The Long Investor
Airline Captain & Investment Analyst, Technical/Fundamental Analysis
Apple is a sell here because buybacks are replacing innovation while its share price is dangerously extended. It is not spending on AI, in cloud services, making robots or pursuing global WiFi; its VR, Siri chatbot and iCar efforts have failed. Its flip phone follows Samsung's, and AirPods have poor battery life and microphones. The share price has held up, but only for now. x.com
Mark Gurman
Managing Editor for Global Consumer Technology at Bloomberg, Author of Power On
People really want this thing. ... The issues aside, this thing's freaking phenomenal. I love the iPhone duo. podtrac.com
AlvaChallengesGurman's enthusiastic assessment of the iPhone Duo and its demand challenges the view that Apple's foldable lacks compelling product appeal.
Bloomberg
Business and Financial Information and News Platform
Apple’s main assembly partner Hon Hai expects its expansive global manufacturing presence will help it fulfill growing demand for the US company’s marquee foldable device x.com
AlvaChallengesThe assembly partner's expectation that its global manufacturing network can meet growing foldable demand strengthens the case that Apple's new product can translate customer interest into sales.
Dow Jones
Real-Time Financial News Wire
Apple is expected to spend $25 billion on flash storage this year for about the same amount it bought for $6 billion in 2025, according to estimates by TechInsights. ... Now, demand by the AI industry has lifted the price to more than 30 cents a gigabyte, a 550% jump, threatening Apple's steep profit margins from selling extra storage. tradingview.com
AlvaSupportsFlash purchases expected to cost $25 billion versus $6 billion for similar volume in 2025 threaten Apple's storage-upgrade margins, strengthening the concern that earnings may not sustain its extended valuation.
Reuters
Global News Agency
The company's integration with Apple's ecosystem to power cloud-based AI capabilities has continued to support Alphabet's wider ecosystem reach. tradingview.com
AlvaChallengesApple's reported integration with Alphabet for cloud-based AI shows it pursuing capabilities through a partner, challenging the claim that its AI efforts have failed.Dow Jones
Real-Time Financial News Wire
The touch screen MacBook Pro starts at a whopping $2,899. That is $900 more than the $1,999 starting price of the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with the newer M6 chip Apple unveiled earlier this week alongside new M6-powered iMacs. tradingview.com
AlvaSupportsThe touchscreen MacBook Pro's $900 premium over the new M6 model raises the hurdle for customer adoption, supporting concern that Apple's new products may struggle to deliver growth at higher prices.Reuters
Global News Agency
Apple CEO John Ternus unveiled the company's first touchscreen MacBooks on Wednesday, abandoning a long-held aversion to the technology as it caps a burst of product launches ahead of the holiday shopping season. tradingview.com
AlvaChallengesA new Mac form factor and burst of launches show Apple bringing products to market, challenging the thesis that its innovation efforts have stalled.
Ethan Mollick
Associate Professor of Management at Wharton, AI, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education Research
[personal agents] It's one of the reasons why I think companies that did not engage in trying to build LLMs at scale like Apple might run into trouble because if you don't have a frontier model, you can't do this kind of work. pdst.fm
AlvaSupportsMollick argues that Apple's decision not to build frontier-scale models could leave it unable to deliver personal agents, strengthening the thesis that limited AI investment threatens its competitiveness.
Walter Bloomberg
Financial News Headlines Aggregator, Not Affiliated with Bloomberg
Monness, Crespi, Hardt analyst Brian White raised Apple's price target to $355 from $335, maintaining a Buy rating ahead of its November 2 earnings report. ... The analyst highlighted Apple's product innovation and expanding Apple Intelligence capabilities, with a potential OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro unveiling adding momentum. x.com
AlvaChallengesProduct innovation and expanding Apple Intelligence capabilities underpin the bullish assessment, challenging the claim that buybacks have replaced innovation.
