Inside Apple’s Rise to $2 Trillion | WSJ
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Apple reached a staggering $2 trillion market valuation in August, despite years of doubt from critics over whether the tech giant could continue to succeed after the death of Steve Jobs. Here’s a look at Apple’s rise to the very top. Illustration: Jacob Reynolds/WSJ
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Apples definitely richly valued right now, but it's hard to blame Investor's given the numbers that apple is doing and also just that brand loyalty that Apple has
And upcoming new apple products and they learnt from x-xs mistakes.
I think I have seen your comments in alux RUclips channel
I invested 50k at 24yrs old in 2006. Made 5grand in a week. Sold it. I’d be very well off now. I still kick myself. Last I checked was million or 2
How do you have 50k at 24 years pf age? HOW??????
@@geoffreycharles6330 $50k @ 24 is not a lot of money
@@zcfang what do you work? An heir to daddy?
@@geoffreycharles6330 Software Engineer. I also run my own trading business
@@geoffreycharles6330 I became a millionaire this year at the age of 27 via my stock investments. Truth be told, I was also incredibly lucky throughout my investment journey
Year after year they cry "Apple's doom is near!"... and year after year Apple proves them wrong.
And every year they said without steve jobs apple will have no future or “if steve jobs still alive, he will be ashamed by what apple do right now”. But after steve jobs died apple build $5billion headquarters.
And became the world most selling smartphone 2016-2020
2016 - iphone 6s
2017 - iphone 8
2018 - iphone X
2019 - iphone xr
Q1 2020 - iPhone 11
Kashif
Customers*
People like Apple for a reason.
Android fanboys bring up Apple hate under every tech video its pathetic
Most people buy android phones because they cannot afford Apple devices
And you know that’s a fact
Poor countries like India and Pakistan etc... go for Chinese and Korean phones not because android is an open source and has more freedom but simply because it’s cheaper and there’s nothing wrong with that there’s also nothing wrong with liking Apple products
@@aManWhoWantsEverything thats why the cheaper iphones sell more then the high end iPhones, because they buy it for the label, not for how good it is, look at the video
@@giovannibarrera1534 people go cheaper iPhones because people like cheaper stuff with reliability and long-term use and good selling value and yes, looks as well.
The Apple logo means all if those things to some people.
Now, why do Android users feel the need to bash them for their choice? Im not sure but i I think it’s because they’re generally salty.
Since when did wanting to look cooler or more accepted in society become a bad thing?!
Guess what its not bad and its completely natural
So with an iPhone you get long-term reliability (much longer than android phones) good selling value and you can be socially more accepted (this totally depends on your environment)? Count me in.
People just don't seem to understand that Apple only ever focuses on making products that are just good, not first, not always groundbreaking, just good, reliable and user friendly, as long as they always do that, people will always feel comfortable using their products, I have 2 Mac's over 10 years old that still work, a new MacBook that is super fast, a 2019 iPhone that still gets full support and an iPad that I know I won't need to replace for a very long time, reliability is important to me and that's why I have bought Apple for over a decade now
apple ecosystem is hard to beat
I know right
M T Not really
@M T Sure, though, I have to say, Apple has done a terrific job. Indeed, their ecosystem is pretty daym awesome. And, I'm a person that also likes to use Android and PC /Windows.
Hi Tim
Samsung are the only ones that come close in terms of their ecosystem
This fruit company worth more than the gdp of Canada’s. Impressive.
KILLERxPRO99 wouldn’t it be compared to all the wealth the country has?
@@blancavelasquez9859 Yes, that's why the og comment doesn't make sense
It was a flippant remark in jest. Hence its likes from sheeple.
To be honest Canada is the Mexico of the North 😅
BAI GAMING lol indeed
Notable mention is needed for Airpods, they have a huge role in reviving Apple.
Hey man I made a video of the plays I made on Apple stock on Friday and my updated portfolio if you’re interested I’d love to hear your feedback
100 like from me bro)))
Yes after iPhones & iPads 👍🏻👍🏻
It's biggest problem and strength is basically locked integration for end users. airpods come there too. No doubt quality comes in too but it's priced appropriately too.
