Wall Street Analysts Not Curious About Steve Jobs’ Health During Q1 Earnings Call

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Although stock prices were still down 2% upon the news that Steve Jobs was taking another, this time open-ended medical leave of absence from Apple, the Wall Street analysts taking part in Apple’s Q1 2011 earnings call exhibited a remarkable lack of curiosity about the CEO’s health, or the company’s near future without him.

In fact, of nearly a dozen analysts asking twice as many questions during the Q&A section of the call, not a single one made even a passing reference to CEO Steve Jobs and his health.

Although Steve Jobs asked for privacy for him and his family upon the announcement of his most recent leave of absence, it’s unlike Wall Street to actually honor such wishes when there’s potentially billions of dollars at stake.

We’d say Wall Street must have gotten a heart, but they also didn’t extend any get wells or best wishes.

Does this mean Wall Street is more or less comfortable now with the continued success of Apple without Steve Jobs managing the company on a day-to-day basis? Or did these analysts just know they weren’t going to get any answers? Let us know what you think in the comments.

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