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		<title>By: ciezevje</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Shawn:
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		<title>By: Kleine Netzschau, 30. Mai 2012 - mac.delta-c/Journal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kleine Netzschau, 30. Mai 2012 - mac.delta-c/Journal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 21:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] management, generally happy customers and employees is not perceived to have sustainable growth.« [Monday Note] – Jean-Louis Gassée macht sich seine Gedanken zu den Börsenkursen von Amazon und Apple.»The [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Shawn</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25729</link>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 09:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Hamranhansenhansen
Peak oil passed 1970? You have no clue. The world uses more oil then ever. That is not strange since the population on this planet have doubled since 1970. 

Peak computing? 
The thing is that Apple is/was unique. They had a fanatical leader that was obsessed about details. He demanded perfection, he often demanded things that was not possible to do. He believed in doing the greatest products ever, and then making money. That was why he was so obsessed with hoarding money. To never have to make compromise. 

At the end, those values payed off. Apples customers are unique. They are not only loyal customers, but evangelists. These are the best customers. They preach how great Apple products are. 

We are now in a new era. The Tim Cook era. He is willing to do compromise to make profit. He is willing to release non perfect products. This can hurt Apple in the long run. But we have many companies that are huge that releases crappy products. Microsoft have never done a good product, and they still are ranked 3 most valued brand. 

Apple maybe are so large that customers accept crap. 

But I want a company that is fanatical about doing the greatest products possible at any price. That work, have great support and are beautiful. Like Steve said: Art, science and religion, all into one. 
That am I prepared to pay a 30-40% premium over competing products.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Hamranhansenhansen<br />
Peak oil passed 1970? You have no clue. The world uses more oil then ever. That is not strange since the population on this planet have doubled since 1970. </p>
<p>Peak computing?<br />
The thing is that Apple is/was unique. They had a fanatical leader that was obsessed about details. He demanded perfection, he often demanded things that was not possible to do. He believed in doing the greatest products ever, and then making money. That was why he was so obsessed with hoarding money. To never have to make compromise. </p>
<p>At the end, those values payed off. Apples customers are unique. They are not only loyal customers, but evangelists. These are the best customers. They preach how great Apple products are. </p>
<p>We are now in a new era. The Tim Cook era. He is willing to do compromise to make profit. He is willing to release non perfect products. This can hurt Apple in the long run. But we have many companies that are huge that releases crappy products. Microsoft have never done a good product, and they still are ranked 3 most valued brand. </p>
<p>Apple maybe are so large that customers accept crap. </p>
<p>But I want a company that is fanatical about doing the greatest products possible at any price. That work, have great support and are beautiful. Like Steve said: Art, science and religion, all into one.<br />
That am I prepared to pay a 30-40% premium over competing products.</p>
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		<title>By: Shawn</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25728</link>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 09:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Most countries does not subsidize the iPhone (or any other phone). That is mostly a US habit that needs to die. Most countries have instead cheaper tariffs and better cell coverage. In my country 5 gig data/month cost 5 dollars. 
Instead of subsidizing, carriers offers free payments plans for the phone when they sign up for a long term contract. If I for example want an iPhone, the tariff + a 25 dollar monthly payment for the iPhone. 24 month contract. 

The more threatening thing for the iPhone business is innovation. The telephones can do almost anything today. What new killer features is there to add? 

iPhone next gen have 4G, iOS6 with 3D maps, updated Siri, better camera. A bit taller screen 3.99 inch. Maybe NFC.

But after that? 

When will phones be good enough that people feel that they don&#039;t need to upgrade each 12-24 month? 