The Apple Watch, the IPads along with subscription services as well. Apple has had a lot of profitable players in the last years
Even when they miss their goals they’re still making hella sales
Hey man I made a video of the plays I made on Apple stock on Friday and my updated portfolio if you’re interested I’d love to hear your feedback
@@carryon6918 **ck you
@@TGInvesting no
Like Call of Duty or Madden. People but it no matter what
Alternative video title:
"How Apple went stonks"
Hey man I made a video of the plays I made on Apple stock on Friday and my updated portfolio if you’re interested I’d love to hear your feedback
it was only like two years ago, Apple arrived at 1 trilino.. now its 2 trilion and it happends in the middle of pandemic
people are buying up imacs, ipads to work from home. people are spending on games in the app store because they need to stay indoors. It makes sense.
Investors are probably looking for "safe" assets and Apple is apparently considered one. But this only creates a bubble that will eventually pop.
@@Ilham-wi1bk pity. you dont seem to be catching on. a bit dim I guess. I'm guessing you will be wondering why airline stocks are a bit rubbish right now too.
Dave Balmada oh here comes the “tech is in a bubble” convo that has been said for the past 17 years x)
Tim Cook is a great leader of Apple. I wonder how he maintains winning strategies for so long periods. Definitely, he has a vision that is unique and powerful in company operations.
Apple, tesla, Microsofts.... looks like investors doesn't know what to do with all the money, and also fed's trillions pumped into the market
Hey man I made a video of the plays I made on Apple stock on Friday and my updated portfolio if you’re interested I’d love to hear your feedback
@fane babanu unless you prefer a 1930s type depression.
Going up against the US market in this period is quite a great investment strategy.
be careful with trading, yes you can make money doing it but more people fail than succed. investing especially in dividend can create much more wealth long term if you're under 30. if you're older and just starting, trading might be your best bet. But do a lot of research. best of luck to you.
thank you, I'm 43, I seem to have more loyalty to investment on the market that pays dividend. I'd like it as a passive income/ hobby. I'm soon retiring to Brazil. I make more profits that beat the market investing with Mark Carey, so that should help out as it is good living.
I think Mark Carey is to much of a short trading, although he tries to appear as long investor. but he certainly has good ROI.
@@pietrofelix9497 he certainly made his money.😂😂
@@justtheojc8875
yes I'm sure he did but he has also the possibilities to follow things on daily basis, which usually people don't so.... long term, slow growth is what we should aim. to look at the investment as ownership in the business.
I love The Wall Street journallll. They make eveything seem so easy to understand.
Watching this on an apple product.
by evading taxes, using workforce in China with no labour protections
On point
@@faalra1401 hahahaha. Should they just operate like an NGO and allow app sales for free? Should restaurants charge customers only by the cost of the food, and houses cost only of the materials?
@@TGInvesting hey man.
Reported for spamming chat threads.
@@mark-ish 😂😂😂😂
Did you watch the video?
"if you'd put 10,000 on apple in the 80s, you'd be a millionaire"
Try billionaire.
You'd have a cool $1million if the stock had never split, but your ~80,000 units of stock would have multiplied to 18 million units of stock after apples five stock splits, making your $10k investment worth ~$2 billion
The Stock has Split 5 Times, overall you would have 224 Shares today if you had bought them at the IPO. The Share Price back then was 22$.
So with an investment of 10‘000$ at a price today of 112$, your return would be around 11,2 Million Dollars not 2 Billion.
Do you even math bro?
Go back to math class dude.
If you invested $10,000 in Bitcoin when it was worth around a penny and then sold at the high of $19,000 then you’d have $19 billion. Of course, there wasn’t a million coins so this investment is purely theoretical. Regardless, this is among the only non-leveraged investments that could turn $10k into $1 billion+ without starting a business or investing pre-IPO.
also, Microsoft knew someone invested 23,000 when Microsoft went IPO became millionaire
Lesson: When your flagship isnt doing wonders. Launch micro-flagships (apps) to diversity. Use a recurring model rather than 1 time payment to gain traction and for sustainability. And dont forget to go public a few decades ago.
Simple: by selling overpriced products.
