Back in March, Microsoft was about $50 billion forward of Apple in market cap. That gap was nonetheless large,
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Not even I assumed it might be this shortly.
Today, Apple has just passed Microsoft in marketplace cap. Now, the stocks happen to be fluctuating really a tad, so this might change prior to the market place closes. But as of right now, Apple is ahead, and has become for your past number of minutes.
Some publications reported this milestone occurred back in April, but which was a a bit distinct metric. That was the market cap around the S&P 500,
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Of course, just how much this number means is a make any difference of debate. The truth is that it really doesn’t mean that much in terms how strong or weak a company is from a financial perspective. However it is a good indicator of trends, and obviously stock performance. That trend is obviously that about the past five years or so, Apple has been destroying Microsoft is gaining stock value.
Over those previous five years, Microsoft’s stock has been largely stagnant: it’s up about 4%. Apple’s stock, meanwhile, is up some 550% above that same time frame.
Regardless of how the marketplace closes these days,
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Boom! Fanboys go wild.
Update: And as the markets near closing time, Apple is now nearly $3 billion forward of Microsoft.
Update 2: And sure enough, Apple did close the day ahead of Microsoft: $222.07 billion vs. $219.18 billion.