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com slash Maco-West can. A couple of Apple Bulls have gone even more

bullish on the Cupertino company. Apple 3.0 ran parts of a couple of notes

from analysts since last we spoke, one from Morgan Stanley analyst Eric Woodring, and another from Wed Bush analyst Daniel Ives.

Noting the positive run Apple shares have had over the last few weeks, the Morgan Stanley

analysts list three factors.

The note lists those as one, a bias towards quality mega cap stocks during a period of elevated uncertainty,

two, strengthened services and gross margins offsetting well-known near-term iPhone unit challenges in China and three growing

anticipation around Apple becoming a key edge AI enabler as as Morgan Stanley hypothesized last month.

The way he and his see it, those three factors will serve as tailwinds going forward.

Meanwhile, two possible headwinds seemed to have died down in

Woodring's estimation as problems in the supply chain have given way to stability

and the timeline of the DOJ versus Google Trial has been pushed out

years in his team's belief. Woodring used his note to maintain his overweight

rating on Apple's shares and raise his price target on them,

that went up from $210 to $220.

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