Average price in Jan., 2011:
AAPL $335
Silver $28

Price today:
AAPL $375 (about a 12pc increase)
Silver $31 (about an 11pc increase)

I would say all things considering, Silver more than held it's own.

After all when the blind, deaf and dumb fanboy decided to display his massive intellectual dishonesty and throw an overbought at the time silver in the cage, he should have also told us that silver was thrown in the cage with both hands tied behind it's hand. He didn't because either he didn't know or it didn't suit his personal agenda. Personally I'm quite torn as to which of the two it is, you decide:

* CFTC still delaying implementing position limits that would restrict the ability of the bullion banks to suppress the price of silver  (http://www.gfsnews.com/article/3109/1/CFTC_delays_position_limits_rule_again) - no such issue with AAPL

* CFTC still delaying concluding their investigation on the manipulation of the silver market (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-26/silver-market-faced-fraudulent-efforts-to-control-price-chilton-says.html) - no such issue with AAPL

* JPM suppressing the silver price through massive naked short positions (http://moneymorning.com/2010/11/01/cftc-investigates-jpmorgan-hsbc-as-firms-sued-for-silver-market-manipulation/) - no such issue with AAPL

* Paper silver to actual physical trading at 100/1 ratio (http://www.gata.org/node/8858)- no such issue with AAPL

* Silver got hit with no less than eight margin hikes in 2011 just on the CME (including an 85pc rise in just one week), five more in other exchanges (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/protect-your-silver-gold-oil-from-margin-hikes-2011-05-13) - no such issue with AAPL

* Silver got hit with the fallout of MF Global's bankruptcy - net long positions wiped out. (http://news.silverseek.com/SilverSeek/1320851654.php) - no such issue with AAPL



........and besides Bernanke hates silver but he loves his iphone - was there ever any doubt who would win this cage match?

Personally I'd love to see a rematch right about the time COMEX breaks due to "failed to deliver", it would be a lot of fun.

But hey, what the hell, let's keep things simple and listen to the half-wits....eeeer sorry, I meant fanboys........BUY AAPL.

*behind its back*

Well, I never said I'm perfect

silver has been ABSOLUTELY SLAUGHTERED yet you think you've drawn!!??
oh dear
meanwhile I'm shifting the profits in USD to the ever improving NZD

Just in case there's still any intelligent life reading this forum, here's the bottom line.

Anyone comparing AAPL and Silver (cage match) is an idiot. They are two totally different investment instruments, moved by a totally different set of dynamics, and different expectations of where this financial crisis is headed. Beyond the overt idiocy, when one chooses to start monitoring the performance of silver and compare with Apple, right after a parabolic move up in a short period of time (overbought), is intellectually dishonest or is pushing an agenda. Failing to even mention all the blatant attacks on silver by the bullion banks that followed (especially the five margin hikes, 85pc rise in one week) and continuing to spew garbage only reinforces the presence of an agenda. What's the agenda?

BUY AAPL.

You can wiggle and waiver, you can tap dance all you want, but you still can't hide from the fact that the cage match you concocted was, and continues to be utter stupidity, an exercise in intellectual dishonesty. You didn't deny, nor refuted any of the facts I posted. You have agenda, only this poster is not buying.

JULY......soon to be February.....soon to be 2010.....while traders put their capital to work trading this once in a lifetime volatility, you are still seating there fondling that ipad. Priceless....

Sure, I get it, profits always booked, loses are rolled over into "longer positions" until....wait for it.....profits are booked again!!! Congratulations, you discovered perpetual motion.

You shouted the most overcrowded trade of the year....buy AAPL. I'm sorry but you have to start sharing your wisdom on broader issues to gain credibility on here.

And yes, silver down 25pc from it's peak parabolic move, which is conveniently the start time of your choosing, not overall 2011 performance. Congratulations again, you should apply for a job with JPM's accounting department, they love sh1t like that over there.

AAPL 405.00
SLV 26.94
AAPL +4 SLV -3
AAL leads +27 vs SLV -14

AAPL 456.48
SLV 32.28
AAPL +36 percent (annualized up 44.12 %)
SLV -23 percent (annualized down 23.48 %)

monthly points
AAPL +4 SLV -2
AAL leads +31 vs SLV -16

Excellent proof (if proof were needed)that one should have bought Apple.

I see that gold has gone up 20% in the same period, which would put its performance in the middle of these two.

Polybot - how do you think Facebook will perform?

Thanks, polybot.

Oh yes, another "make believe", "I make the rules" trade by our little girl. It reminds me of a certain cage match......LOL

well it's been a year now to the day so the 12 month result is:
AAPL up 89.16 percent (that's around a $300,000 loss if you were short 1000 shares)
SLV down 23.20 percent
sold a couple more of the april calls at close last week, just missed on the last 3 so will get rid of later. quite a good year.

polyahole, try posting a trade BEFORE you open and close a trade one of these days. I thought benny the clown was in a league by himself when it comes to aftertiming but you're certainly giving him a run for his money.

Oh, by the way, did I mention I was shorting aapl all the way down from $644 to last Friday's close?

Just saying.....

nice trading polybot.

Aftertiming clowns blowing kisses to each another. Is this part of the scrip, or are you chaps improvising for entertainment purposes?

Listen you low-life, just because you deposited a few quid in an igindex account doesn't make you, or your halfwit partner in crime, traders. Do you understand that?

If you don't understand that by now, you will soon enough when your balance shows ZERO.

Now go do something useful like search a few penny stock minors' websites, and all the other useless blogs you follow, and then come back here and post "news" that the market hasn't priced in yet so we can all get rich overnight. Such is the magnitude of your idiocy…...

Melly bought a load of calls at 600 at the close on Monday that will be cashed out today, not because I expected a beat on earnings but rather because AAPL IS THE MARKET and the market is supported every time it looks like it might roll over. The numbers they are reporting are about as credible as the government inflation number but that's a different debate for a different day.

It's just that melly is pretty sure of himself and doesn't feel the need to post diatribe that can play both ways to impress mugs on here with aftertimed ficticious "returns".

I hope you spend some of your alleged returns to buy some higher heels.

"Melly bought a load of calls.."
refering to yourself in the first person? are you turning into a gollum?

Three posts on the trot again fanboy. I' m starting to think *you do* suffer from attention deficit disorder.

The money line that you can't run away from is the earning "may not be good enough", showing your utter confusion of what was to be expected.

Why would anyone go long through weeklys, or "long term play" when they believe the earning "may not be good enough" is mystery where I live. Evidently, not so much in the upside down world you do.

To be fair though, I have to commend you on the skilled use of elusive language, complete with unspecified trades, maybes, possiblys and mights. You got it down to an art.

the difference betwenn ignorant and stupid
ignorant = a lack of exposure to information
stupid = full exposure to the information but the inability to process it