(B)(N) AAPL Apple Incorporated

Drama. The iPhone™ folks, Apple Incorporated, have disconnected and are now fighting for market share (like everyone else) and the long payout from their increasingly large production facilities (fixed assets) and expensive global market scope (Reuters, December 14, 2012, Wal-Mart selling Apple’s iPhone 5 at big discount). The protective puts at $600 that we bought for $35 a share in October are now worth $90 (please see our recent Post, (B)(N) AAPL Apple Incorporated, October 2012) and the company’s stock has moved decidedly into “volatility zone” (N) pricing despite nearly $10 billion of share repurchases this year and a $10.60 per share dividend for a total payout of about $10 billion per year and a current yield of 2%.

The “Daily News” on Apple Incorporated continues to be voluminous and breathless one way or the other. But it won’t be in our Post again or the Perpetual Bond™ until the performance that investors “like” is actually demonstrated. We want our capital to be provably safe – 100% capital safety – and we want to obtain a hopeful return above the rate of inflation. How could that be too much to ask?

Exhibit 1: (B)(N) AAPL Apple Incorporated – Risk Price

Apple Incorporated  designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication devices, and portable digital music and video players and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions.

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The stock is in our portfolio the Perpetual Bond™ if and only if the ambient stock price is plausibly above the price of risk or Risk Price (SF) (Black Line and a step-function). Based on that rule (which, of course, is not arbitrary – please see our Post, The Price of Risk, August 2012) we bought or held the stock between $100 and $300 in 2009 and 2010 but have avoided it thereafter or been very careful with our purchases (please see our Post, The Wall Street Put, August 2012). The Risk Price (SF) has been rising steadily since 2009 but faster than the stock price and has increased from $600 to the current $820 (up from $700 six months ago). Undoubtedly, some investors won the lottery and might be thinking that they can do it again and some investors are buying the stock now at $500 else the price could be a lot less. Oh well.

Postscript

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