Apple sales, phenomenal, more than one a day to keep almost anything at bay. Beyond Petroleum sinks the most in 18 years. Have you seen the annoying Orange? No? The first short in the series sees an Orange keep saying "Hey Apple". And to be honest this is what the competition have been struggling with, not the annoying orange, but rather the dominance of Apple. Do you remember when the iPad was released the pundits said, so what? Well, Apple has sold over two million iPads already. They are flying off the shelves. And the iPhone is a real contributor now, the iPod will become less important.
It goes against logic if you say that a highly discretionary consumer electronics manufacturer was completely recession proof over the last two years. In fact ten years ago you could have bought the stock at 24 bucks. It closed above 260 bucks last session. Check out this AP story: Apple shares rise as iPad sales top 2 million.