Ok buddy
Quamar Jamal
typing the world simple behind a factually stupid statement is an old and abused technique that doesn’t work
It certainly doesn’t help the stupid statement becoming more believable
The Mac market share grew as the PC market share fell, the iPhone surpassed Android, the iPad has always been the dominant tablet, the Apple Watch remains the most popular smart watch, Apple has always released products that just perform well, they've never focused on being first, they focused on just making products that work really well and most importantly, work well with their other products and that's why they've succeeded
Wow I totally admire apple even though I've not bought a single product 😀😎👍
I admire the business, their products seem overpriced tbh
@@PixelAspen so does samsungs new devices
@@j63636
I owned both brands devices but no.
Overall apple still more expensive.
Hey man I made a video of the plays I made on Apple stock on Friday and my updated portfolio if you’re interested I’d love to hear your feedback
@@astaloaf2113 Samsung gives better service for price paid
If their titan project become a hit then Apple would be worth 4 trillion dollar
Power of marketing. They have simplicity commercials and yet people are still watching because of their products.
Their digital products are lost in the sea. It’s a mystery they never open the apple search to public use. Since they have consolidated all their digital content into apple one subscription, it’s incredibly hard to search for something across their different platforms like podcasts, and iTunes. And 2024 moves near, google search results are being manipulated into an inconceivable realm.😂
Thank your Central Bank, not Apple !
Fun fact : Ronald Wayne sold his 10 percent stake in Apple in 1976 for 800 dollars
@Yasuke ϟ try 200 billion
zhao hong what are you talking about? Insulin is naturally occurring.
@@glipk you need to take dilution into account. I'm pretty sure how would not get to own 10% now.
@@Gd-jq6mz
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@@glipk try again dumb dumb.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Wayne
Don't forget the were able to change the accounting rules. Apple was suppose to split up their sale of an iPhone, and other apple products that have software upgrades, into chunks over a period of two years. This is due to the promise by Apple that they will provide upgrades to its OS for a period of 2 years for each product sold. So Apple argued that they should be able to realize it's revenue from day 1, not split into 24 months.
So on the accounting sheets, you'll see a huge jump in revenue, hence the huge jump in profit, and a huge jump in stock price. I am not sure if the other smart phone makers get this same treatment though. But for sure it was Apple that changed the rules of accounting, which gave it's first huge push in stock price
1. Most tech stocks ballooned during the pandemic
2. Another part is how Apple is continuing to take market share from competitors; not discussed
3. Apple faired better than the competitors during the pandemic
And even after pandemic. ruclips.net/video/mclethck3sQ/видео.html
AirPods and Apple Music is probably the most notable revolutions from apple as of recently in my eyes.
Without China, there could never be the level of success you witnessed.
This is not to say China is indispensable. Nor to say China is instrumental in Apple's success.
China is the right opportunity at the right place at the right time. And Apple took full advantage of it.
China is the best place to build electronics. Because of the massive work force and a rare earth metal that makes your device works. If china refuse to sell those metals well yeah..
Never bought there products. To much tech on the market that works just as good or better for a third of the price.
@Jordan Rouse yeah they make the best products ever. Their 800$ MacPro wheels are so advanced, I even put them on my car.
ruclips.net/video/mclethck3sQ/видео.html
@Jordan Rouse you think android is not usable..?
Every time Tim Cook says "It's the most advanced iPhone we've ever created!!!" I roll my eyes from front to back and back to front.
Like you're going to release a new flagship phone and say, "it's about the same as last year's phone, but oh well..."
OBVIOUSLY, people know it's an upgrade from the previous year. What people want to know is how BIG of a step that upgrade is.
I honestly think that smartphones are about to peak in abilities and designs. I see something new coming on the horizon.
@@MichaelHuber-u8n I think they've already understood what's left to do, and are just slowly putting these features out, so that they can slowly milk more phone upgrades. Honestly, if i weren't someone working with media, there's absolutely no need for me to upgrade to the iphone 15 pro. It's great that apple has chips that are more efficient, faster, and cheaper than anything that Intel can produce. But ask the average person, why would they need a computer/phone to have so much computing power?
Quality, quality and quality.
Exactly what they’re lacking
That's too generalise. I know it's quality but in what? And how?
Price quality
Oh I missed adding "...of their customers" 🤣
Hey man I made a video of the plays I made on Apple stock on Friday and my updated portfolio if you’re interested I’d love to hear your feedback
Shouldn’t it read: become the most overvalued company in the world? I don’t think it should be worth that much. But hey, the stockmarket is the bank for the rich. Where else can they park it where it’s liquid AF.
