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Too lazy to reformat news copy pasta:

16:30 [AAPL] Reports Q1 $1.88 v $1.93e, Rev $117.2B v $121.2Be - Gross margin 42.9% v 43.8% y/y (calculated) - iPhone Rev $65.8B v $71.6B y/y v $68.3Be - iPad Rev $9.4B v $7.2B y/y v $7.8Be - Services Rev $20.8B v $19.5B y/y v $20.7Be - Greater China Rev $23.9B v $25.8B y/y (v $15.5B q/q) - Wearables, Home & Accessories ('other') products revenue $13.5B v $14.7B y/y v $15.3Be (includes sales of Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats Electronics, iPod and Apple-branded and third-party accessories)

- CEO: “As we all continue to navigate a challenging environment, we are proud to have our best lineup of products and services ever, and as always, we remain focused on the long term and are leading with our values in everything we do,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “During the December quarter, we achieved a major milestone and are excited to report that we now have more than 2 billion active devices as part of our growing installed base.” “We set an all-time revenue record of $20.8 billion in our Services business, and in spite of a difficult macroeconomic environment and significant supply constraints, we grew total company revenue on a constant currency basis,” said Luca Maestri, Apple’s CFO. “We generated $34 billion in operating cash flow and returned over $25 billion to shareholders during the quarter while continuing to invest in our long-term growth plans.”

CEO Cook: Production is now back where we want it to be - post earnings comments - Production disruptions at Chinese manufacturing sites lasted through most of December; Saw increased traffic in stores during Dec as the lockdowns lifted - FX headwind Q1 was 8%versus the expected 10% - iPad's strong performance stemmed from the launch of new models and the absence of supply constraints that had hindered sales of the device a year earlier- Apple now has 935M paid subscriptions v 900M q/q
 
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Sanrith Descartes

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Six in one half dozen in the other to me. I'm holding it long term.

Kinda crazy all three of the bigs missed.
 
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I bought some QQQ puts today. We're overbought and the Fear and Greed index is almost at Extreme Greed
 
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I dunno, looks like it's going back down.
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Sanrith Descartes

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Jobs report at 8:30

What how fast those shitty earnings numbers last night can be forgotten depending on the jobs data.
 

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I've been reading Peter Zeihan's book "The End of the World is Just the Beginning". One of the points it talks about is a demographic collapse happening in the 2020s because of the baby boomer generation retiring. This is a big deal because they make up a large part of the workforce. The pandemic has me thinking, though, if more boomers are retiring early because of it. This could be why the job market is being so stubborn. And with the reported emotional issues that millennials have, they probably will never fill the gap.
 
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Typically when a seasoned boomer retires there’s a sentiment that they were somehow able to do many things, but we live in more of a specialist work environment now vs when the boomer was just starting out.

translated, a mid to upper management boomer job turns into 2-3 roles once they finally leave

you could argue it’s bc we suck and need 3 people to replace boomhower, or their performance left something lacking and management is seeking more
 

Mist

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all that, and we get -1.1% premarket? lmao. this fuckin clown market.
It's still technically a good sign for the US economy. It means all the fuckery that the Fed is having to do is not causing an immediate mass unemployment event. Will inflation likely be more persistently elevated than it has been the past 20 years? Sure, but that will eventually make its way into equity prices.

Record profits across most sectors.
Record tax revenues.
Record low unemployment.
Even in the face of interest rates returning to normal and Quantitative Tightening.
 
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Aldarion

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The big 3 missing earnings, and not just a little, is a good sign for the US economy? lol

You're familiar with the old "Just-so stories", right?

I'm not arguing with you, just saying anytime I complain about what the market does, someone comes along to wisely explain why it was inevitable. I'll assume you bought a bunch of TQQQ yesterday in anticipation? :)
 
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Mist

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The big 3 missing earnings, and not just a little, is a good sign for the US economy? lol

You're familiar with the old "Just-so stories", right?

I'm not arguing with you, just saying anytime I complain about what the market does, someone comes along to wisely explain why it was inevitable. I'll assume you bought a bunch of TQQQ yesterday in anticipation? :)
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Regression to the mean is the most powerful force in the universe.
 

Aldarion

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I am genuinely trying to not argue with you but wouldnt regression to the mean translate into downward movement?
 

Mist

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I am genuinely trying to not argue with you but wouldnt regression to the mean translate into downward movement?
Right which is why I bought SQQQ on my stupid SoFi funsies account, with the profits I made from selling out my AMZN position.