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Apple's 50th Anniversary Was April 1. Is the Tech Giant's Stock Worth Buying and Holding for Another 50 Years?

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Apple's 50th Anniversary Was April 1. Is the Tech Giant's Stock Worth Buying and Holding for Another 50 Years? What a ride it has been for Apple(NASDAQ: AAPL) and its shareholders over the years…
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  • The iPhone is the most popular smartphone in the United States, with a 50% to 65% market share

    60% confidence
  • Apple generated more than $123 billion in free cash flow over the past four quarters

    60% confidence
  • Apple evolved from an underdog in the computer market to arguably the world's most prominent consumer-facing business today

    60% confidence
  • iPhone accounts for an estimated 32% of the global smartphone market

    60% confidence
  • Apple is still a no-brainer to buy and hold

    60% confidence
  • There are now 2.5 billion active iOS devices worldwide

    60% confidence
  • Given Apple's $3.75 trillion market cap, investors shouldn't anticipate future performance to rival the past

    60% confidence
  • Apple stock has returned over 97,000% since 1990, including dividends

    60% confidence
  • Apple generates a 68% return on invested capital

    60% confidence
  • Apple is reportedly developing AI glasses that would represent a brand-new product category

    60% confidence
  • Electronic devices are becoming increasingly central to modern life, so the iOS ecosystem should have long-term staying power

    60% confidence
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Ford Motor Company
Both facts give cash for Ford Motor Company at the same point in time (2025-12-31; FY 2025 year-end and Q4 2025 year-end are the same date). Both are labelled USD, but the values are 23,356,000,000 and 23.356, which cannot both be true in USD. The two numbers agree once the second is read as billions (23.356 bn = 23,356,000,000), so the economic content is consistent and the conflict is a unit/scale error in the Q4 2025 record. The period is not the reason for the conflict: a Q4 and an FY figure at the same year-end date should match.
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