[GregWeld]

Apple "earnings" declined this quarter compared to the year ago quarter… now for anyone that pays attention to anything -- was that a DOH moment?

When you sell a lot of stuff - and the ASP (average selling price) is LESS - doesn't it make sense that then your numbers might suffer.

This is why I say it's so easy to invest -- if you pay the least amount of attention to your investments and just give normal fundamentals a thought.

If you went into a store that USED to be swamped with people -- and YOU noticed the last couple of times you went in there were LESS people… maybe that should be a clue you'd think about. Or -- is the inventory at the store you buy all your hardware at - shoddy and missing and crap is laying in the aisles? Then maybe that's a hunch things aren't being run so well.

Here's one - if you used to eat at some place all the time and EVERYONE was talking about the same place - and you noticed you've not been back there for months and nobody is talking about it any more -- what would you think their business might be like?


UH HUH…. pretty simple.

Now - I don't smoke and I don't drink and I don't often eat at McDonalds. But I pay attention to these things via news articles - in other words - if I see an article about those things - I read it! I want to know what people are thinking and saying and how they're reacting.

If I'm not interested -- then I should sell those investments and buy some where I have some connection and want to pay attention to them.

You wouldn't buy a rental house and then never drive by it - or bother to check the neighborhood would you?