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Two interesting notes on Apple from Financial Analysts yesterday.

First Fortune had Merrill Lynch analyst Scott Craig stating a decidedly positive outlook

for Apple, while in the same note lowering his target price for the company's

shares from $840 to $780. Fortune points out though that that 780 target is still

about $17 higher than Wall Street's average target on Apple stock.

What's hurt Apple shares over the past few weeks? Craig says there are four horsemen in this perceived

apocalypse. First, there are investors locking in profits heading into the year end and the potential

capital gain tax increase in 2013.

Then there's a perceived less than stellar iPhone 5 launch. There's near-term margin pressures for

Apple and there's increased competition says the analyst although we do not

expect these uncertainties to alleviate near-term we remain positive on current product cycles and believe

the stock offers a very attractive balance of growth and value.

But the note that got the most notice was the one pen by Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White, as highlighted by Business Insider.

In our view reads his note, the sell-off in apple stock over the past eight weeks has gotten to the point of being insanely insane

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