On other hand, mobile phones will someday replace desktop computers. Already today the average iPhone costs over 200 dollars more then the average PC. The feature is to just have your phone. Airplay to the monitor. Wireless keyboard/mouse and you have a setup that is enough for 95% of users today.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most countries does not subsidize the iPhone (or any other phone). That is mostly a US habit that needs to die. Most countries have instead cheaper tariffs and better cell coverage. In my country 5 gig data/month cost 5 dollars.<br />
Instead of subsidizing, carriers offers free payments plans for the phone when they sign up for a long term contract. If I for example want an iPhone, the tariff + a 25 dollar monthly payment for the iPhone. 24 month contract. </p>
<p>The more threatening thing for the iPhone business is innovation. The telephones can do almost anything today. What new killer features is there to add? </p>
<p>iPhone next gen have 4G, iOS6 with 3D maps, updated Siri, better camera. A bit taller screen 3.99 inch. Maybe NFC.</p>
<p>But after that? </p>
<p>When will phones be good enough that people feel that they don&#8217;t need to upgrade each 12-24 month? </p>
<p>On other hand, mobile phones will someday replace desktop computers. Already today the average iPhone costs over 200 dollars more then the average PC. The feature is to just have your phone. Airplay to the monitor. Wireless keyboard/mouse and you have a setup that is enough for 95% of users today.</p>
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		<title>By: humuhumunukunukuapua'a</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25726</link>
		<dc:creator>humuhumunukunukuapua'a</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 03:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JLG,

This post of yours was brilliant! 

-humu</description>
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<p>This post of yours was brilliant! </p>
<p>-humu</p>
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		<title>By: Hamranhansenhansen</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25725</link>
		<dc:creator>Hamranhansenhansen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 22:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When Apple grows to 10 times its current size over the next 10 years, it is going to get a bunch of Wall Street guys fired.

We passed peak oil in the 1970&#039;s, and ever since then we have used less. We are nowhere near close to peak computing. It may not even be possible to hit peak computing and then start using less. But even if it is possible, it is decades or centuries away. And the part of the market that is the least-saturated is the not-a-nerd part that only Apple has ever shown any ability to comprehend and serve.

If you just run the basic numbers on how many computers and phones and so on that are needed over the next 10 years, Apple HAS to grow by 10 times its size or the world will not have enough computers.

So there is a basic misunderstanding by the general population of what is happening in the computer industry. They think it is Typewriter Market, Part 6. It is not. Computers replaced typewriters in the 20th century, but in the 21st century they replace EVERYTHING: music players, paper (iPad,) cars, credit cards, TV&#039;s, and so on. It will take almost unimaginable amounts of design work to get that done. It will take incredible amounts of technology, layers of software and hardware and networking. It will require devices that need almost no user training, because that costs more than the computers. If Apple fell asleep and had a dream, it would be to wake up in a world that is this hungry for computing, and this poorly-served by everyone other than Apple.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Apple grows to 10 times its current size over the next 10 years, it is going to get a bunch of Wall Street guys fired.</p>
<p>We passed peak oil in the 1970&#8242;s, and ever since then we have used less. We are nowhere near close to peak computing. It may not even be possible to hit peak computing and then start using less. But even if it is possible, it is decades or centuries away. And the part of the market that is the least-saturated is the not-a-nerd part that only Apple has ever shown any ability to comprehend and serve.</p>
<p>If you just run the basic numbers on how many computers and phones and so on that are needed over the next 10 years, Apple HAS to grow by 10 times its size or the world will not have enough computers.</p>
<p>So there is a basic misunderstanding by the general population of what is happening in the computer industry. They think it is Typewriter Market, Part 6. It is not. Computers replaced typewriters in the 20th century, but in the 21st century they replace EVERYTHING: music players, paper (iPad,) cars, credit cards, TV&#8217;s, and so on. It will take almost unimaginable amounts of design work to get that done. It will take incredible amounts of technology, layers of software and hardware and networking. It will require devices that need almost no user training, because that costs more than the computers. If Apple fell asleep and had a dream, it would be to wake up in a world that is this hungry for computing, and this poorly-served by everyone other than Apple.</p>
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		<title>By: Boltar</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25724</link>
		<dc:creator>Boltar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 22:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding Apple&#039;s share price vs. cash:  correlation does not equal causation.  Also your implicit assumption that the market can&#039;t be painfully and significantly wrong in its valuations seems questionable.  Apple&#039;s share price fluctuations appear as likely to result from collective mania followed by fear tempered with confusion and a healthy dose of manipulation.  As for Amazon, the numbers make the case for a future textbook case of irrational exuberance.  They will never reasonably clear the field of Walmart or even Target, and should they choose to try turn their market position into profit they are likely to be quite surprised at how quickly their customers abandon them for a better price.  Their inability to turn exploding revenues into at least growing profits is a very telling sign, and not for the better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding Apple&#8217;s share price vs. cash:  correlation does not equal causation.  Also your implicit assumption that the market can&#8217;t be painfully and significantly wrong in its valuations seems questionable.  Apple&#8217;s share price fluctuations appear as likely to result from collective mania followed by fear tempered with confusion and a healthy dose of manipulation.  As for Amazon, the numbers make the case for a future textbook case of irrational exuberance.  They will never reasonably clear the field of Walmart or even Target, and should they choose to try turn their market position into profit they are likely to be quite surprised at how quickly their customers abandon them for a better price.  Their inability to turn exploding revenues into at least growing profits is a very telling sign, and not for the better.</p>
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		<title>By: iphoned</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25723</link>
		<dc:creator>iphoned</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 21:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Ted T. 
&gt;&gt;I view their decision to do a dividend and stock buy back as a mistake — there is no appeasing the Wall St. idiots

