Owner: Investor in the Wilderness URL:http://www.zachbass.com Join Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 01:52:26 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: A lone guide helping Investors and Traders make sense of the markets. Zach provides market and technical analysis. He also opines about Apple and companies related to Apple, he calls it the Apple Ecosphere. Site statistics:Click here
Federal Express, Market Outlook 2008-05-12 23:10:00 Fedex was an interesting story today. It had been falling all last week prior to earnings. But this morning Fedex futures didn't budge (a clue). This morning it gapped down 3 points, then rallied nearly 5% to end slightly positive. It appears the MMs where profits, and fixed the price prior to earnings, thus earnings was a non event to the MMs. The day traders and smaller investors on the other ha Read more:Federal
, Express
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Apple Store Boylston Street, Boston Opening This Week 2008-05-12 09:18:00 Apple published that the store will open this Thursday at 6 PM. I've been following the construction since last year through timelapsed photography on the Birth of an Apple Store
blog. This is Apple's biggest store in the United States with roughly 20,000 square feet of space. I don't think that's all retail space though. The facade is a replica of Fenway Park's Green Monster! The store is located Read more:Apple
, Street
, Boston
Happy Mother's Day Mrs Bass 2008-05-11 21:29:00 Usually we head out to Martha's Vineyard for Mother's Day and make it a two-for with my daughter's birthday being only a few days from M-Day. But this year it was not to be, due to scheduling conflicts. So, instead we headed down to Rexham Beach in Marshfield, brought Gyasi the Ridgeback, and walked the beach. It was a beautiful day, even if slightly on the cool side. The pictures were taken with Read more:Happy
, Happy Mother
Dell PC Orphaned at Apple Store Genius Bar 2008-05-11 21:08:00 I was at the Genius Bar in the South Shore Plaza AppleStore
, in Braintree Ma, waiting to get a stuck latch on my PowerBook unstuck. And there was this Dell PC just sitting there, for quite a while, at least for the 1/2 hour I was in the store. There wasn't anyone within range that appeared to be associated with it. Perhaps the owner was embarrassed and kept a comfortable non-discrete distance, fe
This Leg of the Trip is Over, Let's Gas Up 2008-05-09 09:06:00 I reported yesterday morning to my Google Group that I thought the markets may retract a bit for the next few days, and that seems to be bearing out (no pun intended). If you're a chartist, check out the MACD on any of the major indexes, as it is shifting direction downward, this is the supply/demand trend in transition. This will aid in resetting the oscillators like the RSI and Stokes, and ratch
Apple Investor's Beijing Olympics 2008-05-08 12:06:00 I reported in a previous article, that China, along with several other countries around the world, will be getting the 3G iPhone this year. Well it appears that it may happen sooner than anyone thought. According to China Tech News, Apple
(AAPL) has chosen Beijing
's Sanlitun area to open a 3,000 square meter store. And knowing Apple, there will undoubtedly be heavy use of Apple and iPhone imagery Read more:Investor
, Olympics
Apple and Markets Take a Break 2008-05-08 08:21:00 Yesterday was a day of unwinding. The RSI and Stochastics were peaking for days (70s, 80-100 respectively) on what seemed like an endorphin induced high. Investors were looking for just about any reason to take things down. You could point to any number of reasons for yesterday's decline; oil, housing market, consumer spending - any one could have been the catalyst. So, today you can probably expe Read more:Apple
, Markets
, Break
Where in the World is 3G iPhone, O 2008-05-07 06:28:00 Apple inked a deal with Vodafone to bring the 3G iPhone
to Australia, New Zealand, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, South Africa and Turkey! Also, this year Rogers Communications of Canada says they'll be joining the world wide club, as well as Mexican wireless carrier America Movil said they will be selling the 3G iPhone in Mexico and South America. Apple broke their mo Read more:World
Shaw Wu, AmTech's Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde 2008-05-05 20:23:00 Shaw Wu, an analyst with American Technology Research, has historically been one of the most bullish Apple analysts. That's why everyone was shocked when he had a reversal of character, and cut his rating from Buy to Hold and lowered his price target just before Apple reported their Q2 earnings on April 23rd. And he did this against a rising tide of optimism from other analysts. Now, just six week
Is Microsoft Yahoo Serious? 2008-05-04 10:39:00 Was there ever a time when Microsoft
was a cool company? Cool isn't the right word, perhaps necessary or mainstream are better descriptors. Didn't Yahoo
