strong stocks work away their neg div,aapl has done it on several occasions in the past,and will do it again.most of the stocks with international exposure have done very well and that includes aapl.look at mcd,fwlt mdr,ma isrg,grmn,vmw.emc.intc,bidu,goog,fslr,stp,spwr,and the list goes on.the bottom line is that we are in a global economy and global stocks will do very well,and with tremendous growth going on in the bric,our markets will do just fine,for now atleast.i agree that next year will be difficult,but next few weeks probably will be very rewarding.but if the markets keep going down one can always sell.