Apple Without Steve Jobs Scares The Crap Out Of Wall Street

Just how deeply is Steve Jobs intertwined with the existence and vitality of Apple? Every time concerns over the company’s former-CEO have risen, Apple’s stock took an appreciable tumble. Today’s resignation news appears to be no different.

After each dip, AAPL’s rebounded, climbing to today’s enormous price. But that price is already slipping in after hours trading as I write this. We’ll see if there’s a rebound.

Aug 1, 2004 – Jobs undergoes pancreatic surgery

Apple Price Stock Chart by YCharts

Jan 14, 2009 – Jobs receives a liver transplant

Apple Price Stock Chart by YCharts

Jan 17, 2011 – Jobs announces a medical leave of absence

Apple Price Stock Chart by YCharts

Image: MarketWatch

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(6 Comments)
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    olearymo

    Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    Buy now. There’ll be a rebound.

    Times like this I wish did stock trading.

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    Adam

    Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    I dont get it, all those charts, look the same??

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    Jimmy

    Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    I agree with Adam, that look identical!

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    Guy

    Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    They are the same chart, but you need to look at the relevant years ares. In the first chart you look at the 2004 section, the second chart 2009 and third chart 2011.

    I agree that they could have used one chart and just marked it with pointers.

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    james

    Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    they are identical. talking about different points on the chart.

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    Andreas

    Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Much better if they would put some indicators on the chart (Maybe arrows marked 1, 2, 3) and then only have it displayed once. At the moment it is just confusing when you first read the article.

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