After the solid Q2 earning on July 20, 2011 Apple shares surged so much so that it is now worth more that Microsoft, Intel and Yahoo combined put it another way it is bigger than Google, Cisco, HP and Adobe combined.

Apple once left for death has been experiencing phenomenal growth with the iPod, iPhone and iPad, and its shares have been explosive.

Apple is up 20% year-to-date, Google is up 4% year-to-date and the rest of them Cisco, Yahoo and HP are 20%. The average tech stock is down 10% for the year.