Where to buy Apple shares?

rockitup

leahciM wrote: »

Finally, the MacBook Air is a terrible machine - accept that you'll end up getting frustrated because you've only got 1 USB port and 2MB non-upgradable memory and buy yourself a MacBook.

or

Accept that MacBook Airs can barely achieve what they set out to and get yourself a nice iPad to play with in Starbucks to look cool in front of the yummy mummies.


PS, this is written from my Macbook. I'm a big apple fan, but some of their products, the MacBook Air especially, are genuinely terrible.

leahciM,

Is that an old Macbook Air you have mentioned in your post?

I bought one of the current 11.6" models in January and it has 2 USB ports and mine came with 4 mb of ram, (although it cost a bit more for the ram). It seems to do all I need and has no problem running Parallels 6 and Windows 7 when I need to.

It is horses for courses really with these laptops/netbooks/notebooks/tablets

Already got a Macbook Pro 15.4" in November 2008 and it's a nice machine but lugging it around with charger, laptop bag etc every time I go out is a pain.
For me it was a decision to either get the Macbook Air or the iPad as their size and weight are not too different. Just that the current iPad did not have camera for skype or USB port nor can you install programmes on it seems a bit restrictive but that is the way Apple want to market them.

leahciM

i take your point rockitup.

sabretoothtigger

Nikel wrote: »

1978.......

:rotfl:
ha yes of course but 500 was alot of money back then too and it'd cost a bomb to buy foreign shares plus Apple was tiny and not easily purchased I expect.
IBM would have been more likely

Just 5 years ago would be have been ok or even 2. Im told their earnings justify their share price and the forward price earnings for the company is only about 15



My view of Apple is pretty much a straight line from the 09 bottom with only a few pauses, right now it appears at near its more optimistic pricing however $380 seems possible still
I'd be surprised if USA didnt have a few serious shakes allowing a cheaper price


I think Bendix is right on with the fund option. You can buy fractions of a fund, its diversified. They allow regular or intermittent investing and they also manage and monitor companies daily for you

1 or 2% fees might be alot to a big investor but its a relative bargain for anyone who'd be paying flat commission otherwise

it is a way of life.

No more then Coke is or GM was.
Its a brand and they have a premium advantage from doing their job uniquely well, obviously the audience is enamoured.

There must be whole theses written on them but I think they are obviously subject to loss of innovation edge in their products

Market saturation and decline

Rising costs, Apple outsources production outside of usa. Chinese (wage) inflation is high yet their currency is stronger then usa dollars

bendix

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

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There must be whole theses written on them but I think they are obviously subject to loss of innovation edge in their products

Market saturation and decline

Rising costs, Apple outsources production outside of usa. Chinese (wage) inflation is high yet their currency is stronger then usa dollars

If there is one thing Apple has shown us over the years, it is that they are one of the few companies in their world whose prices are truly price inelastic.

superhanzzz77

Not sure why so many are against this idea

check out AAPL on google finance

47% increase in share price over the last 12 months is not to be sniffed at - certainly a lot better than 3% rate in a cash ISA

some might say that Apple has already reached the top but plenty of brokers are predicting Apple to still have significant growth

you have to weigh up if you think Apple still has room to grow further in future years - if the market agrees the stock will go up

never easy so many variables involved but certainly not one of the riskier investments out there

Bear in mind that 1 apple share will cost you approx $350 dollars so £500 is not a lot to play with

HSBC investdirect will do the job but not very well - it would be a good startup account though

make sure you trade inside a stocks and shares isa

dtsazza

superhanzzz77 wrote: »

Not sure why so many are against this idea

check out AAPL on google finance

47% increase in share price over the last 12 months is not to be sniffed at

As a general rule, when things get more expensive very quickly, that makes them a worse bargain, not a better one. What you're saying is that a year ago, you could have got 47% more of Apple for your money.

Thus they'd better have prospects today that are at least 47% better than they did back then for the shares to be as worthwhile to purchase. Add to that the fact that market famously tends to overreach in both directions, and buying a stock after it's gone up by a notable amount is generally a very delicate idea. It may well be the case that the "base" level only went up by 30-35%, with 10-15% "overshoot" premium that you'll pay simply for getting in the market now.

Of course, it's possible that the prospects really are that good - but I would not expect the stock market to undervalue a stock like Apple at a time like this.

On the whole, large recent price rises + hype = approach with extreme cynicism, if at all.

jimjames

How easy is it for the biggest company in the world to double in size?

If you have no other investments then it is not normally a good idea to invest in one company which ever one it is. At £500 it seems crazy to put that in one company with the huge associated costs unless it is more of an Apple evangelist thing than a serious investment.

agrinnall

superhanzzz77 wrote: »

make sure you trade inside a stocks and shares isa

I'm unconvinced of the value of a S&S ISA for small portfolios. £500 worth of any shares would have to increase by more than 2000% in order to be in a position to save on CGT and with a P/E ratio of 19 the income would be less than £30 a year so any income tax saved by being in an ISA is likely to be outweighed by the account charges.

hcayley

hsbc invest direct don't charge annual fees for SnS ISA - $30 per trade for US shares though

malik999

OP - I dont think there is anything wrong with Apple even at $345 but its not where I would come in even though I've held a $400 price target on apple for a couple of years.
For a £500 investment (2 shares) I am not sure Apple is the right buy. At £500 you really want something with dividends. How about CocaCola? (KO) but wait for a pullback