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The WSJ comment community is horrible. It seems to be made of up of unemployed Gordon Gekko wannabes, without the smarts.

The market will fuck them just fine. Give it a week or two.

Exactly. Given that Apple has performed well while Jobs was out on medical leave for significant parts of the last three years, it seems as though Apple can do well without him at the helm. And building an organization that can survive after the leader departs is a real accomplishment.

Actually, I'm all for all the "SELL SELL SELL" doomsayers. It will give me a chance to buy more AAPL at a better price :)

Are they shorting AAPL?

It appears that way. 5% drop already.

Then the dumb asses are going to lose their shorts. (And really, I wrote that with no pun intended, I swear).

Looks like a good time to pick up some Apple stock after the idiots are done selling. Sept annoucements and Xmas quarter sales. HP's annoucements should help all the other PC maker's numbers in the 4th Qtr.

Doubtful theyd loose much money shortly APPL

Typically you use a straddle so you only loose the put/call premiums if the price doesnt move very much.

If the price moves, up or down, past the strikes run theyd make money.

But a smart shorters downside is determined The moment they enter into a trade.