Worrying Wednesday – How Low Can Apple Go?

I had to commit to AAPL as our "One Trade" for 2013.  I didn't want to do it but there wasn't a stock I felt more sure about beating the market over the next 12 months.  The icing on the cake was the drop to $485 (even as I write this, I can't believe the price) on the same afternoon I was scheduled to be on BNN to announce the trade (see full interview and all 3 trade ideas here).  

Had AAPL gone up $40 instead of down $40 (a 15% swing), I would not have done it but – COME ONE – $485?  Are you freakin' kidding me?  At this price, we're even adding AAPL to our conservative Income Portfolio – so far it has rightly only been placed in our more active and riskier portfolios but our "One Trade" idea for AAPL is a nice "set and forget" play on the stock with a great return on cash and margin and the "downside" of owning AAPL long-term at net $364 (another 25% off and 34% off our $555 short-term value target).

As the average analyst estimate for AAPL is $728 and the lowest analyst estimate (by the so far, so wrong Ed Zabitsky) by a mile is $270, we feel pretty good about our net $364 entry and, at $270 – we'd love to double down for an average of $317 – down 14.8% at the Zabitsky Line- where AAPL's cash on hand would be about the same as it's market price.  So, if you REALLY want to own 2x AAPL for net $317, our One Trade entry at the current $485 price is for you!