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Ebube Jones

Apple Just Turned 50 Years Old. Is the AAPL Stock Cake Stale or Sweet?

Apple (AAPL) just crossed a milestone few tech companies ever see, hitting its 50th anniversary on April 1, 2026, five decades after Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak turned a garage project into one of Wall Street’s most-watched stocks. 

Over that span, a hypothetical 100-share allocation at Apple’s IPO price in 1980 would now be worth more than $5.5 million, showing the power of its long-term return story in the public markets.

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