DISQUS

Zach Bass No. My stories are based on my analysis of the state of things. We all have biases, but my goal is to report and provide my opinion on what the state of things are and where they are most likely to go.

What you seem to be accusing me of, is crafting headlines with an attempt to manipulate the stock price, or the direction it may go. I have no such power. I simply provide my analysis. If the headlines reflect a negative slant, then that's because I think the current environment is negative, not that I want it to be negative. I would much prefer that everything was bullish, it's so much easier to analyze and trade in a bullish environment.

macfan Correction: the biased slant about the story...not the stock.

Thom Now THAT's a valid question. And if Zack doesn't answer it then he deserves to be called on it. We don't always have to like the answers we get in life but it's still always nice to get an answer anyway.

Zach Bass I'll be very honest here. Headlines are designed to do one thing, and that's to get people interested in reading the story. I try to chose headlines that make it clear what the story is about and to invoke an interest (emotion) in the reader.

But I would take exception to the Shock and Awe characterization. Although the headlines can be irreverent, they are not nearly as bad as others I have seen. The only thing that gets me is that sometimes people don't even read the blog post, they simply respond to the headline. But that's the exception, not the rule.

Thom mf, the thing is I had to take off the site for a while and when I come back there is a deluge of people calling zack underhanded and question his motives and I find these comments unfounded and off track. Catch me up, has anything happened in the past 3-4 weeks? (besides the obvious market turmoil of course - I've not been trading but I'm not dead). I have zero problems with debate, in fact I thrive on it and find it's the Socratian method of eduction the best. But In my short history when I see what appears to me to be slander it usually means /b type trolling.

Like I said, maybe his stuff has been hashed out in the past few weeks and I've missed it and if that is so, sorry. But otherwise the Zack bashing seems really rather weird. I hate Rush Limbaugh but I don't waste my time listening to him or writing to his blog or whatever he has. When people go after a site owner like zack it seems to me the poster is bored and is just filling their free time or get a rush out of being provocative. They guise this as altrulism but never really offer salvation. If I am off base, i appologize but I gotta calls them as I see them.

as for u RT, you are a failure if you didn't read any of my posts and see the care and thought I put into creating a reasonable, valid, highly educated response. I gave examples, methods, history and time. If you can counter my arguments using the same thoughtfulness then I would applaude you (or anybody else for that matter), but when the responses are simplistic Cramerisms I call bullshit. Somebody reads Rule One Investing and they think they have the Market cornered.

I actually enjoy zack's writing and it would be pretty lame for me to find value in his insight and just stand buy and let people slander him. Anybody who sits but silently is pretty spineless in my opinion. Just as you feel some how justified in your comments, I too feel justified in mine. The difference is I back my shit up.

ruby tuesday Big agenda, selfish objective, big fucking ego, vein, self important , pretentious, full of hubris which will be his downfall (as too the other righteous good for nothing legend in their own minds and pants, that never earned a nickel in the real wold from real professional skills or talent ), arrogant, and basically a good example of pearl to swine. Nuevo nothing.

You arrogant small time snake oil salesmen couldn't get respect anywhere except from stroking you own egos with bull. Bet you all live on credit and haven't ever saved a dime. I'd short you in a minute and forever.

Zach Bass Apparently macfan you can't handle it when someone speaks objectively about market conditions and investor sentiment. I happen to believe as you do about Apple fundamentals, but the truth of the matter is that fundamentals mean very little in the near term. My analysis is meant to help traders and investors navigate the turbulence of the market's incantations and reverberations. No agenda here other than to provide guidance and a point of view.

Unfortunately your fanboy attitude is getting the better of you, it clouds your vision. In this market, letting your emotions influence your judgement is a disadvantage.

Thom I'm curious macfan, why don't you go back to doing what you do when you are not telling other people what to do?

tj If don't agree with zach's point of you just unsubscride instead of waisting your time.

macfan I'm sorry, that was crass of me. But..c'mon. This guy is not at all about trying to help others make money. He charts a course and then rally's the troops to help bring his plan to fruition. I've been in this business a long time and have seen this time and time again.

Zach Bass If we fail to recapture 1260 on the S&P very soon, then I see the markets going lower. I think AAPL will also go lower, however I believe it will be more like a very weak downtrend. Of course this is pure speculation, in other words a wild ass guess.

When in a bear market, predictions can come back to bite you in the ass. So let's just say that we should expect a lot of volatility. Strong stocks like AAPL will fight the trend, but even the strongest stocks will have a tough time swimming against the tide.