The S&P 500 Is Crushing Apple This Year -- Here's Why

Equities have been volatile recently. The S&P 500 even flirted with bear market territory earlier this year. While it has recovered and is now in the green for the year, many companies are still down significantly. One of them is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the tech giant that needs no introduction.Though it remains one of the largest companies in the world by market cap, Apple has had a challenging past six months. Let's examine the headwinds the iPhone maker has faced and what they could mean for long-term investors.The most important challenge encountered this year is President Donald Trump's trade agenda. He has been in office for less than a year, but the U.S.'s 47th President has been busy implementing -- or trying to implement -- aggressive tariffs on imports from most countries.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool