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I've been hearing about how AAPL is a bad stock because they have so much cash on hand and basically no future business plan. I wouldn't know, I typically stay away from tech, it's just not my thing. However, while sitting on the PATH this morning, I just realized that they could just buy out another company, consume their soul, and retool their brand. If I were in their position, that's what I would do.
$145 Billion is enough money to pull this off.
Jobs is gone, the public tax scrutiny is killing their 'hip' appeal, and they don't do anything that a bunch of other companies do at this point. So, use all that cash to take someone over, assimilate them, and then make that the new 'brand'. Figuratively speaking, eat the soul of another company and take their power...or just become a holding company that runs a bunch of aquisitions.
What do y'all think?
Considering Apple is widely-regarded as one of the best -- if not the best -- brands in the world, I'd say that doesn't make any sense.
Google is building wearable computers and self driving cars.
Microsoft is building robotics and is ultra diversified.
Apple is building a watch.
And LTCM blew up, and value investors who focused on coke and burgers made billions. Point?
Seabird just dropped some truth.
I suppose I don't have much of a point, I believe that Apple is and has been overvalued. It's strategy is to take a developed product and make it "cool", that's not a viable longterm strategy because once something has been around for a while it is no longer "cool".
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