The last time Apple’s stock price fell this much, shares rallied 75 percent in 12 months

“When Apple was last this far from its highs, it had a massive surge over the next year,” Keris Lahiff reports for CNBC. “In May 2016, the stock had fallen 33 percent from 52-week highs. Over the following 12 months, it rallied 75 percent. Apple begins this week exactly as far from its record peak hit in October: 33 percent.”
“Craig Johnson, chief market technician at Piper Jaffray, said the recent slump in Apple echoes that move in 2016,” Lahiff reports. “‘Look at the correction that we’ve had — over 30 percent peak to trough — we’ve seen this before,’ Johnson said Friday on CNBC’s Trading Nation. ‘I don’t think investors are going to get many opportunities to buy a high-quality stock like this on that kind of a correction-slash-setback.'”
“Wall Street tends to agree. While the shares have plummeted, analysts have stuck to their price targets,” Lahiff reports. “The average price target on Apple is 40 percent from current levels…”
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When the lemmings, er… “analysts” start their upgrade parade, then you’ll know the bottom has been found. – MacDailyNews, November 26, 2018