 2012 through June 2013, but Apple stock plunged about 40%. If you picked the wrong stock, you might be very frustrated and lose money in large quantities.
The stock market retreated in the past few days mainly due to the Fed worries and government budget concern. However, the Apple’s stock shares jumped 5% on 9/23/2013 since its IPhone 5S sales significantly exceeded the expectation. It made a great comeback!
As retail investors might feel the difficulty to trade on this kind of individual stock which did not follow the trend of the general market, then trading on ETFs might a better choice.
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                Thanks for your visiting and reading. Happy Trading!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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