Alas, so little understanding...
..
It is not &quot;WS Idiots&quot; that Apple is &quot;appeasing&quot; with dividends/buybacks - Apple owners are legally and morally entitled to the un-investable earnings suplus which belongs to them.  If anything, the continued management excuses for hoarding such excessive amounts at zero return are inexcusable...no private owner would allow this to continue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Ted T.<br />
&gt;&gt;I view their decision to do a dividend and stock buy back as a mistake — there is no appeasing the Wall St. idiots</p>
<p>Alas, so little understanding&#8230;<br />
..<br />
It is not &#8220;WS Idiots&#8221; that Apple is &#8220;appeasing&#8221; with dividends/buybacks &#8211; Apple owners are legally and morally entitled to the un-investable earnings suplus which belongs to them.  If anything, the continued management excuses for hoarding such excessive amounts at zero return are inexcusable&#8230;no private owner would allow this to continue.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 20:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It would be great to know what evidence anyone has to believe that Jeff Bezos will cash in on a dominant market position.  It&#039;s counter-culture for the company and would invite regulatory intervention.  It&#039;s hard not to see this as a game of brinkmanship where the likely outcome is a crash in the share price.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It would be great to know what evidence anyone has to believe that Jeff Bezos will cash in on a dominant market position.  It&#8217;s counter-culture for the company and would invite regulatory intervention.  It&#8217;s hard not to see this as a game of brinkmanship where the likely outcome is a crash in the share price.</p>
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		<title>By: Ted T.</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25721</link>
		<dc:creator>Ted T.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 20:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Steffen Jobbs:  &quot;Isn’t there anything that Apple can do to change investors’ belief that it can’t sustain earnings growth?&quot;

