hm, there is a valid criticism to be had but &quot;wrong&quot; isn&#x27;t the word I would use.<p>there isn&#x27;t anything wrong with Apple&#x27;s stock selling off violently, as much as there was anything wrong with people bidding the shares up so high under the idea of selling it to someone else at a higher price.<p>there are plenty of companies that are content with steady or even cyclical growth&#x2F;earnings. in many other countries were local stock markets are not popular venues for speculation and capital formation, it is quite respected to have steady earnings without a drive to quarterly growth.<p>that being said, many places that are low growth envy the high growth areas, especially how it has been achieved in the US markets.