@Ssimsim:Apple Stock Offers a Good Hiding Place in a Rocky Stock Market.As earnings day gets closer, investors are having some early jitters. Since the start of the month, Apple stock is down 5% -- but not to worry, says Deutsche Bank analyst Sidney Ho. "While concerns about the China smartphone market and manufacturing shutdowns in China have increased recently," Apple stocks remains "a good hiding place in this volatile market." And next week's earnings are probably going to turn out just fine.Sure, on the one hand, the rapid spread of Omicron coronavirus in China has caused city-wide shutdowns and shuttered key factories, which could snarl supply chains and delay delivery of certain Apple products to market. iPhone supply chains in particular, however, which account for the majority of Apple's p