used to be cool? It was for a time, when they built their empire making it easy for average people to have their own web presence with a homepage. Yahoo seems to have lost that coolness factor, although they are trying to recapture it, and they do
Safari on Windows Market Share Exploding 2008-05-03 07:29:00 Riding on the tails of iTunes and iPhones, Apple’s Internet browser called Safari
has tripled its market share on Windows
. Ever since Apple slipped Safari under the radar of unsuspecting Windows users, back on March 18th, Safari on Windows has tripled. If you own an iPod, iTouch or iPhone, but don’t own a Mac, there’s little doubt that you have iTunes installed on your Windows PC. You need Read more:Market
, Share
Buy The Market, Buy AAPL! 2008-05-02 18:44:00 All the pieces are in place to continue this breakout. The Jobs report this morning was much better than expected, only 20,000 fewer jobs, compared to the consensus of 80,000. That's a HUGE difference and great news. Who are these analysts anyways? How could they be that far off? This confirms it, buy the market. What are the best places to be? Well the best performers right now are the retail, fi Read more:Market
I'm Free! And Freedom Tastes of Reality! 2008-05-02 06:33:00 Who would have thunk the market would break free with such vengeance as it did yesterday? The Bulls launched the Nasdaq to highs it hasn't seen in a long time, breaking through the long-term downtrend, and in a very big way. So now, the resistance that we've been fighting for the past weeks (2430 on the Naz) is now huge support.Now for a word of caution before you get too giddy. This is a strong b Read more:Freedom
The Morning After 2008-05-01 06:25:00 Futures are down this morning, but not severely. GM looks up, but that's to be expected after their upbeat earnings report. Apple will likely open a little higher this morning. There seems to be an upswell of small investors that want it higher, while big money is sitting on the sidelines.The Fed gave the market exactly what they wanted, A small rate cut and a neutral stance going forward. But eve Read more:Morning
Subsidized 3G iPhone in the United States? 2008-04-30 12:10:00 There's a story by Fortune that AT&T is going to cut the price of the 3G iPhone
by $200 when it's introduced this summer. That would make the iPhone more attractive to a larger audience. The story says that a 2 year contract would still be required. So, that means an 8 GB 3G iPhone could be had for as little as $199!In France, Apple is pressuring Orange, the exclusive carrier there, to subsidize t Read more:United
, States
Hey Ben, We're in a Tight Spot 2008-04-30 07:33:00 Last night I got to thinking about the Fed's announcement today. By the way, Ben and company speak at 2:15 PM EST. And after a little what if analysis, I came to the conclusion that these guys are are in a tight spot. Think about it; the market wants Ben and company to cut rates by 25 basis points, but more importantly, they want to hear that the Fed is going to be a hawk on inflation going forwar
Hey Ben, Do the Right Thing 2008-04-29 06:12:00 Ben and friends report on Wednesday whether or not they will continue cutting Federal Reserve rates. The buzz is, or at least the hope is, that the cutting will come to a stop. Most expect a 25 basis point cut, and a declaration from Ben that cutting may slow down or come to an end to keep inflation in check. Come on Ben, "Do the RightThing
!"The thing about the market is, that it's all about meet
How to Make $10,000 in 37 Days 2008-04-28 21:33:00 No, I'm not talking about playing the market, but I do have a great tip. I've been researching how to best market Investor in the Wilderness. So I thought the best way to market my blog was to see what other successful bloggers are doing. I'm very fond of saying, if you want to be successful, do what the successful people are doing.So, I scoured the Internet to discover who were the most successfu
Mission Today, Compromise Long-term Down Trend 2008-04-28 07:54:00 Our mission today, should we except it, is to take out the declining ling-term trend on the Naz. The target... 2430. And you have support my friends at 2385. Should you accomplish this objective, it would be very Bullish, very bullish indeed. The financials led this charge last week, as I pointed out in my previous post with Goldman Sachs (GS).You have additional support in the monthly oscillators Read more:Today
, Mission
, Compromise
Recapping the Ecosphere Earnings Storm, Skies are Clearing 2008-04-26 16:35:00 Like a hurricane, the lull before the earnings storm of Apple Ecosphere stocks masked its true intensity. Research in Motion (RIM) was well ahead of the storms leading edge, reporting pretty good numbers and upbeat guidance, it provided some wind under the sails of the tech sector, including Apple (AAPL).About 2 weeks later the chip warriors, Intel (INTC) and Advanced Micro (AMD), presented the ne Read more:Earnings
