Apple Stock

Apple Stock is a technology stock, quoted at NASDAQ with the short form: AAPL. Apple used to be headed by Stev Jobs, the recently deseased chairman was the driving force behind this company's innovation.

Apple Inc. (Apple) together with its subsidiary companies is active in design, manufacturing and marketing of mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players. Apple Inc. sells a range of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications.

The Company’s products and services include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, the iOS and Mac OS X operating systems, iCloud, and a range of accessory, service and support offerings. 

Apple Inc.  also sells and delivers digital content and applications through the iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore, and Mac App Store.

Apple sells to consumers, small and mid-sized businesses (SMB), and education, enterprise and government customers. During the year ended November 24, 2011, the Company, as part of a consortium, acquired Nortel Networks Corporation’s patent portfolio.

Apple stock has had a very positive history over time. From 1984, when the stock was quoted at about 3 USD to these days, when Apple stock is valued at about 440 USD, it has appreciated tremendously in value.

To illustrate: With Apple stock it was possible to earn as much money as if you had brought the 3 USD to a bank that would have paid you every year 20% interest (there are no banks that would do that...), and you would not have touched this interest and left it in the bank account to grow further, you would have had after these 28 years about the same amount as the Apple stock has appreciated! In this calculation, the yearly dividends that Apple pays it's shareholders is not yet included, so that the final interest on Apple stock (increase in share value) over all these years is well over 20% every year!!!.

That's why it's not astonishing, that Apple stock was the No. 1 stock recommended to investors by Ticonderoga Securities in 2011 and continuous to be recommended by them also for 2012. They believe that the technical development with the iPhone 5 and iTV will push the value of the Apple Inc. shares even further. The iPad 3 will be an other Apple product out in 2012.

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Updated information about Apple stock is available from different finance reporting sites like i.e.:  Yahoo Finance  or Marketwatch and also from the website of Apple Inc. Apple Investors.

Apple Stock