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CNBC’s Jim Goldman: Wall Street’s analysis of Apple needs some perspective and balance
MacDailyNews — ... on. What kind of bizarre game is that?" "I know Wall Street has a job to do. So does Apple. Apple routinely sandbags numbers, I believe, to lower expectations so it can 'beat the Street' when it releases earnings. They need to do better offering realistic guidance," Goldman writes. "But the Street also needs to do a better job managing its own expectations, and offering meaningful analysis of the data, not just the data itself. Both sides of the story." Full article - recommended - here . MacDailyNews Take: From what we can tell after years of doing this, Wall Street ...

Apple down more than market on mainly economic fears
BloggingStocks — ... that the worries are about the economy, not about anything Apple is doing wrong in itself. CNBC pointed out today that the downgrades were really about a survey showing that the percent of people saying they intended to buy various Apple products in the next few months slipped, but only slightly--which is really pretty positive in the current economic situation. It seems odd then that the stock getting hit harder than the market. It's not like Steve Jobs was into credit default swaps on sub-prime mortgages. ...