I see Apple's revenues growing in this year and 2018 with the release of the iphone 8. It's rumored to have significant upgrades.
I can also see 2019 being a softer year, similar to 2016, due to probably softer demand of the 8S vs the 8.
Thus, if Trump has fulfilled his campaign promise by this time to get a repatriation tax bill passed, it seems like 2019 would be the perfect period for Apple to bring their cash back home and make a huge acquisition(or two).
I would expect that with Trump being elected, Apple is seeing his laser-focus in fulfilling campaign promises, seeing that 2019 will probably be a relatively soft year and thus busily researching which large companies could be best integrated and give the best return.
I don't think investors are going to be content with small acquisitions if Apple is able to bring 200+ billion in case back home.
What do you think they're looking at?
In fiscal year 2016 their cash balance grew by $30 billion($216 billion to $246 billion). Considering the hit that the 8 is supposed to be, it's possible that by 2019, they'll have as much as $325+ billion to bring home.
At today's prices, this would be enough to buy Tesla, Netflix and Disney with cash and still have $50+ billion left over.
Submitted February 05, 2017 at 03:23PM by sgasgdsgbdsg http://ift.tt/2kb4vXk
