Ingenial

If instead of purchasing the original iPod for $399 in 2001, you had bought $399 worth of Apple stock, it would be worth today about $12,000 dollars.

View the full chart of the cost of Apple products when they launched, and how much you’d have today if you’d bought stock instead.

As of Friday, March 12.

At Friday’s close, these were the five highest market cap U.S. companies:

• Exxon (XOM), $315.38 billion.
• Microsoft (MSFT): $256.71 billion.
• Apple (AAPL): $205.48 billion.
• Wal-Mart (WMT): $205.09 billion.
• Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA): $202.20 billion.

The biggest oil company. The largest retailer. The leading software company. A conglomerate run by the world’s most respected investor.

And Apple.

I believe Apple will pass up Microsoft within two years.

From Tech Trader Daily.