A long-term investor in Apple (AAPL) might be perfectly thrilled at the stock's performance. It has returned 663% over the past 10 years, compared with a return of 261% for the S&P 500 SPX. And ...

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Much of Elon Musk’s business empire is in disarray, but his rocket-and-satellite company is riding high.