Out Fox The $treet

The stagnating tablet market still has long-term potential. The iPad product line still remains the best option for Apple to diversify away from the dominance of the phone products. Apple remains an extremely cheap stock with the iPad Pro providing a potential catalyst for the stock.          The market projections for the tablet market offer a disappointing future for a product originally expected to offset the weakness in computer sales. IDC actually projects some market share gains for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) by 2019, but the weakness in the overall tablet market is more the story. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha. Disclosure: Long AAPL. Please review the disclaimer page for more details. 

The confluence of the startup of the China Mobile ( CHL ) relationship, Carl Icahn pushing for corporate moves, and the December quarterly earnings report places Apple ( AAPL ) stock on a high alert for Monday. Investors appear reluctant to give the stock a market multiple on fears that it is losing its technological lead though it appears to have several catalysts to propel it forward in the next few years. In fact, it's very possible that the Icahn proposal would solve the major issue of large numbers that might be holding the stock back as much as anything. China Mobile The pre-order sales for China Mobile weren't nearly as many as expected, but the recent speculation that Apple is preparing larger display phones combined with news from the Apple CEO that it maintains a 57% mobile browser market share sets it up for a large ramp in China by fiscal year 2015. Read the full article at Seeking Alpha. Disclosure: Long AAPL. Please review the disclaimer page...

Just last year Apple ( AAPL ) appeared set to win the race amongst a group of select tech stock to reach $1,000. Though the company had become the largest valued stock in the world, it still was competing with Google ( GOOG ) and Priceline ( PCLN ) to be the first to reach the magical $1,000 mark. Clearly reaching such a figure is partially the function of not splitting the stock, but it also is indicative of truly fast growth. With Apple plunging to below $400 in early 2013, most investors probably don't even consider it has having a chance to even reach $1,000 period much less beat Google to that number with it trading at $890. Typically those are the stocks discussed in that race to $1,000, but it actually appears that Priceline will easily win the contest with it now trading near $960. Time will tell so let's review the possibilities as the probability of reaching that magical figure is higher than most think these days. Read the full article at Seeki...