In what should be no surprise to anyone who follows the tech sector, Apple has been named Barron's most-respected company for the second year running. Barron's annual most-respected list is compiled from a survey of money managers who can recommend any company in the world for the top honors.
Not only did Apple make those money managers a huge amount of cash in 2010 (the stock went up almost 60% in 2010) but Apple also took top honors because the company had the technical, creative, and marketing skills to finally shape a viable consumer market with iPad for a technology that's existed in some form since before the turn of the century (tablets).
Besides the iPad and the soaring s
