The Nasdaq stock exchange announced Tues that it’s rebalancing its Nasdaq-100 index next month to correct the outsized influence of Apple, Inc. Nasdaq recalibration lessens the load of Apple shares on the cumulative worth of the Nasdaq index by two quarters, which equals one half. Nasdaq’s stirrings will shrink the propensity of financial institutions of the hedge fund type to cynically disrupt the natural rhythms of Apple stock so that average Joes can count on a more reasonable possibility of return on investment down the road.
Percentage of Apple on Nasdaq to decrease
There have been increases for the last few years in the Nasdaq-100 with every Apple stock increases. There have been a lot of those. There has been over a 250 percent increase in Apple shares since the 2009 market crash because of the Mac, iPhone and iPad. Since then, Apple’s stock has risen about another 150 percent to represent more than 20 percent of the total worth of the Nasdaq-100 index. Nasdaq officials spoke on Apple stock. In the index, it is twice what it should be. On May 2, Nasdaq will rebalance everything. This will make, on the Nasdaq-100, Apple shares only 12 percent. Apple stock ratios will be better for calculations on the Nasdaq-100. All will be well. This can be a large change. It will change 81 other business positions. Apple rivals may gain due to this. Microsoft will rise from 3.4 percent up to 8.3 percent. Oracle will rise to 6.7 percent, Google will rise to 5.8 percent, and Intel will climb to 4.2 percent.
Huge manipulation of market with rumors about Apple
Any future manipulation by hedge fund traders that could hurt the Nasdaq-100 or short Apple will be prevented by the lower ratio of Apple shares. Jason Schwartz at Seeking Alpha describes a recent instance in which unconfirmed conjecture about Apple based on vague sources subjected Apple stock to irrational price swings. In February, when Apple was trading at $360, hedge fund Yuanta Securities floated a rumor based on “supply chain contacts” the iPad 2 would be delayed until June. Bloggers spread the rumor, and Yuanta Securities used it to aggressively short Apple shares. It only took 2 days to decrease Apple stock. It had a $20 decrease. Shortly afterward, Jobs, who was given six weeks to live by bloggers, declared the iPad would go on sale March 10. Investors who should have known better felt duped, and Yuanta padded its returns. However the chicanery affected the worth of the entire Nasdaq-100.
Getting rid of the Apple rumor impact
Money managers are started to redo the money they have even though the Nasdaq rebalancing will not take place for another month. A drop occurred on Tuesday in Apple stock during this. It brought on a $4.19 decrease from $337 to $341.19. Manipulating the market with Apple will no longer happen. It has already stopped. Analysts do not expect the latest iPhone delay rumors (which would freeze the iPhone market and hurt Apple if they were true) to work because Apple stock remains about $15 below its high and is trending upward again. A window has been opened for average investors and traders to get into Apple shares and the business is expected to exceed expectations again when it reports first quarter earnings this month.
Information from
Fortune
tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/05/a-good-day-to-buy-aapl/
Mac Observer
macobserver.com/tmo/article/nasdaq-100_to_cut_apples_index_share_nearly_in_half/
MSN Money
money.msn.com/market-news/default.aspx?feat=e52a3c86-3053-48e5-91eb-970765febdcc
Seeking Alpha
seekingalpha.com/article/260887-hedge-funds-bloggers-and-the-origin-of-apple-rumors
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