...i've been a shareholder for 4 years ...
Ok, that explains a lot. The last 4 years have been fantastic for the share price, and while I don't want to minimize the "gyrations" that have occured, compared to what the old timers here have experienced they're nothing.
Quite a few of us where trading AAPL back in the day when it wasn't even clear whether or not this company would even continue to exist in a meaningful manner...
...he's simply reading this crap in the media...
That is neither called for, nor true.