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Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 08, 2009, 10:03:29 am ---I've been yelling at people to buy GM stock since the last week of December and it's up 33%.
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--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 08, 2009, 12:20:13 pm ---Apple was at $86 when GM was at $3.07. Last I checked, (3.07 / 3.97) vs (86 / 90.80) was 22.7% vs 5.3%.
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First you claimed there was a 33% difference and now your claiming 22.7%.
If I had time I could go through the market and find a time when Apple showed a higher return and say that's when I was telling people to buy.
Since I don't care I'll just did another Google search with "GM stocks" and "Apple stocks"
GM is now at 4.04 it was at 3.97 when you first mentioned it +$0.07
Apple is now at 92.70 it was at 90.80 when you first mentioned it +$1.90
patrickl:
In the Netherlands the government bought a 49% interest in a bank (Fortis) when it threatened to go under (Fortis bought another bank and was way in debt just when the financial crisis started hitting hard). Stock prices completely collapsed after the government buy-out since the stock owners now effectively owned a lot less of the company than before.
It depends entirely on how the US government helps GM wether it will increase its stock value or not.
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: patrickl on January 08, 2009, 06:01:19 pm ---It depends entirely on how the US government helps GM wether it will increase its stock value or not.
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It also depends on whether or not people will pay $30,000+ for a car from a company that might not be around to honor a warranty.
With people not knowing how long they’ll be working, a car loan is out of the question.
A $500 billion check from the government gets GM a few months.
A $500 check from the government gets me a new iPhone, iPod...
Level42:
Apple going down ? Hah !
Just on the TV news here: Dell laying off 1800 employees at the Ireland factory !
I don't know why people have so much hate towards a company that has a vision for great products.
Enjoy your wacky old OS (XP hits 9 years this year, hooray !) that is full of bugs, open to zillion of viruses and costs tons in keeping them maintained in business environments.....
So, that lady is TOTALY missing it with her last line, since if you want to actually USE a computer instead of fixing/maintaining the damn thing, you're much better off with a Mac.
But then again, Pinballjim, don't know under what rock you have lived the last 10 years, but Apple totally dominates the MP3 player market and has brought a major wack to the mobile phone market. Both markets were completely new to them.
No other company has done something like that lately.
I see all the others follow with Iphone look-a-like's. But they'll never make it because they are the followers, not the leaders.
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: Level42 on January 08, 2009, 06:50:49 pm ---I see all the others follow with Iphone look-a-like's. But they'll never make it because they are the followers, not the leaders.
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Don't know under what rock you have lived the last 10 years, but Windows was once a Macintosh "look-a-like".
Which one of those products is totally dominating?
We're not talking about how much better PCs are. There are plenty of other threads explaining why Macs suk, we’re talking about how, no matter how much Apple products suk, the company keeps making a come back.
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