Although since last week many people expected that a share of the Apple company would exceed the value of $500, here is how this finally happened today. In the trading session of the American stock exchange, an Apple share became more expensive than the cheapest iPad 2 Wi-Fi tablet available in the company's store. This is a historical record for Apple, which has never had its shares capitalized for such an amount, and soon the value of the company's stock market capitalization will exceed the figure of 500 billion dollars.
A share of the Apple company can now be bought for $501 and the cheapest iPad 2 tablet costs $499 in the company's stores, but the current value of the shares could decrease by the end of the day. The value of the stock market capitalization of the Apple company is 460 billion dollars and in essence it is higher than that of Microsoft and Google together. From the death of Steve Jobs until now, the value of an Apple share has increased by over $100 and the rumors regarding the iPad 3 plus the financial results for Q4 2011 were the "engines" behind this increase.
