Apple posts Q2 earnings: $9.5B profit on $43.6B in revenue; boosts stock buyback by $50 billion

Apple posts Q2 earnings: $9.5B profit on $43.6B in revenue; boosts stock buyback by $50 billion
What a difference a year can make. This time last year, Apple’s stock was dancing in the mid-$500 range about to make an explosive run to a record high in late September. Then it all came tumbling down. Apple shares have lost more than 40% of their value since topping $705 last fall, and there are still no signs of a rebound in sight. Things took a sharper turn south in the new year and the stock is down about 23% year-to-date, recently dropping below $400 for the first time since December 2011. Shares rose on Tuesday as investors geared up for Apple to report its fiscal second-quarter earnings, and the numbers are now in.

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