Apple doesn&#039;t need to.  All it has to do is concentrate on making the best products possible and keeping their customers happy -- the rest will take care of itself.  I view their decision to do a dividend and stock buy back as a mistake -- there is no appeasing the Wall St. idiots who think Amazon is worth a P/E of 174.  If they undervalue Apple enough, Apple could take itself private with the ever growing cash pile.  Of course I don&#039;t think that will happen, because ultimately Apple&#039;s success, and its competitors collective failure, quarter after quarter will be impossible to ignore.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Steffen Jobbs:  &#8220;Isn’t there anything that Apple can do to change investors’ belief that it can’t sustain earnings growth?&#8221;</p>
<p>Apple doesn&#8217;t need to.  All it has to do is concentrate on making the best products possible and keeping their customers happy &#8212; the rest will take care of itself.  I view their decision to do a dividend and stock buy back as a mistake &#8212; there is no appeasing the Wall St. idiots who think Amazon is worth a P/E of 174.  If they undervalue Apple enough, Apple could take itself private with the ever growing cash pile.  Of course I don&#8217;t think that will happen, because ultimately Apple&#8217;s success, and its competitors collective failure, quarter after quarter will be impossible to ignore.</p>
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		<title>By: iphoned</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25720</link>
		<dc:creator>iphoned</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 19:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;&gt;This is troubling. It implies that cash is the only determinant of Apple’s share price.

Fooled by statistics and pretty charts?  

Anything correlated to Apples&#039; earnings will appear correlated to the stock price.  In fact the opposite is likely true - not only cash is not a determinant of Apple&#039;s share price, but in fact the low PE indicates that cash is discounted to zero.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;&gt;This is troubling. It implies that cash is the only determinant of Apple’s share price.</p>
<p>Fooled by statistics and pretty charts?  </p>
<p>Anything correlated to Apples&#8217; earnings will appear correlated to the stock price.  In fact the opposite is likely true &#8211; not only cash is not a determinant of Apple&#8217;s share price, but in fact the low PE indicates that cash is discounted to zero.</p>
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		<title>By: Dear DoJ: Please Learn How to Recognize a Competitive Market. Signed, Your 8th Grade Economics Teacher &#187; TheMacAdvocate</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dear DoJ: Please Learn How to Recognize a Competitive Market. Signed, Your 8th Grade Economics Teacher &#187; TheMacAdvocate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 14:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] a P/E of 174 could be valued so high. The prescient former Apple CEO Jean-Louis Gassée has a theory that he lays out in his Monday Note: After having cleared the field, Amazon will take advantage of what is delicately called “pricing [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Tom Ross</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25713</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Ross</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 10:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>KenC: JLG did not even suggest that subsidies might go to 0, just that they might drop by $200, or more spefically that Apple will lose their preferential subsidies compared to Android or Windows Phones. So this is about only a part of iPhone revenues. Consider that total iPhone revenue will be over $100 billion this year. $24 billion could indeed be at stake.

…If it were the case that Apple is enjoying that level of subsidies on all postpaid carriers worldwide. I have the impression that they are not. Browsing through the websites of European and Asian/Pacific carriers, the iPhone is mostly available at a premium compared to high-end Androids.

I would claim that the US may be the only market where Apple has been able to negotiate preferential subsidies and the only market where an iPhone is not more expensive than an Android. Unless somebody can find some counter examples from other countries?

