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What’s an Icahn tweet worth? About $8B in AAPL’s value …

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Fortune ran a couple of pieces showing what happened to Apple’s stock price after investor Carl Icahn’s tweets, with his initial announcement that he had taken a “large position” in AAPL, followed by news that he’d had a “nice conversation” with Apple CEO Tim Cook – and a subsequent tweet yesterday that he’d “pushed hard for a 150 billion buyback” over a “cordial dinner.”

The total effect? A jump in Apple’s valuation totalling around $23B – or approaching a cool $8B per tweet.

Would be nice to know when he’s about to tweet, eh?

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  1. This just goes to show how the markets can be manipulated for the 1%’s benefit. He made a ton of cash just by tweeting something. He probably made his buddies a bundle also.

  2. MaRico NoHands Spikes - 10 years ago

    Corporate America

  3. Kevin (@RyeMAC3) - 10 years ago

    This is why the whole Stock Market is a sham. This guy buys a billion in Apple stock, then goes around telling the world how undervalued Apple is and drives the stock up; gets filthy rich.

  4. Roger Hofer - 10 years ago

    Icahn’s tweet isn’t worth anything without Apple’s awesomeness. Investors largely know Apple is the shining star of US technology, so when they are reminded by some multibillionaire, their greed compels them to get onboard lest they miss something. It’s not just Icahn’s tweet; it’s his tweet about Apple.

  5. Spencer Balensiefer - 10 years ago

    i thought that was illegal?

    • Ben Lovejoy - 10 years ago

      It would be illegal for manipulate the market, eg. buy stock, tweet about it, wait for the gain and then sell. There’s no suggestion Icahn has done this.

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