In 2005, I took Motley Fool's advice and sold my Apple stock. Their argument then was that the company had nowhere to go because the Windows PC market was too entrenched, especially with businesses. Maybe they could sell a few more iPods or something, but no real big growth potential. I had gotten about 50% growth to show for my investment, so I cashed out while I was ahead. 30-some bucks a share.
I wish I could find the article, but it's ancient by internet standards, and probably buried by a couple of CMS migrations. My experience is only one data point, but oh wow were they wrong on that one.
In 2005, I took Motley Fool's advice and sold my Apple stock. Their argument then was that the company had nowhere to go because the Windows PC market was too entrenched, especially with businesses. Maybe they could sell a few more iPods or something, but no real big growth potential. I had gotten about 50% growth to show for my investment, so I cashed out while I was ahead. 30-some bucks a share.
I wish I could find the article, but it's ancient by internet standards, and probably buried by a couple of CMS migrations. My experience is only one data point, but oh wow were they wrong on that one.