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There is nothing genius here its just natural result of the economic situation, tech growth, and USA printing money like crazy. In 2011 Apple was #1 Nasdaq company followed by Google and MS ~$200B each. If anything they lost their #1 on Nasdaq ranking.

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My point stands. You can explain it away as luck, or align with credentialed experts who have an opinion of Tim Cook as a visionary. Doesn’t matter to me and won’t move the needle.
 
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