Battle of the billion dollar buybacks: Apple, Inc. vs Microsoft Corporation | AppleInsider
Over the past fifteen years, both Apple and Microsoft have invested in Apple, while Microsoft has also invested in itself. Here's a look at how those investments worked out, with particular attention to stock buybacks, a panacea certain billionaire investors are prescribing for Apple.
Antifragile: Building A Company That Goes Beyond Resilience - CEOPLAYBOOK
Companies are complex systems. They are their own organisms.They are not inanimate but biological. With that view in mind, biology has coded in the ability to be antifragile. So, companies (like humans) are harmed by the absence of stressors.Applying load and introducing stress is a way to unlock incredible potential for continuous improvement. You can accomplish this by using one idea at a time for going beyond resilience.Start today.
I was thinking recently about COVID-19, and stocks, and the concept of antifragility, which was coined by Nassim Taleb. Here's how he introduces it in his
“Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.” ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, fragile is easily broken or destroyed constitutionally delicate: lacking in vigor When subjected to volatile situations, fragile things break. But there are times when volatility ends up benefiting the object instead of degrading … Continue reading "becoming antifragile"
Above Avalon: Apple's $400 Billion Buyback Program
One of the more certain items found with Apple’s upcoming 2Q19 earnings is that the board will approve increases to the company’s share buyback authorization and the quarterly cash dividend. The two capital return initiatives continue to be polarizing topics as Apple holds more than $100 billion of
AAPL has had a rough two months. The shares are down nearly 20% from all-time highs, shedding $275 billion of market cap in eight weeks. Unprecedented does a good job of describing the fall’s magnitude and speed. Apple’s dramatic stock price drop is now leading to a surge in pessimism towards the
Share buybacks have once again come under fire. Some companies that were recent buyers of their shares now find themselves in financial distress and seeking bailouts due to economic fallout from the pandemic. Set within this environment and backlash, Apple is scheduled to provide a
Above Avalon: Apple Has the Best Business Model for Generating Cash
Apple is generating obscene amounts of cash. The company recently reported nearly $6 billion of free cash flow during what is typically its weakest quarter of the year. Over the last 12 months, Apple earned $51B of free cash flow. This is more than any other company earned. It is easy to chalk up Ap