Apple decides to spend some of its cash

With the possibility of a share repurchase or one-time dividend growing more and more likely, combined with the iPad 3 announcement coming on March 7, an almost definite release of the iPhone 5 in the summer, and the possibility of the iTV in the winter, how much higher is AAPL going to go? It seems like $700 in the next 12 months is becoming more and more believable.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/02/14/apple-ceo-cash-

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I hope that if Apple does issue a dividend, it's clear that it will be a one-time/rare thing. Look at what happened to MSFT once it became a dividend stock - up $9 since 2003.

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dabanobo
SECfinanceI hope that if Apple does issue a dividend, it's clear that it will be a one-time/rare thing. Look at what happened to MSFT once it became a dividend stock - up $9 since 2003.

/facepalm

Obviously judging by your info you have more experience than I do in this area - why are you facepalming?

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dabanobo
SECfinanceI hope that if Apple does issue a dividend, it's clear that it will be a one-time/rare thing. Look at what happened to MSFT once it became a dividend stock - up $9 since 2003.

/facepalm

Obviously judging by your info you have more experience than I do in this area - why are you facepalming?

nah he just a Saban hater

 
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dabanobo
SECfinanceI hope that if Apple does issue a dividend, it's clear that it will be a one-time/rare thing. Look at what happened to MSFT once it became a dividend stock - up $9 since 2003.

/facepalm

Obviously judging by your info you have more experience than I do in this area - why are you facepalming?

  1. You're extrapolating from one data point.
  2. For dividend stocks, total return is more important than price appreciation, especially when there are large one-off dividends.
  3. "2003" is not a reasonably-precise point in time to get a stock quote.
  4. There is no "regime change" in the time series of MSFT stock price that reasonably coincides with the introduction of its dividend.
 

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