But
Job's successor, Tim Cook, has instead spent much of the past three years tinkering with Apple's existing product line - up —
bigger iPhones, smaller iPads, improved software — and
massively growing sales by pushing into huge new markets like China.
I guess the
biggest risk with this approach is the same thing that is likely to make you lose your
job is also likely to drop the markets when you most need the cash — you will probably survive as the # 170k won't be wiped out (if investment is diverse) but your return will be
massively impacted if you start withdrawing after it drops (even if it goes back up again).