Do you remember how Forrest Gump became a millionaire? First, he caught shrimp, then used the money to buy Apple stock.

The movie was released in 1994, and by 1997, Apple's market cap was about $2.3 billion. Now, it's over $3 trillion. If an ordinary person had watched "Forrest Gump" and bought Apple stock back then, holding it until now would have yielded a 1000x return.

But today, the narrative that "Apple is doomed" is flooding the Chinese internet. What exactly went wrong?

Sometimes, it really feels like a person's awareness and suffering are perfectly matched.$Apple(AAPL.US)