I got 2p, so I can chip in for the meal deal 
we can all share a box of McNuggets.
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I had a Full Pound
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My boring answer is that I would invest based on the long term fundamentals. I donāt think anyone can predict that well whether it always goes up or down after X event as people would have taken advantage of that of it were that simple to predict in advance.
I bought an Apple share a few years ago and have just been holding it.
If you believe in the long term fundamentals of the company then the best time to buy would be now.
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I donāt have an opinion on the dollar award but Tim Cook is one of of not the best executives in the US and is charge of the worlds largest company. If anyone deserves a bumper pay award itās him
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But no one deserves Ā£99 million in pay. Thereās a whole organisational chart below him that makes Appleās success possible. Divvy it up amongst the cleaners at their Apple stores or something (donāt give it to shareholders)
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If someone deserves $99m itās Cook, the debate on executive pay is very much worth while. These pension managers however have earned a nice living off the back of his (and others) hard work.
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I want my cut 
for investing my hard earned cash with them 
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Less a cut than a sliver - $99m is 0.006c / share.
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That sure brings back memoriesā¦ 
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Days Of Thunder, Shadow Of The Beast, Settlers, Red Baronā¦
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Sensible World of Soccer
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I was thinking Lesuire Suit Larry!
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Is it worth buying into apple? Thanks
Hi Laura,
I have shares in Apple, my reasons for buying are that I see the future for growth as being really good, plus it holds fairly steady with the share price, itās not as volatile as some others. You also can buy part shares with the US stocks, so if you want to invest smaller amounts and build a position over time then you can.
You need to do your own research though and find an area that interests you also. Youāll see the wide variety of opinions on here about whatās a good investment and what isnāt and really you need to make that decision for yourself and not go on others advice. Also no one can guarantee you a profit, so you need to make a decision about what you are prepared to invest and what level of risk you are willing to take. My opinion is Apple is a well established company with a good future though and I think most would agree on that but no guarantees youāll make money on your investment.
If you are just starting out, I would add potential companies that you are interested in to your watch list and try and get a feel for the market and the share price over a period of time. You can then judge if you want to invest at a later date if you are not sure.
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No one here can offer you financial advice we all have to do our own research and make that decision but saying that Apple is an awesome company and 6% of my portfolio which I would like to increase
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I have 10% of my portfolio in Apple now and plan to increase this. I know others here have quite a big chunk of their portfolio in Apple also. Holding for the long term though.
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Apple is the biggest weighted component of the Nasdaq 100, the next few are Microsoft and Amazon. These heavy weights have not gone extremely off their all time highs compared the rest of the index.
The index has had a parabolic rise since 2020 , same with the S & P 500 so a correction started in November 2021. I used to have some EQQQ which is the ETF which represents the Nasdaq 100.
After doing some research I found a commentator on Elliot wave theory who was the opinion that the correction is still not over in these indices , resulting a very slow grind downwards. Although he always has an alternative analysis where he says that the downtrend could be temporary.
You will have noticed a strong volatility on the downside and upside.
Perhaps if there is a resolution agreed to the war then buyers will come back big time and push the index back up, but there is also the problem of rising inflation. With rising interest rates the technology stocks suffer due to all their big loans used to grow the company and serving them becomes more expensive.
The other point is if the Federal Reserve continues continues printing Dollars and lends to other institutions at cheap rates or buys itself more securities to increase its balance sheet this will drive the indices higher. But this process which the Fed does is highly inflationary. This is why we keep on hearing from them we are ātaperingā .
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Nice rise in Apple stock today.
Perhaps the correction for technology stocks is over