No it’s not.
A companies value is determined by the market (by the people who buy and sell that stock) and the decision of those people to buy or not is determined my the companies performance.
Apple’s profits in 2019 were $13 billion. That was (at the time) 1.3% of the value of the company.
For context Amazon did $3.3 billion in profit in 2019 and thats (at the time) 0.3% of the value of the company.
If you don’t understand how business works please don’t comment about it.
I dont get the fixation with "share price". It literally doesn't matter unless you think billionaires profiting off trillion dollar companies is good for the everyday person.
They make good products.
The One they do..
Steve Job should be proud of his successor
Apple is just run by the smartest guys in the world. Even the Feds couldn't break Apple's will to ban security back doors.
Pity WSJ..!! The very question as stated in the video's thumbnail, "How Apple became the most valued company?" was never answered..!!
Biggest regret is selling AAPL at $98 pre-4 to 1 split
excellent to hear, I'm 29, I mostly have high dividend paying stocks , with a few growth tech stocks like Tesla's.
you want a 100$ bonus?
Ohh tesla doing bad right now. I hope you were able to get out in time.
it is interesting to see how reporters interpret or report (misreport) events that you are very familiar with.
the misreports, exaggerations, ... just to create drama or spice up a story.
makes you wander, what else in history (especially important events) have been misreported.
The power of branding
Now worth 3 trillion 😮
Egarly waiting for Apple Made in India.😍🔥💖
I don't because india blamed china to boost their economy.
Me also wondering why they’re a 2 trillion dollar company while also holding an iPhone..
Canada: umm i only have 1.95 trillion usd
How about stock buybacks?This valuation is just ridiculous!
Shoutout to the apple 2 team
I wonder how their market cap will evolve as their iPhone sales slow down and their services revenue ramps up
By overpricing everything.
Branding. And apple ecosystem is great, i think.
not a popular opinion but tim cook took apple to new stratosphere
good documentation .......
it cost around 400$ to make i phone 11pro max, the reason why companies like Xiomi worth trillions
Religious fanaticism.
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imark
Indian or Pakistani i guess
Def somewhere around there
Apple ecosystem security strong points to many open source 💖
I gotta say, my opinion on apple has went from Bad to Good these past few months.
Fluctuations is a ball game declination and growing up and maintaining X Axis and Y Axis as per the graph of capital inflow and outflow of liquidity and other favouritism is a pattern and behaviour in stock exchange and economy when if there is a boom effect or if it is in good shape 🌹❤️
Great video
My iphone 7 still the same since I bought it 4 years ago minus the battery life. That’s why I’m using apple because they provide long time support and update for their products.
@AcidBot66 xD
Power of marketing 👍
Tim Cook underrated!
Thanks to the good and quick handling by China of the pandemic, Apple could serve the increasing demand.
They’ll reach 3 trillion in a few months mark my words
They'll fall 50% mark my words!
@@LeuBlue how
They fell 70%
@@Nahutab1907 what no they didn’t
Apple is very replaceable company at any point they can fall.
Props to American people for buying latest apple products by living paycheck to paycheck. It's the strong determination of people to remain broke that has made Apple a two trillion dollars company.
Apple sells more "brand" than actual product in its price. in terms of security i can say that apple has one of the worst. and in terms of technology 1/3 is real price other 2/3 is just brand in price.
Does anyone know about east indian trading company
I sold my $15k Apple shares in March :(
Oof, before or after the crash?
STONKS??
Why would you sell a stock that pays dividends unless you really need the money?
GamerChameleon don’t feel too bad, I bought 2,500 shares back when it was around $4 a share, sold it at $95... I die every day looking at the share price now...
@@CycoWarriorx I feel so hard for that. I bought a few BTC back when they were $18 and cashed out at $300 each
I doubt the actual market justifies this. This seems to just be a case overly optimistic investors rushing to the same place at once because there aren't that many options to choose from at the moment. The money will leave as investors rush to ride the rise of companies that will be picking up post-covid.
But how much innovation in tech are we likely to see? Apple, google and amazon buy or copy any startup before it has the chance to become competitive.
