It's not been a particularly great month for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shareholders. Worried about lagging iPhone sales, the stock was downgraded by Barclays at the very beginning of the year, and then downgraded again by Piper Sandler just a couple of days later.

The shares bounced back a bit from their early January stumble, but they're weakening again now. Indeed, it's been a lackluster past few months for shareholders with the stock sliding back to where it was priced in July of last year. Maybe the company's age and sheer size is finally catching up with it.

Or maybe not. Here's a rundown of reasons you might want to use the current lull to load up on Apple stock for the long haul.

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Source Fool.com