One thing worth noticing, however, is that Apple had plenty of company in its descent among high priced stocks: Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) was down 2.30 percent, and Pricelinine.com (NASDAQ:PCLN) was down 0.90 percent.

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We reach for our wallets, pay the tithe, and enjoy the tasty fruit, hardly noticing, except in the gossip pages, how many times our own net worth the owners of these walls have put away, thanks to their toll collecting activity.

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