You see long term is different for different people. I am holding AAPL from year 2001 :) you let that sink in first :)

I have bought-sold traded AAPL many times. These items that you are talking about are short term headwinds. There is still no substitute for iPad and iPhone. As long as that’s the case I don’t see there is anything to worry about.

By the way, I bought my first home in Houston in 2007 December while selling AAPL stock. I was in grad school back then :) Haven’t even started working. Turned out it was a great sale before the downturn.