Apple Is Now Worth Half A Trillion Dollars

Spotting stats around Apple's market cap has been a favorite of ours here at Statspotting. We spotted this today:

"Apple's market cap just hit $500 billion.
Its stock price moved past its 52-week high to $536.39 in after-hours trading.
For this latest surge, credit Apple's killer holiday sales for the iPhone and big anticipation for Apple's iPad 3 announcement, coming next week."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-is-worth-half-a-trillion-dollars-2012-2#ixzz1nj6IdMFU