Important Reminder: In the United States, the Stock Market is All About Speculation, Nothing to Do With Market Performance or Company Value
Rigging one's "worth" or "assets" leads to insolvency, which cannot be delayed perpetually, especially if liabilities - externalised to the Federal level - by far outrun the actual assets' worth (debt is an improper currency as the barter cannot be a net negative)
DON'T mean to spoil anybody's turkey, but just as a reminder, if the media says Microsoft's stock is up, it basically means almost nothing. The debt is up sharply, that's what's happening (and it's shouldered by people's pensions etc. - those that "invest" in MSFT based on some totally fictional value). It's a sort of pyramid scheme, riding a set of false evaluations based on totally false assumptions that help some people grab bonuses they do not deserve.
The same is true for Apple (and most of GAFAM, i.e. about a quarter of S&P 5 500):
Sagging interest?
Apple sales have fallen and it shows.
What does Wall Street tell us though?
At least the speculators (shareholders) are happy... for now. The insiders will know when to dump it all fast (ask the Zemlins).
Investing in a company based on a valuation about 10 times higher than it should be? No lessons learned from fakecoins? █