First Squawk
Financial Audio News Service
SK HYNIX SAYS PC AND SMARTPHONE SHIPMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE DUE TO COST BURDENS FROM RISING MEMORY PRICES AND SUPPLY SHORTAGES, BUT THAT GROWING AI INFRA DEMAND IS EXPECTED TO MORE THAN OFFSET THIS DECLINE AND DRIVE CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE OVERALL MEMORY MARKET x.com
AlvaMixedSK Hynix expects PC and smartphone shipments to decline under rising memory costs and supply shortages, adding pressure to Apple's hardware demand, while AI infrastructure demand is expected to more than offset that weakness for the broader memory market.Reuters
Global News Agency
Apple said the M6 MacBook Pro delivers up to 30% faster graphics and up to 25% faster AI performance than its M5 predecessor ... The new iMac delivers up to 5x faster on-device AI performance than the previous M4 model, Apple said tradingview.com
AlvaChallengesApple claims its M6 MacBook Pro runs AI tasks up to 25% faster than the M5 and the new iMac up to five times faster than its M4 predecessor, providing measurable evidence against the claim that it is not advancing AI-capable products.Reuters
Global News Agency
APPLE UNVEILS NEW IMAC WITH M6, DELIVERING A MAJOR BOOST IN PERFORMANCE AND AI CAPABILITIES tradingview.com
AlvaChallengesApple's new M6 iMac is reported to deliver a major increase in AI capabilities, challenging the claim that it is not investing in AI-enabled products.Reuters
Global News Agency
Sales in the United States and Japan fell 4% and 27% respectively from a year earlier with the new models more expensive than their predecessors. Counterpoint said US consumers saw few meaningful improvements in features or design over previous models to justify the price. tradingview.com
AlvaSupportsCounterpoint's US and Japan sales declines, alongside its assessment that the new Pro models offer too few improvements to justify higher prices, strengthen the case that Apple's innovation and demand may not sustain its valuation.First Squawk
Financial Audio News Service
APPLE IPHONE SALES IN INDIA FALL UP TO 30% DURING FESTIVE SEASON; HIGHER PRICES, WEAKER PROMOTIONS HIT DEMAND x.com
AlvaSupportsReported festive-season iPhone sales in India fell as much as 30% amid higher prices and weaker promotions, calling into question how durable Apple's demand is at its elevated valuation.Reuters
Global News Agency
Global sales of Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series in the first three weeks after launch were 3.1% higher than the same period for the iPhone 17 Pro series, according to Counterpoint Research. ... The lineup performed well in markets such as China and India but more modestly elsewhere, Counterpoint said, pointing to a mixed start. tradingview.com
AlvaMixedCounterpoint reports iPhone 18 Pro sales up 3.1% globally in the first three weeks versus the prior series, with stronger China and India demand but modest results elsewhere; that offers limited support for Apple's price resilience.First Squawk
Financial Audio News Service
China Sales of iPhone 18 Pro Models Jump 29% as Supply Improves and Competitors Raise Prices, Counterpoint Finds x.com
AlvaChallengesCounterpoint finds China sales of iPhone 18 Pro models up 29% as supply improves and rivals raise prices, providing a demand-based counterpoint to the claim that Apple's share-price strength lacks business support.Reuters
Global News Agency
"We are aware of an issue impacting the inner display on a small number of iPhone Duo units," Apple said in a statement. "If users experience issues with their iPhone Duo display, they should contact AppleCare for a replacement." tradingview.com
AlvaSupportsApple confirms an inner-display defect in a small number of iPhone Duo units and offers replacements, substantiating the reported early failures of its major new product.First Squawk
Financial Audio News Service
APPLE SAYS SIRI AI IS EXPANDING TO MORE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, WITH AVAILABILITY IN FRENCH, JAPANESE, KOREAN, PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH, AND SUPPORT FOR TRADITIONAL CHINESE, NORWEGIAN, TURKISH AND VIETNAMESE COMING BY YEAR-END x.com
AlvaChallengesApple says Siri AI is already available in five additional languages and plans four more by year-end, challenging the claim that its Siri effort has failed.First Squawk
Financial Audio News Service
APPLE SAYS SIRI AI IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE IN THE EU AND THAT IT IS WORKING WITH THE EU ON A PATH FORWARD x.com
AlvaSupportsApple says Siri AI is unavailable in the EU while it works with regulators, limiting the rollout of a product central to reversing its perceived AI lag.Dow Jones
Real-Time Financial News Wire
That post-earnings rebound has since resolved into a bearish rising wedge structure, characterized by waning momentum candles including a Sept. 22 doji and a spinning top last Friday. I am looking for this stock to drop toward $325 before year-end, a 7% decline from current prices. tradingview.com
AlvaSupportsBusch reads waning momentum and a bearish rising wedge in Apple's chart as signaling a possible 7% fall to $325 by year-end, supporting the thesis's concern that the share price may not hold.Bloomberg
Business and Financial Information and News Platform
The iPhone Duo, one of Apple’s biggest new products in years, is drawing a growing number of complaints from customers who say the foldable display cracked after just hours or days of use x.com
AlvaSupportsBloomberg reports growing customer complaints of iPhone Duo screens cracking within hours or days, raising a durability risk for Apple's major new product and strengthening the sell case.