In early morning NASDAQ trading, Apple Inc. (AAPL) shares gained $11.31, or 2.11%, on heavy volume to set a new all-time intraday high of $546.72.
Apple’s 52-week low stands at $310.50.
Apple’s market value currently stands at $509.73 billion, making it the world’s most valuable publicly-traded company.
The top five U.S. publicly-traded companies, based on market value:
1. Apple (AAPL) – $509.73B
2. Exxon Mobil (XOM) – $410.71B
3. Microsoft (MSFT) – $267.41B
4. IBM (IBM) – $229.66B
5. GE (GE) – $202.44B
AAPL quote via NASDAQ here.
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Never look back
Dell should always be a reference point on this list.
See following article:
Dell is a speck in the distance, barely visible from where apple is now.
Dell is old news. Time to start thinking in terms of multiples of Microsoft. Getting close to 2x already.
A lot of people don’t believe me when I say Apple is bigger the Microsoft. Now when they are told that Apple is twice the size of MS, I can hear them saying “Okay, Now pull the other one.”. What an amazing ride the last 12 twelve years have been. “The times they are a changing”
I’m looking forward to the official event of Apple becoming twice MS size. (That should be around April).
If Dell had shut down and put all their shareholder money into Apple they would be billionaires too.
Holy Cannoli!
[I’m breathlessly typing this] This is still just the beginning of the beginning for Apple.
Think not?
Yesterday, Needham & Co.’s Charlie Wolf noted that Mac market share reached 5.6%.
That leaves potential for Apple’s growth into an expanding Personal Computer-only market where 94% of the market is ripe for Apple’s picking.
That’s not even considering the other areas Apple is moving into (phones, car systems, tablets, secret magic things Apple is working on …)
The Wow Starts Now.
Amateur Hour Is Over.
Yeah, but even Tim Cook admits the PC market is dying. Luckily iPad owns the post-PC market!
Whats a Dell?
a very long, brown beige thing that comes out of your anus after you’ve have a big meal.
I learned a song in kindergarten about the Farmer In The Dell.
I thought that was a Zoon. Or Xoom?
No, that thing is just the little brown stain in your undies
And the CNBC Clown Show featuring guest Bozo Colin Gillis continues to provide gut-busting comedy. He actually says Microsoft is a better investment than Apple because Windows 8 is coming out. He further blathers against Apple stammering that Apple has “only down to go.”. Unfrigginbelievable…