Ask a Fool: Is It Different This Time With Apple?

By Austin Smith – May 10, 2013 at 5:00PM

NASDAQ: AAPL

Apple

Market Cap

$2,610B

Today's Change

(1.27%) $2.12

Current Price

$169.02

Price as of April 24, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

Why do we think that Apple's performance without Steve Jobs will be any different this time than the last time he left the company?

In the following video, Motley Fool analyst Austin Smith takes a question about Apple (AAPL 1.27%) from a Fool reader, who asks, "The last time Steve Jobs left Apple, things never got better until he returned. Is there any real reason to think this time is different?"

Austin Smith owns shares of Apple. The Motley Fool recommends Apple. The Motley Fool owns shares of Apple and Microsoft. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.