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What is Apple?

Apple is a technology company that integrates design and manufacturing, focusing on mobile communications and media equipment, personal computers and walkmans. In 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne co-founded Apple in the United States.

Currently, the company has branches in the Americas (North and South America), Europe (involving countries in Europe, Africa, India and the Middle East), Greater China (Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan), Japan and other Asia-Pacific regions (including Australia) . Apple’s well-known products include iPhone, iPad, iMac, iPod, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and iOS software.

Apple, the stock code AAPL, is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and the trading hours are 09:30-16:00 (EST).

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How to trade Apple (AAPL) CFDs?

There are two ways for individual traders (retail investors) to participate in Apple (AAPL) stock trading. The first is to purchase company stocks directly on the exchange where the stock is listed. For example, you can buy shares of Apple (AAPL) on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange (NASDAQ) . The purchase means that you actually own the shares of the company. This is a long-term investment because investors usually hold positions for a long time and wait for the stock price to rise. Buying stocks directly is a popular investment method, but it lacks some necessary trading features, such as margin trading, and CFD trading can just make up for this shortcoming. <​​/p>

Another trading method is to use CFDs to trade stocks, speculating on price differences without actually owning them. A contract for difference is a financial instrument. It is an agreement between a broker and an investor. One party agrees to pay the other party the difference between the opening and closing positions of an asset when the agreement expires. You can choose to take a long position (long position) (speculate that the price will rise) or short position (short position) (speculate that the price will fall). This is a short-term investment or transaction, because CFDs are an alternative to stock trading and usually hold positions for a short period of time.

The biggest difference between long positions (contracts for difference trading) and direct purchases of securities (listed exchanges) is the leverage used. CFDs are margin trading, which means that traders can use limited funds to open larger positions.

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Apple (Apple) company history

Apple, formerly known as Apple Computer, was co-founded in April 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Their original intention was to create a user-friendly computer. The company’s first product, Apple I, was born in Jobs’ garage. At that time, Apple I did not have a display, keyboard, and case. These devices were gradually deployed a year later.

Apple Computer was established on January 3, 1977, after Wayne sold his company’s shares for $800.

Apple II is the company’s second model launched in January 1977. This product is equipped with the first color graphics ever and completely changed the entire industry.

With the help of investors, Apple went public on December 12, 1980 at a price of $22 per share. This initial public offering (IPO) raised the most funds since Ford Motor Company.

In 1984, Apple introduced the first personal computer without a programming language. Since then, the Macintosh series has been successfully born.

In 1985, the board of directors selected the former CEO John Sculley (John Sculley) in a power struggle and announced that Sculley would become Jobs’ boss, and Stephen Jobs resigned from Apple. In the same year, Ozniak also left Apple and said that the company’s development direction for many years has been wrong.

Since then, Apple has experienced a long trough. In 1997, Jobs returned to Apple after Gil Amelio was fired and served as interim CEO. Later, Jobs successfully converted and served until his retirement in 2011. In the next ten years, Apple once again launched the iPod, iPhone and iPad equipped with the Mac OS X operating system.

Since Tim Cook took over as CEO, Apple has introduced products such as Apple Watch.

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Why did Stephen Jobs take up the position of CEO in 1997?

Despite being one of the company’s founders, Jobs did not serve as the company’s CEO at the beginning.

After losing the power struggle with John Sculley and leaving Apple in 1985, Steve Jobs, who returned to the company, became the CEO. In the beginning, Jobs only temporarily served as CEO, but later he succeeded in becoming a regular employee and served until retirement.

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Who are Apple’s competitors?

As a leader in the global technology industry, Apple is facing overall pressure from technology giants such as Amazon, Google and Facebook.

Apple’s direct competitor is Microsoft (Microsoft), which competes with its development system Windows.

In addition, Google’s Android system is the biggest competitor of Apple’s iOS system in the smartphone market.

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What factors affect Apple’s (AAPL) stock price?

Like other stocks, quarterly earnings announcements and broader stock market financial performance are two key factors that determine the price of Apple’s (AAPL) stock.

A more specific factor is sales performance. The iPhone is Apple’s main source of revenue, so its sales have the greatest impact on Apple’s stock price; similarly, iPad and Mac products together account for 20% of the company’s revenue, and their sales will also affect Apple’s stock price.

In addition, the release of new products is the main driving force for Apple’s stock price. For example, on the second day after Apple released the Apple Watch, its stock price rebounded.

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