, Storm
, Skies
, Clearing
Commodities are Dead, Long Live Commodities 2008-04-25 05:12:00 Commodities have taken a one two punch off their highs. Take for example the Morgan Stanley Commodity Related Equity Index (CRX), it has dropped nearly 5% off the top of its high, and similarly Potash (POT) down over 10% the past two days, even the AMEX Oil Index (XOI) has begun to freefall. When you have such huge simultaneous moves off the highs, it is a sign of a fundamental shift. Has the mark
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2008-04-23 20:33:00 We have three notables reporting today, Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), and Starbucks (SBUX). Apple reported outstanding earnings and great growth, especially with the Macintosh with 2.3 million Macs sold last quarter, representing a 51% growth over the same period last year. Apple after hours trading was a wild ride, with its price ranging 20 points, with a low around 155 and a high tipping 170, fin
Apple Beats the Street, Tempers Outlook 2008-04-23 17:55:00 So, what else is new? Apple
reports outstanding growth, but provides conservative earnings guidance for the third-quarter. The market reacted to every word in after hours trading. The stock hit an initial high just north of 170 and then the report of lowered margins (-10%) sent it free falling just south of 155! Traders settled down as the report continued, to where it closed today 2.69 (1.68%) ar Read more:Outlook
, Street
, Beats
Ying-Yang, Bang 2008-04-22 19:48:00 The Bulls just can't get a hold of this market. Good earnings one day,the market goes up. Bad earnings the next, the market goes down. Today the market dropped below critical levels, the Bulls tried to rescue it, but failed. The Naz was the big draw down, losing gap up support. And the Dow slipped below the magic number 12,750. I normally focus on technicals, but the real weight on this market are
Zach's Market Analysis, Taking a Breather 2008-04-21 21:14:00 The markets climbed the wall with vigor on Friday, but today it had to catch its breath. The good news is that we stayed above the breakouts we pierced so fiercely in the previous session, the unsettling news if that we didn't push away from them, the Dow remaining just above the critical 12,750 mark. On a breakout, ideally you want to keep the run going. So, it's cause for some contemplation. Als Read more:Market
, Analysis
, Taking
, Breather
Pre 3G, Apple (AAPL) Technical Analysis 2008-05-15 04:56:00 Many wonder if the expected 3G iPhone has been baked into Apple
's price. I'l have to say no. Apple has regained all this ground on the basis of their fundamentals and outstanding Mac sales, not the expectations of the new Jesus phone. I believe 200 is the correct price sans the 3G iPhone. The new iPhone, along with all the recent world-wide carrier deals, should bring Apple much higher. Now for a Read more:Technical
, Analysis
Tech Superpowers Buries Treasure Under Apple Store 2008-05-14 15:15:00 I reported earlier this week about Apple
's largest store to date, will be opening this Thursday at 6 PM, on Boylston Street in Boston. There's been a lot of speculation about what else might be announced along side the opening. Some wondered if the new 3G iPhone might be launched. Fat chance, considering the opportunity that would be lost for Steve Jobs to mesmerize the media at the Apple World Wi Read more:Superpowers
, Treasure
, Store
Zach's Asset Allocation Strategy 2008-05-15 20:00:00 It's impossible to conjure up a generic asset allocation strategy for someone without knowing their tolerance and capacity for risk, their short and long term goals, and the time they have to dedicate to managing their money. So I'm not going to try to do that. Instead, I'm going to describe my strategy of asset allocation and you decide if that might work for you.My strategy is partly based on my Read more:Asset
, Strategy
Sunday Morning at the Boylston Street Apple Store 2008-05-18 18:07:00 I'm not one fore crowds, that's why I passed on the grand opening of Apple
's largest US store last Thursday. So, I decided to head on over this morning. And what a beautiful morning it was! My buddy Jerry and I got there early because we thought the store hours were 8 AM to 11 PM, 7 days a week. That's true, except for Sunday
s, when they open up at 9 AM. So we took advantage of the time, went to S Read more:Morning
, Street
, Store
, Sunday Morning
Apple Planning Massive Rollout of 3G iPhone, SDK 2.0 2008-05-18 01:01:00 I'm surprised that Apple
's recent barrage of deals among carriers around the world has not gathered more notice. It appears that the impact of the new SDK, App Store and the 3G iPhone
will be bigger than anyone is prepared for, I believe it will be disruptive, seminal, historic.Look at the deals that have been put together in just a few short weeks, it's dizzying. The iPhone is currently in the US
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