Low hanging fruit

Apple is known for products like the iPhone and iPod that tend to help one’s image but hurt one’s wallet. So as consumers feel the pain from a slowing economy, Apple shares have been hammered. To allay concerns about demand for its products, analysts predicted Apple would release an ultra-cheap notebook this week. Instead Apple merely updated its pricey notebooks. This may be a mistake. Apple lost more than a quarter of its value over the past month as investors fretted about consume...