Apple: The first trillion is the hardest

The Republican tax cut added roughly the value of Apple to the national debt.

Published August 3, 2018, 6:00am ET · 1 min read

Note the gap between share price and market cap. That’s caused by Apple buying its own stock and lowering the share count.

 

My take: To give you a sense of the scale of things, the tax cut the Republicans passed and the President signed last year added roughly the value of Apple to the national debt.

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Steven M. Peters
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