Yeah, in a way Apple doing this is a zoomed fractal version of what is happening with China. They make and sell lots of stuff and they use the money to build ou

Yeah, in a way Apple doing this is a zoomed fractal version of what is happening with China. They make and sell lots of stuff and they use the money to build out their financial industry. It's also what GE (GE Capital), Sears (Discover Card) and to an extent Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway which started life as a textile company.