{"id":14248,"date":"2011-07-25T14:33:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T18:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=14248"},"modified":"2016-09-20T09:07:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T13:07:03","slug":"which-is-a-better-investment-apple-aapl-or-the-u-s-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/25\/which-is-a-better-investment-apple-aapl-or-the-u-s-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Is A Better Investment: Apple (AAPL) or The U.S.A.?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple (\"\"<\/a>AAPL) has been doing a great job at producing impressive growth in revenue and earnings. Sure, they were on the brink of disaster back in the late 1990’s, but they were able to put their resources to work with new innovations which have become a key to their current day successes. There is a lot that we can learn from Apple and if the company’s story were a book, it should be required reading for our present day politicians.<\/p>\n

Think about it, Apple’s balance sheet is stronger and cleaner than most countries. With no debt and $70 billion of cash and securities, no one could argue about their long term stability measures. Frankly, comparing the debt-to-equity of Apple \u00a0 and the Debt-to-GDP for developed nations is embarrassing.<\/p>\n

The cash flow per share is strong and continues to gain while the tax revenues of the U.S. and the EuroZone countries is shrinking. Then there is the employment situation. Over the past 10 years, Apple has added 31,000 jobs (300% Gain) while here in the U.S. we have seen a drop in the millions.<\/p>\n

So, is Apple a better investment than the U.S.A.? Here are a few items to check off that may provide a really clear answer. (Use this list for both the U.S. and Apple)<\/p>\n