Originally Posted by wtfent

If you had bought $200,000 worth of apple stock in October 21st 2002 (8 years ago) when it was only $14.26 per share, after their split in 2005 you'd own about 28,050 shares, as of todays closing at $310.53 that would be worth approx. $8,694,840 today! Put half that into a CD at 5% you'd be making $200K per year for the rest of your life without any major risk! Life's a bitch isnt it?