Monday, 04/21/08
Posted 04/21/08,  10:47 pm ET

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Today's date:  Monday, 04/21/08

  Dow Jones: 12,825   - 24
  NASDAQ:   2,408   + 5
  S&P 500:   1,388    - 2
 
 
 
 
 
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On Apple (AAPL) and Research In Motion (RIMM)...
JJC:    It's weird... Apple has no supply... There's just no supply up here AAPL (i.e., supply of available stock to purchase)... and a lot of that, I think, is a grudging recognition... especially after Nokia (NOK)... that iPhone will be the winner. Now that's a little premature... It's huge... and when we get the next generation... Remember, it took a couple of iterations before the iPod took off. When we get the next generation of the iPhone, it's going to be game, set, match... Because this is going to be the smartest phone... It's got Microsoft (MSFT) inside... Apple has nothing... there's just no stock for sale... they keep buying it up.... And RIMM is now only back to where it was when it reported that great quarter. I think it can plow through that now, because we don't have a lot of great growth tech stocks... RIMM has a series of minor product rollouts, whereas Apple always has big product rollouts... and don't forget, it's always helped by Mac... And Mac, by the way... the Mac Conversation among kids with phone and picture is taking off in the nation. It's like as unknown, I think, as the iPod was three years ago. It's the fashion for all teenagers to talk... And it's much better than instant messages... and it's one of those things... it's bubbling up for kids... this is it. And, once again, the analysts don't see it, because the analysts don't use it. This is just like the iPod. It started as a fashion accessory. We didn't really realize that from teenagers. I think this is a gigantic product, and I know that's anecdotal, but so was iPod. I think for RIMM... we did a great quarter, but it was reported in a period where the market was bad. If RIMM reported that quarter today, it's be at $150.

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On Merck (MRK)...
JJC:    Look... get on that conference call. This was a great conference call. I don't understand why... I mean people were kind of neutral on it. Now, I've pointed out that Vytorin... the guys just said look, people are going to start coming... All that matters are the weekly scrips. I mean, the weekly scrips are pretty darn good. I think the analysts are way too negative here.

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Jim
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STOCK
SYMBOL

Closing
price
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day

Opening
price
next
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AAPL

168.16

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Apple (AAPL)

RIMM

126.20

na

Research In Motion (RIMM)

MRK

39.63

na

Merck (MRK)

   
 

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