Apple stock about to hit $350...

[brooklynite]

...despite the market disruptions of COVID-19. Apparently, people think that American consumers have the resources to buy hardware or digital services.

[Cirque du So-What]

1. I admit playing a tiny role in this

I purchased my first iPhone last week. I’m not the type who needs to keep up with the latest gadgets; the phone that replaced this one was almost 7 years old.

[orwell]

2. Because we all need more overpriced electronics...

...made in 3rd world sweatshops.

[brooklynite]

4. Where was the computer you just posted your response with made?

[Javaman]

6. Touche'! LOL :) nt

[orwell]

21. Let's see...

The processor was made in the US.

The hard drive and dram were made in Singapore or US by a US memory company.

The motherboard was made in Taiwan.

The case was made in the US.

The monitor was made in Korea by a US company.

All of these parts are very low in cost and very high in performance.

My computer is over 5 years old and runs better than most new ones

I built it myself.

So no sweatshops here and no overpriced here.

I work with computers and information technology for a living.

Next question?

[LanternWaste]

24. Decaf may help you out...

Lazy and petulant implications made to advertise character flaws in others more often than not, backfire.

[Blue_true]

28. Yep, and this one backfired royally. Went to a gunfight with a cooked spaghetti noodle. nt

[we can do it]

11. Not this shit again🙄

[Mosby]

17. Yeah, thinking about fair trade is "shit".

[we can do it]

18. What phone, computer or device is made in USA.

The purity shit is just that.

[orwell]

22. Intel Processors

Micron memory and SSD's.

US Operating systems.

[sarcasmo]

3. A perfect example of three card Monte.

[judeling]

5. Tesla hit $1000

Don't look to the market.

[stopwastingmymoney]

7. I sold Apple and Tesla last week

Now sitting in cash and waiting

I don’t see any good reason for the market to be this high

[jimfields33]

13. I have money ready to go to, but I was too slow on buying by a day

I have bought carnival and Exxon every month since the virus. But just as I was going to buy again the stocks went up. Funny how making so much money can be disappointing. Lol. My first buy for carnival was 12 dollars a share. Last I saw it was 23 or so. The stock market is incredible. I just wished, it crash some, again just so I can get some buys in.

[bif]

8. I bought a bunch of Apple stock about 20 years ago.

Not bragging, but the company has been very good to me. And I've been a so-called fan-boy since I first got on a computer. They simply make great products.

[brooklynite]

10. I bought my shares at an effective price of 65c. We've been giving them to charities

[Brother Buzz]

9. Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company.

So then I got a call from him, saying we don't have to worry about money no more. And I said, that's good! One less thing.

[jimfields33]

12. It's a damn good product and lasts longer then the other stuff out there.

[bif]

14. A friend of mine used to own PCs.

And about once a year he'd whine about how he had to spend hundreds of dollars to have all the viruses cleaned off his computer. I told him to buy a Mac. He finally did and hasn't had a virus since. And I've owned macs for 25 years and have never had a virus.

[jimfields33]

15. Yep! That's awesome that your friend finally listened to you.

[msongs]

20. have owned PCs for decades and never had a virus nt

[Skittles]

30. same

[orwell]

23. I've removed viruses from Macs...

...as they get more popular they will get viruses.

Hackers attack market share.

[Blue_true]

29. MACs are too pricey to get more market share.

I prefer a PC because of it's huge price-performance ratio to MAC.

I use computers, but unlike you, I don't build them. PCs allow me to update Apps rapidly. My line of work requires high level graphics and data sorting and analysis tools, PCs have always given me that.

[Yavin4]

16. My banks have cut the interest rates on my savings

People need returns on their savings in order to afford the soaring cost of living in the U.S.

So, they turn to the market.

[Ms. Toad]

19. Two thoughts -

As someone who worked for H&R Block for for a few years - I can tell you that when people who have little money get a big check, they frequently spend it on big, specific purchase that they can't afford except at tax-refund time. People just got $1200.

Another factor might be that Apple isn't dependent on consumers, as much as it is dependent on its corporate clients.

[whistler162]

25. I curse the day I decided not to

buy Apple at $8.

[hunter]

26. I didn't have $8 so I've got no regrets.

[Awsi Dooger]

27. I bought it at $18

Changed my life, although I'm still kicking myself for investing the other $5000 in furniture at JC Penney.

It is nice furniture, though. I still have it.