Apple Does the Smaug Thing

By Paul Kedrosky · Tuesday, October 20, 2009 ·
Lots of chatter this morning about the increasing size of the Apple (AAPL) cash hoard, at least as measured by cash and marketable securities. Here is a graph of Apple's Smaug-esque hoard's growth over the last six years (via Gridstone):

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