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Apple is quite diversified. Computer hardware and software, entertainment, communications, healthcare, banking and finance, energy production and information technology among others.
I wasn't aware of that . I wonder how well those other areas of the business are doing .
 
I wasn't aware of that . I wonder how well those other areas of the business are doing .

The financial and banking end of it is doing very well. Apple Pay has really picked up steam in the past few years after a slow start. Healthcare is the really big one to watch. Their Apple Watch has taken on many new features like checking for abnormal heart rhythm for example. They are working on a blood glucose monitor function for the watch that could revolutionize testing for diabetes. My iPhone keeps track of my walking distance and also how I walk. It alerted me a while back that I was as risk for a fall due to my walking stability. It offered exercises to help counteract that. As of now I have improved greatly and am back in the safe zone. Falls for seniors are a big concern.
 
Earnings were forecasted to come in at $2.57 a share but instead came in at 72¢ a share. A huge miss. The usual excuses of supply chain and such were reported.

Not all that long ago this was a $225 stock. Now it’s $76.
Thats a huge miss in a stable retail sector where your competitors recently beat expectations.

I wonder what part of the story hasn't surfaced yet.
 
You have to figure with new cars and trucks still selling at such a premium, older cars and the parts that keep them running would still be in high demand. For their earnings to drop that much in this market indicates there is more bad news to come. SC Maintenance nailed it.
 
They wont admit it but it looks like Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger are hoarding cash. aka Market Timing

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-charlie-munger-reveals-reason-173323015.html
He can't be any more clear about it. When people say something plainly, in the absence of contradicting evidence, it's best to take them at their word.

"Yet he acknowledged that Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on billions of dollars in cash. The reason isn’t that Buffett and Munger think they can wait for stocks to get even cheaper — the wager known as “timing the market.”

Instead, Munger said bluntly that Berkshire isn’t buying anything “because there’s nothing we can stand buying.”
 
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