why is apple stock going down today?

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Request for Question Clarification by denco-ga on 29 Dec 2005 14:20 PST

Howdy guff-ga,

Would the following two references answer your question?  Thanks!

Business Wire coverage of "Street Chatter" from Schaeffer's Investment
Research about the fundamentals of Apple's stock.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20051229005306&newsLang=en

MacNN article on recent downgrades of Apple.
http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/12/14/aapl.downgraded.by.bofa/

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher

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Clarification of Question by guff-ga on 29 Dec 2005 15:21 PST

Hi denco-ga,

Your research helps but I still wonder why the stock tanked  almost 3%
in one day...  It's baffling...  We're still missing something I
think.

Thanks,

guff-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by czh-ga on 25 Jan 2006 16:59 PST

Hello guff-ga,

Here's an opinion from today's paper. Will this be a sufficient explanation?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/25/MNGUNGSNCL1.DTL
DISNEY, SEEKING NEW MAGIC, BUYS PIXAR
JOBS' NEXT ROLE: Whatever part he chooses, he's unlikely to cast
himself as silent partner

Investors and analysts occasionally questioned how Jobs could be chief
executive of two major publicly traded companies, Apple and Pixar.

"I've always thought 80 percent of his time was spent on Apple and 20
percent with Pixar," said Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray &
Co. "If I was going to bet how this plays out in a year from now, he
will have more time to work with Apple since he doesn't have to deal
with trying to work out a distribution deal with Disney."

Yet another Jobs-watcher, Jeffrey S. Young, co-author of "iCon: Steve
Jobs, the Greatest Second Act in the History of Business" (a book that
led Jobs to ban sales of all books from publisher John Wiley & Sons
from Apple stores), believes Jobs can't help but give in to the
distractions posed by his new role at Disney.

"I think this is bad news for Apple," Young said. He pointed out that
Apple shares fell $1.63 Tuesday. "How can you not take your eye off
the ball and wander around La-La Land chasing Mickey Mouse?"

Thanks.

~ czh ~

You might want to check the boards at www.predictwallstreet.com to se
if anyone commented on activity that day.