Time for another edition of Following The Fool’s “This Week’s 5 Smartest Stock Moves.” The list does not give recommendations, but it reviews highlights from the past week. I thought it would be interesting to see if any of the picks turned out to be good going forward.
Last week, Rick Munarriz listed six stocks on 9/11.  Below you will find how they panned out for the week of 9/11 – 9/18.
Time Warner (TWX) – Price when reported by the Fool: $29.30. Closing price on 9/18: $29.58. One-week rate of return: + 0.96 percent.
Apple (AAPL) – Price when reported by the Fool: $172.16. Closing …read more

I recently started following thefool.com’s “This Week’s 5 Smartest Stock Moves,” and although the list is backward looking, I thought it would be interesting to see if any of the picks turned out to be good going forward.
The moves below were originally posted by Rick Munarriz on 8/21, and below you will find how they panned out for the week of 8/24 – 8/28.
Apple (AAPL) – Price when reported by the Fool: $169.22. Closing price on 8/28: $170.05. One-week rate of return: 0.49 percent.
News Corp (NWS) – Price when reported by the Fool: $12.88. Closing price on 8/28: $12.93. One-week rate of return: 0.39 percent.
Sirius …read more

On Monday, Apple will hold their annual developer conference. Many stock market experts believe that Apple’s stock could go up or down depending on whether CEO Steve Jobs attends the conference.
Jobs, who is regarded as one of the most influential CEO’s in the business world, is currently on a leave of absence due to health issues. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004, his health status has been a question mark ever since. Depending on who you believe in the blogosphere, Jobs is either dealing with routine health issues or fighting for his life.
Apple’s stock is at around $145 at the …read more

Last fall, a student stopped by my office and told me he thought Apple’s stock was going to rise.  He had a few thousand to invest and he asked me if he should buy Apple (Ticker: AAPL).  At the time, the stock was trading around $172 per share.

I wanted to scream, “NO!!!!”  But, as a professor it is my rule (and probably a real rule in some document I never read!) not to give stock picks or investment advice.  Instead, I walk students through examples to show what would have to happen for this to be a good decision.
First, I had to ask him how much money he had, what …read more