It is not Apple’s job to try and match the hype and madness of Wall Street investors and hedge funds. How can they possibly control that?
By all accounts, they are still a strong company with great products, making a lot of money.
I’d say the hype came from Apple itself, always has, and there is nothing wrong with that. The problem is that they are not innovators anymore, more like follow the new leader Samsung and then come out with a “NEW’ model to slightly one up some feature. There are just too many good, equivalent or better products out there for a better price. And while the majority of people seem to Microsoft haters, the segment of Apple haters has been growing for some time.
Not relevant. Apple has fallen out of fashion, and therefore out of favor, so it is to be shunned.