0:31 I'm I the only one seeing two lions
no
Doesn't even worth 1 trillion the most overvalued stock like many other, the biggest bubble on history
Hey man I made a video of the plays I made on Apple stock on Friday and my updated portfolio if you’re interested I’d love to hear your feedback
Another lehmann.....
Apple's share value had since dropped 25 percent now.
By selling phones made under $300 in $1000, that is how you make trillion dollar company, without having to do innovations..
They have best privacy policy amongst other tech industries ., Which cost.to save your privacy .
I mean so does Samsung with note 20
Gagan B yeah i agree but they don’t have a lot of users or sales
8:01 challenges
It really makes you feel sorry for Google and especially Samsung.
This doesn’t capture the overall market conditions. Yes, Apple has outperformed but it’s almost always done that except for a few times mentioned here. And during those previous overperformances, it hasn’t gone up in value like it has now.
The reason mega cap tech companies are so valuable and desired stocks now is because: 1) they’re performing but also 2) there’s no better alternatives to put a lot of cash to wait out the current recession. In essence, they’re default choices for a lot of investors apart from the value the companies actually have as businesses.
It's April 2022 and Apple's market value is almost $2,9 trillion...
Dutch East Indies: *Child, you have no idea what “money” even means.*
It's worth $3 trillion now! Next year probably $4 trillion?
Apple slowly became an household name. You hear the word " apple " the first time that comes in the head is the half eaten apple logo. But apple has never been seen promising after the death of Steve Jobs! It always felt like it is always on the edge; driving by the fork not willing to fall. Rn it's just a matter of time.
I have no answers, only questions. Having never purchased anything Apple, why do people become Apple fans? Why care which model of iPhone it is? Why pay so much? My Android phone is gorgeous; I paid $19.95 for it. So, how/why did Apple reach such heights?
I don't see the current share price as fair.
The company has a great business model but when it comes to services (productivity or entertainment) on my iPhone its either Google or Microsoft that excel there by a huge margin. If you own an android phone the services even get better as the eco-system is Google's (example is Assistant on Android is excellent compared to iPhones which is a laughable version). I think Apple needs to innovate and lately they are following android rather than the opposite. The only edge that they have now is in their hardware design which Google is going to close in a few years and then what will Apple stand out from the rest of the market for?
It would be nice if it was mentioned that SoftBank had a very very large role in the rise of Apple share price since COVID-19 started
By not having to pay taxes and thanks to cheap labor from China. Next question.
By banning 3rd party repair..
So is it possible that the Coronavirus originated from Apple's office or factory in US?
Apple's just selling a lot of dongles and charging cables! Haha!
Wow wow I’m happy to see it
Apple reached $2T market cap because they bought huge gigantic billions of their own share and that's it
Hey man I made a video of the plays I made on Apple stock on Friday and my updated portfolio if you’re interested I’d love to hear your feedback
Every tech reporter: Apple is in trouble! Apple is irrelevant! Apple can't sustain growth!
Apple: I'll just add another trillion in value.
Jobs would be proud.
More than trade war i think it is innovation which Apple has stopped to do much and every year they just do some tweaks and present a new phone.
And also they are so stubborn.
2017 Apple removed headphone jack other phone come with no headphone jack. 2017 airpods out and other brand making fun of it, now? Look how much airpods clone and now most phone brand have their own “buds”. 2018 iphone x come out with “notch” again, othe phone brand making fun of it, but later also other phone come with notch. Now iphone 11 pro come with “square BUMP” camera, and other android smarthphone come with it.
Samsung fanboys are raging for no reason
Here in Middle East 98% are Apple users while android user only 2%
China didn’t have anything to do regarding iPhone sales. iPhone sales was down because nobody would spend 1000+ dollars in a phone. Now check the new iPhone SE sales...
or maybe because there was a fair competition on the market back then!
omg they used the Australian abc
What About the Struggle of building The FaceID.
Charging premium price and not providing charger and earphones is also a way to do it. Day light robbery.
Apple mastered one thing: Customer service!
what a joke of analysis. the late 2018 apple stock slump wasn't due to apple itself but the general market entered a brief bear market. same with 2020.
Hope this world gets outs out of this depression we are in a this time. Love always and 4 ever Best wishes for everyone
Tech giant Apple is the first incorporation to reach $2, 000,000,000,000. It is the most delicious 🍏. Steve Jobs said, "The Apple Spaceship has landed."