Comments on: Apple Q4 earnings: Analyzing the analysts

By: BMWTwisty Johnstown, PA

BMWTwisty Johnstown, PA — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:10:45 +0000

> ex ped: What can I say? It was a chart with many moving parts.

Understood. There was some reverse dissembly required on your part. Especially with the Muller/Alchemist (how appropriate!) data.

By: BMWTwisty Johnstown, PA

BMWTwisty Johnstown, PA — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:50:40 +0000

ex ped: Fixed.

ex ped: Right you are

ex ped: Noted

ex ped: Fixed.

Ooops. There may be a future for you as an analyst ;^)

ex ped: What can I say? It was a chart with many moving parts.

By: pk de Cville, VA

pk de Cville, VA — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:08:40 +0000

Thanks for the summaries. Useful, it is.

By: Eric, Twin Cities, MN

Eric, Twin Cities, MN — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:56:40 +0000

What you're overlooking is that both deagol and Andy are basing some of their numbers on other people's work. Take for ample iPods. Munster has a knack for correctly predicting how many iPods are sold and both deagol and Andy are using Munster's numbers.

By: Brian, Irvine, CA

Brian, Irvine, CA — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:04:40 +0000

There are two jobs most of us would drool to have:

1. Wall Street analyst

2. Los Angeles or Las Vegas TV Weatherman ("…and tomorrow will be sunny!" – Duh!)

These are two jobs where you can be an utterly incompetent twit, and be paid handsomely, so long as you look and sound good. In the case of Wall Street analysts, their power combined with sheer incompetence can do some serious damage. And if they are unethical, even more so.

Unlike a nurse, a teacher or a fire fighter, it's sad to think that these non-essential people are compensated well beyond their value. Some people are so Teflon…like too many politicians…

By: Dave, Boston, MA.

Dave, Boston, MA. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:18:58 +0000

MacBooks Selling Out Worldwide

Written on October 15, 2008 by Darrell Etherington

http://theappleblog.com/2008/10/15/macbooks-selling-out-worldwide/

By: Baba Booey, New York, NY

Baba Booey, New York, NY — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:06:32 +0000

Looking at the results of the chart above reconfirms my opinion of analysts.

Analysts opinions = (same as) drunken dart throwing.

They all have lousy aim.

Like drunken dart thrower, I stay away from them.

By: Bryan, Farmville, Virginia

Bryan, Farmville, Virginia — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:04:15 +0000

The colors green and orange are almost indistinguishable to color-blind people like me. Could you use different colors in your charts? Thanks.

By: Phil, Boston

Phil, Boston — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:34:49 +0000

For revenue, Huberty's number is closer to the actual than Fidacaro's

ex ped: Fixed. Thanks for the catch. It makes the bloggers look even better.

By: Johnny Waffle, Long Beach CA

Johnny Waffle, Long Beach CA — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:15:11 +0000

Murphy is right. Carriers are drooling over AT&T's ability to pull subscribers from their competition. That makes the iPhone price easily sustainable – devices with that kind of pull don't pop up every day, or even every year.