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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by tyre on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:00PM (#20570791)
They can still have the quarter-over-quarter growth in share price. That's why they're buying stock back.

With their last quarter's profits ($10bn) they could buy back about 50m of their 5bn outstanding shares ($208/share right now); that's 1% of the company.

It may be that the S-Curve is good enough. Make a huge profit and return it to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks. Share price doesn't have to increase based only on hyped growth.

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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by mensetmanusman on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @07:11AM (#20573325)
I wonder if the future entails large S-Curve companies using their expertise to start and support new companies that would get their own listing. Maybe these companies could reward shareholders by preferential future investments in these companies that they get off the ground with their consulting and expertise.
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