Jeff Campbell
04-06-2009, 04:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/04/03/apple-stock-is-up-31-percent-this-year/' target='_blank'>http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.co...cent-this-year/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"The stock is not what it was in 2007, when it rose nearly 136% in the space of 12 months, but Apple (AAPL) is off to a good start in 2009. From Jan. 2, when it opened at $85.88, to April 2, when it closed at $112.71, Apple has gained 31.24% - easily outpacing the Dow, which is still down more than 9% for the year."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1238780484.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></em></p><p>Apple is a bright spot in the dismal <a href="http://www.dowjones.com/" target="_blank">Dow</a> news that is for sure. <a href="http://www.rim.com/" target="_blank">RIM</a> and <a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google</a> are also up, 21% and 18% respectively but none of the three compares to the jump for <a href="http://www.amazon.com" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a>, which is up about 48% for the year. Incredible. The "<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/06/06/cramers-new-four-horsemen-of-tech/" target="_blank">Four Horsemen of Tech</a>" as <a href="http://www.thestreet.com:80/headlines-and-perspectives/jim-cramer/index.html" target="_blank">Cramer</a> calls them are having a pretty good year so far for their investors. Let's see what today brings shall we?</p>