If my observation is correct, some pricing pressure in the US would force Apple to lower their wholesale prices, would hurt their margins (which are over 50 % today), but would be very beneficial in international markets both postpaid and prepaid. Apple would reach pricing parity with (medium to high end, branded) Android not just in the US, but worldwide. That would give them more than enough growth to make up for the lower margin.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>KenC: JLG did not even suggest that subsidies might go to 0, just that they might drop by $200, or more spefically that Apple will lose their preferential subsidies compared to Android or Windows Phones. So this is about only a part of iPhone revenues. Consider that total iPhone revenue will be over $100 billion this year. $24 billion could indeed be at stake.</p>
<p>…If it were the case that Apple is enjoying that level of subsidies on all postpaid carriers worldwide. I have the impression that they are not. Browsing through the websites of European and Asian/Pacific carriers, the iPhone is mostly available at a premium compared to high-end Androids.</p>
<p>I would claim that the US may be the only market where Apple has been able to negotiate preferential subsidies and the only market where an iPhone is not more expensive than an Android. Unless somebody can find some counter examples from other countries?</p>
<p>If my observation is correct, some pricing pressure in the US would force Apple to lower their wholesale prices, would hurt their margins (which are over 50 % today), but would be very beneficial in international markets both postpaid and prepaid. Apple would reach pricing parity with (medium to high end, branded) Android not just in the US, but worldwide. That would give them more than enough growth to make up for the lower margin.</p>
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		<title>By: Aktuelles 29. Mai 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator>Aktuelles 29. Mai 2012</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 05:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Steffen Jobbs</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25705</link>
		<dc:creator>Steffen Jobbs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 04:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isn&#039;t there anything that Apple can do to change investors&#039; belief that it can&#039;t sustain earnings growth?  Maybe, an extra product line or major acquisition?  It just seems a rather crooked way to decide what a company is worth based solely on belief.  If that&#039;s the case, then there&#039;s no point in having such things as fundamentals because they&#039;re worthless.  Dediu said that Apple&#039;s value is based on cash yet everyone is complaining that Apple has too much cash.  So, if Apple somehow spends the cash, then the stock is worth that much less.  It just seems to me as though Apple&#039;s share price is going nowhere fast no matter how much money or industry strength they get.

Apple has clearly disrupted the smartphone industry with the iPhone and the computer industry with the iPad and is still gathering strength.  Apple is still opening new stores while other companies are laying off and yet Wall Street doesn&#039;t have any belief that Apple can continue growing.  I&#039;m sorry, but it just doesn&#039;t make any sense.  Maybe it doesn&#039;t have to, though.  Belief is belief, whether it&#039;s misguided or not.  There&#039;s no reason that Apple&#039;s value should be modeled for $0.00 long-term growth.  That&#039;s highly unlikely to happen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t there anything that Apple can do to change investors&#8217; belief that it can&#8217;t sustain earnings growth?  Maybe, an extra product line or major acquisition?  It just seems a rather crooked way to decide what a company is worth based solely on belief.  If that&#8217;s the case, then there&#8217;s no point in having such things as fundamentals because they&#8217;re worthless.  Dediu said that Apple&#8217;s value is based on cash yet everyone is complaining that Apple has too much cash.  So, if Apple somehow spends the cash, then the stock is worth that much less.  It just seems to me as though Apple&#8217;s share price is going nowhere fast no matter how much money or industry strength they get.</p>
<p>Apple has clearly disrupted the smartphone industry with the iPhone and the computer industry with the iPad and is still gathering strength.  Apple is still opening new stores while other companies are laying off and yet Wall Street doesn&#8217;t have any belief that Apple can continue growing.  I&#8217;m sorry, but it just doesn&#8217;t make any sense.  Maybe it doesn&#8217;t have to, though.  Belief is belief, whether it&#8217;s misguided or not.  There&#8217;s no reason that Apple&#8217;s value should be modeled for $0.00 long-term growth.  That&#8217;s highly unlikely to happen.</p>
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		<title>By: Jake_in_Seoul</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25704</link>
		<dc:creator>Jake_in_Seoul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 03:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From the perspective of East Asia the enthusiasm for Amazon seems parochial, even bizarrely so. The company has little presence in Korea or China and only a bit more in Japan. Apple, by contrast, has cracked the cell phone market here and gained sufficient cachet to provoke buying frenzies in China. Apple is a global company, with bright prospects in the fastest growing and most competitive markets in the world. Amazon has yet to grow decisively beyond its North American and Btitish base and faces huge hurdles in so doing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the perspective of East Asia the enthusiasm for Amazon seems parochial, even bizarrely so. The company has little presence in Korea or China and only a bit more in Japan. Apple, by contrast, has cracked the cell phone market here and gained sufficient cachet to provoke buying frenzies in China. Apple is a global company, with bright prospects in the fastest growing and most competitive markets in the world. Amazon has yet to grow decisively beyond its North American and Btitish base and faces huge hurdles in so doing.</p>
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		<title>By: KenC</title>
		<link>http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/05/27/decoding-share-prices-amazon-apple-and-facebook/#comment-25702</link>
		<dc:creator>KenC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;But the top line, revenue, keeps rising. See this chart from a Seeking Alpha&quot;

Yes, nice growth, EXCEPT, Apple&#039;s top line growth is better! And, it&#039;s bottom line growth is phenomenal, as you note. Why invest in something that might happen, Amazon making monopoly-like profits, when Apple is already doing it? 

