Thursday, December 28, 2017

What happened to David Frum? On MSNBC. He is brilliant, but, he looks as though he is suffering from depression. Somone needs to reach out ot him and let him know the world is not coming to an end. And if it does, he is not responsible for it.

These are the holidays. He needs to rejoice with his family for the New Year.

We are Americans. We protect our country during times of big questions. We stand together, not alone. Americans are strongest when we are one. Welcome back, David.

The strategy under Steve Jobs was fraudulent.

This is Wall Street. This is the greed the world wants to emulate. Really?

Apple needs to determine it's liability to the owners of iPhones and reimburse those compelled to purchase new phones. I think the newest generation of iPhone could be discounted to these purchases to allow them to EASILY purchase it. That is, of course, if they still want an Apple iPhone.


December 27, 2017
By Samantha Miller

Apple gets caught throttling (click here) its customers after years of speculation.

The concept of planned obsolescence is unproven as a long-term strategy for continued growth.

How much does the value of eroded trust impact Apple's relatively high stock price?...

The lying appears to be habitual. I would think Apple has an abundant supply of the new iPhone to compensate their customers signing on to past purchases due to poor performance imposed by Apple.

December 28, 2017
By Tae Kim

The market's anticipation of strong sales (click here) from the new iPhones drove Apple shares much higher this year, but now one Wall Street firm says optimism for big upside is not warranted.

Wells Fargo Securities reiterated its market perform rating for Apple shares, saying the latest China export data points to meager iPhone sales growth in the December quarter.

"An analysis of China Province-level mobile phone export data this week reinforces our cautious opinion on Apple's iPhone cycle," analyst Aaron Rakers wrote in a note to clients Wednesday entitled "iPhone-Related China Data Analysis: Implying Limited / No Yr/Yr Growth Thus Far In 4Q17."

The analyst wrote they "currently see limited/no upside potential to our 81.2M iPhone ship estimate."...

Tillerson comes out of the embattled State Department Haley's fumbling.

It is really interesting how "Making America Great Again" is defined by bullying. I happen to think Lavrov is correct. Unfortunately, there is no room in the presidential field in Russia for him.

In the New York Times, Tillerson states he is proud of his democracy (click here). I suppose so. The American Democracy has opened up international markets for ExxonMobile. What is not to like? Being a petroleum industry CEO has never been easier.

Republicans define leadership by the ease of economic performance, not, achieving economic growth in the face of a challenge such as the energy crisis caused by the pollution of carbon dioxide and methane. Facing that challenge was not a problem for President Obama. It is sad to realize retreating to old Republican economic strategies are actually welcome by Wall Street.

"Making America Great Again" includes turning greed loose as a priority before the well being of Americans. There is no morality in Trump's Republicans definition of "Making America Great Again."

December 26, 2017
By Vladimir Soldatkin

Moscow (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (click here) told U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday that "Washington's aggressive rhetoric" had heightened tension on the Korean peninsula and was unacceptable, the Russian foreign ministry said.

In a phone call, the two men also discussed further steps towards resolving the Syrian crisis and the situation in Ukraine, it added.