For the last decade, Apple has had a yo-yo growth trend. Take the stock market for instance. One time last year, it was around $700 a share. Now it’s hovering at $443 a share. Now the growth trend has declined.
Between Sept. 2011-June 2012, Apple?has grown between 40-75?percent each quarter. But during the?last 2013 quarter, Apple?has only grown one percent. That’s their lowest quarterly growth rate in over 10 years, and probably?ever. Don’t expect growth anytime soon. Experts say in the next year, you can expect 3% growth at best, none at all, or?a decline up to 5%.?So what happened to make a?major tech conglomerate like Apple only grow one percent?
For one thing, Mac and iPad sales have dropped. It hasn’t had a product launch lately. They are?redoing the operating systems for upcoming devices, but that won’t be until Christmas. ?Some experts wonder if they can continue leading the ‘post-PC’ era, an era dominated by smartphone, tablets, laptops and other gadgets. The next wave is going to be extremely competitive. Then there’s the building and speculation of new products, like Apple televisions and Apple watches. Some say Apple is in need to promote and sell cheaper products.
I say chill out. Apple has always bounced back. In 2009, they had a quarter where growth was barely 10 percent. Two quarters later, growth was around 50 percent, and rose even higher the next quarter. So Apple will get out of this hole. My question is: How will it happen this time?