Bristol Financial Offshore

Apple Computer will gain heavily on strong growth from iPad sales not to mention the demand for Apple products in China. We have upgraded Apple Computer (AAPL:NYSE) to a Strong Buy with a target price of $375.

The financial health of Europe's banks is still in question but stock futures still rose slightly Wednesday.

Few stocks trade on emotion the way that Apple Computer does. Often it seems that every move their charismatic but controversial CEO (Steve Jobs) makes has the ability to move the stock by several dollars at a time but there are other key factors.

China and Australia are both showing strong signs of growth, calming fears of a global economic slowdown. A surprise at a time when dismal economic reports abound. The markets have been volatile in the past month due to uncertainty from traders.

It's been an exciting few days for Apple Computer. Huge sales for their newest product, the iPAD have raised revenue beyond analysts expectations. Apple also attained another milestone as they passed Microsoft in Market Capitalization.

In 1965, John Shepherd-Barron invented the cash machine, while lying in a bath. He had been to his bank earlier that day to take out some money but had arrived too late and the bank was closed.

Analyst and Stockbroker at Bristol Financial, Steve Sherwood flew his light plane, a Cessna Skyhawk from Panama to Honduras to help several of his favourite charities in Central America.

British Cellphone phone giant Vodafone reported on Tuesday that its annual net profits almost trebled to 8.6 billion pounds, citing reduced write-downs and increased sales of its Internet services.

Apple recently announced yet another record breaking quarter with iPHONE sales reaching almost 9 million, a 131% increase since last year. The latest offering from Apple, the iPAD has sold over a million units in the first month since release.

Luxembourg - The European debt crisis is certainly not limited to Europe. The drop of the Euro has the effect of making Chinese businesses much less competitive in the European Economic Area which is their largest market.