@ Hospice "Apple has more cash on hand than they can handle? Does it mean that they are ripping their customers off by selling their products at a higher price? They may consider lowering their pricing a little bit."
I doubt that Apple will ever reduce their products prices because they have excess cash. The pricing regime itself serves a purpose in attracting consumers and making them believe the 'supposed' value of the gadgets.
I think you are right, they must have ripped off customers by selling their products at higher price. For having such huge cash, they can easily sell at cheaper price.
If Apple don't know what to do with their huge piled cash, may be they should think of another invention and called it iWorld, since they have iPad, iPhone, etc. Or on a lighter mood, the acquire Microsoft Corporation or Google.
"What are the risks from the purely financial standpoint from cash on hand?"
Apple has more cash on hand than they can handle? Does it mean that they are ripping their customers off by selling their products at a higher price? They may consider lowering their pricing a little bit.
I wonder if Apple, true to form, is trying to buck the trend that cash on hand is risky. I'm not a finance expert, but hasn't the idea been that too much cash makes you a takeover target? Although there are companies out there that could buy Apple, I don't see happening. What are the risks from the purely financial standpoint from cash on hand?
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