&quot;Amazon will take advantage of what is delicately called “pricing power”. As the Last Man Standing, they will raise prices at will and regain profitability.&quot;

But can it kill everyone, including WalMart? Isn&#039;t their &quot;pricing power&quot; capped by retailers like WalMart? If so, they&#039;ll never make the kind of margins the current share price implies.

&quot;Apple’s founder is no longer with us while Bezos is very much in command&quot;

This might be plausible if the data showed that Apple was priced higher when Steve was alive.

&quot;these are big numbers that could go either way: Straight to Apple’s bottom line&quot;

Actually, the subsidies do not drop straight to Apple&#039;s bottom line. And, even if there were subsidy pressure, which there isn&#039;t as long as the iPhone is the most popular, the subsidy would follow supply-demand, in that it would change incrementally. It wouldn&#039;t likely go to zero, suddenly, due to the length of contracts Apple has with carriers, rather it would slot in somewhere along the sliding scale of subsidies. The risk is calculable and not an all or nothing gamble, so one wouldn&#039;t discount the $24B in subsidy to zero.

The highly correlated relationship between share price and cash is strange. I can only think that the market is confused by Apple (not surprising really), doesn&#039;t believe the numbers at hand and has fallen back to cash on hand as a reliable metric. Strange.

I&#039;ve stated before that a good thought experiment would be for Apple to buy Amazon, and see what the market thinks. Can Bezos use his RDF to give the new Applezon a 100PE on $50+B in earnings?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;But the top line, revenue, keeps rising. See this chart from a Seeking Alpha&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes, nice growth, EXCEPT, Apple&#8217;s top line growth is better! And, it&#8217;s bottom line growth is phenomenal, as you note. Why invest in something that might happen, Amazon making monopoly-like profits, when Apple is already doing it? </p>
<p>&#8220;Amazon will take advantage of what is delicately called “pricing power”. As the Last Man Standing, they will raise prices at will and regain profitability.&#8221;</p>
<p>But can it kill everyone, including WalMart? Isn&#8217;t their &#8220;pricing power&#8221; capped by retailers like WalMart? If so, they&#8217;ll never make the kind of margins the current share price implies.</p>
<p>&#8220;Apple’s founder is no longer with us while Bezos is very much in command&#8221;</p>
<p>This might be plausible if the data showed that Apple was priced higher when Steve was alive.</p>
<p>&#8220;these are big numbers that could go either way: Straight to Apple’s bottom line&#8221;</p>
<p>Actually, the subsidies do not drop straight to Apple&#8217;s bottom line. And, even if there were subsidy pressure, which there isn&#8217;t as long as the iPhone is the most popular, the subsidy would follow supply-demand, in that it would change incrementally. It wouldn&#8217;t likely go to zero, suddenly, due to the length of contracts Apple has with carriers, rather it would slot in somewhere along the sliding scale of subsidies. The risk is calculable and not an all or nothing gamble, so one wouldn&#8217;t discount the $24B in subsidy to zero.</p>
<p>The highly correlated relationship between share price and cash is strange. I can only think that the market is confused by Apple (not surprising really), doesn&#8217;t believe the numbers at hand and has fallen back to cash on hand as a reliable metric. Strange.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve stated before that a good thought experiment would be for Apple to buy Amazon, and see what the market thinks. Can Bezos use his RDF to give the new Applezon a 100PE on $50+B in earnings?</p>
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