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It's on Reuters now, too. Clever of them to wait until after the closing bell, but man oh man, that stock is going to plummet tomorrow, I imagine. Hope he's a
by sspencer 18y ago
It's on Reuters now, too.
Clever of them to wait until after the closing bell, but man oh man, that stock is going to plummet tomorrow, I imagine.
Hope he's all right...
- sachinag 18y agoThey actually had to halt trading; they couldn't hold it til the bell, for some reason.
- socmoth 18y agoyou can see the after hours trading. 6pts already edit: 7pts * 889M shares, what is a man worth?
- gravitycop 18y agoThe news was released after the bell. It was halted in after-hours trading. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=434426 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=434426
- henning 18y agoI don't do any trading (and therefore don't own shares in Apple), but I wonder if people who have recently shorted AAPL are happy Steve Jobs is having medical problems? (Please don't downmod me because of the morbid behavior of others.)
- jjs 18y agoWhere is Porsche when you need them?
- gravitycop 18y agoOutcome-oriented individuals don't do well in the trading business. It's the processes that count.
- time_management 18y agoIt's not "clever" to hold the news till after the bell. It's done that way to avoid causing damage to high-frequency traders such as arbitrageurs and market-makers who, by providing liquidity, are good for a stock. Earnings are also usually announced at 4:10 for the same reason.