Apple Inc.: Why Being So Widely Held Will Hurt AAPL Stock | InvestorPlace

Apple Inc.: Why Being So Widely Held Will Hurt AAPL Stock | InvestorPlace

Apple Inc.: Why Being So Widely Held Will Hurt AAPL This trade is too crowded with bulls, and AAPL shares are swarmed with too many signs of trouble     Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL ) — the most widely held stock in the world — is getting ready to close out its most disappointing year in almost two decades. Do you think, like the majority of the crowd, that you should be looking at this as a value opportunity, or just the beginning of a lengthy decline in Apple stock? Our analysis suggests that the latter is about to take place, signaling that the real opportunity is to sell the shares before things get worse. Let's start with why we're considering AAPL's performance to be among the worst in more than 18 years. This year, Apple stock will return -2.2% (if we closed the books today) at the same time that the market is going to squeak out a slight gain. The last time AAPL shares posted a loss when the market gained was in 1997. This, of course, was during the era where Apple Inc.

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