Apple Inc. (AAPL) & Three Predictions for This Week

Another thing this company does is make analysts look like perpetual underachievers. If analysts say the company posted a profit of $0.42 a share in its latest quarter, I’ll whip out a “greater than” sign. History’s on my side!

One of my best tricks to beating the market is finding stocks that perpetually land ahead of the prognosticators. Let’s go over the past year of earnings reports.

Source: Thomson Reuters.

Things can change, of course.

Consumers can turn to cheaper home upgrades. Hardwood can fall out of style. The improving quality of planks can lead to longer replacement cycles. However, none of that seems to be a factor in the near term. Everything seems to be falling into place for another market-thumping quarter on the bottom line.

Three for the road
Well, there are three predictions right there. Let’s see how I fare this week.

The article 3 Predictions for Next Week originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Rick Munarriz.

Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends and owns shares of Apple and Lumber Liquidators.

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