Apple’s Stock Trend After Latest iPhone 5S Will Launch On Sep.10

After the launch of lastest iPhone 5S, may be just in the beginning but the gains for Apple Inc. are predicted to be short-lived, with regard to its history. Apple’s stock decreased a month after the latest iPhone was unveiled, in five of the prior six years. 2011, the only one year in which stock of Apple actually ended higher after an iPhone launch. In the last September, Apple’s stock had surged 3% in the four trading days after CEO Tim Cook released the iPhone 5. But the Apple shares were down 8% a month after the announcement.

Apple had introduced the iPhone 4S in October 2011, and after two weeks its stock increased by 13%. However, it had dropped after that, the stock was only 8% higher than on day one, two weeks afterward. In 2010, the iPhone 4 was released; the stock has surged by 9% during the week and a half after. However, the stock dropped by 1% a month after the declaration. In 2009, the company declared the launch of iPhone 3GS, after that Apple shares had not moved too much shortly, but shares had plunged by 4% a month after the announcement. In 2008, the shares had increased by 2% the day after the iPhone 3G was launched but had dropped by 1% a month after the declaration. In 2007, Steve Jobs had launched the first iPhone after which the stock gained 5% in the week. But after only three weeks, shares dropped by 7%.

Apple is a huge part of the tech-heavy Nasdaq, if we look at the stocks of Nasdaq in those periods when iPhone was introduced; Nasdaq rushed by 7%, Apple fell by 7% (2007), Nasdaq dropped by 9%, Apple fell by 1% ( 2008), Nasdaq dropped by 6%, Apple fell by 4% (2009), Nasdaq fell  by 3%, Apple slipped by 1% (2010), Nasdaq surged by 12%, Apple surged by 8% (2011), Nasdaq dropped by 4%, Apple fell by 8% (2012); which demonstrates no discernible trend. Apple outperformed the Nasdaq a month after the iPhone was released, three out of six times, In the further three years, the trend upturned and Apple lagged. Apple Inc is expected to launch the iPhone 5S on 10^th September.