Geek Posted August 9, 2011 Posted August 9, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/aapl-vs-xom.png" alt="AAPL vs XOM" title="aapl-vs-xom" width="425" height="332" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20005" /></p> <p>Apple’s market capitalization reached $341.5 billion today in trading, becoming the worlds largest and most valuable company. Apples new position in the top spot just barely edges out oil giant Exxon Mobil’s $341.4 billion, and is more of a function of the skittish behavior on Wall Street than any particular news today since both stocks are down quite a ways from their 52-week highs. Nonetheless, this is quite an amazing feat for a company that was just $7.68 a share a decade ago and on the verge of bankruptcy. </p> <p>If you really want shareholder envy, <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/06/what-if-you-had-bought-apple-stock-instead-of-apple-hardware/">check out what your net worth would be if you had invested in Apple stock rather than buying Apple equipment</a>.</p> <p>Just look at Apple’s 10 year chart when compared to cash-cow Exxon:</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/aapl-vs-xom-ten-years.gif" alt="AAPL vs XOM over 10 years" title="aapl-vs-xom-ten-years" width="620" height="430" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20006" /></p> <p>Anyone else wish they owned Apple stock? </p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0l-3klummApdvw0BvR2zhpV-k0k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0l-3klummApdvw0BvR2zhpV-k0k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0l-3klummApdvw0BvR2zhpV-k0k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0l-3klummApdvw0BvR2zhpV-k0k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=L4SLjfm0Ix8:f1elcXwagSg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=L4SLjfm0Ix8:f1elcXwagSg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=L4SLjfm0Ix8:f1elcXwagSg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=L4SLjfm0Ix8:f1elcXwagSg:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=L4SLjfm0Ix8:f1elcXwagSg:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=L4SLjfm0Ix8:f1elcXwagSg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=L4SLjfm0Ix8:f1elcXwagSg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/L4SLjfm0Ix8" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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