[tptacek]

Did he buy like you recommended?

I've made a hobby of embarrassing myself with recommendations to friends not to buy AAPL.

[flurie]

Why is that? Just swimming against the current, or do you have particular problems with them? Have you been making other positive recommendations instead?

[tptacek]

P/E.

[ewanmcteagle]

If you back out the $30/share in cash the P/E looks to be around 12.

[tptacek]

Uh, look at the AAPL chart since '05. You don't need a carefully constructed argument to refute my investment thesis. :)