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Analyzing analysis, a senatorial call to look at music.

And Apple issues bait as a plenty.

It's Thursday, the 23rd of July, 2015.

I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from Maco-S. Ken.

Brought to you by yours truly and supported by iChart magazine

putting Apple and Tech News in focus E-Y-E-I-Chart magazine available for iOS Newsstand Now.

I'd like to start today with a bit of listener feedback.

Linda, not of Linda.com fame, but famous in her own right in some circles

Linda wrote to me yesterday to address my attitude toward the financial analysts

You may remember me getting a bit bothered by Apple's share price getting hammered after hours on

Tuesday when Apple delivered stellar numbers but missed analyst expectations.

I blamed the analysts, which is where Linda's email comes in.

It reads in part, when we blame the analyst there is something basically wrong because it is the market itself that responds to silliness and summer, as Bloomberg put it.

That said, there are pros to the stock going down, especially because we know it won't stay

that way.

For instance, Apple announced a dividend pay date of August 13th, 2015.

I guarantee the stock will be up a few days before that, the 10th of August,

since investors will want their money.

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