Apple May Be Big, but It Isn't a Bellwether

ust last year, Apple was a tech investor's dream, and its stock hit $700 in September as gadget junkies snapped up Apple's industry-dominating iPhones and iPads. Since then, however, Apple's stock has been in a prolonged slide. Even when the company1 spot as the world's most valuable company less than a year after Apple grabbed the title. Wall Street analysts loved Apple stock so much in 2012 that they raced to bump up price targets as shares surged to their $700-a-share

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