Apple shares hit $500for first time

The shares hit $ 500 for the first time in history on Monday. It has been rising for the past 3 years. Just 6 months ago apple was at $ 400 and 16 months before that the shares were at $ 300. All apple shares went above $ 200 in October of 2009. 3 years ago they were trading shares for just $ 78.20. “Apple had $127.8 billion in sales during the 2011 calendar year, putting it neck-and-neck with Hewlett-Packard the nation's largest tech company by revenue.” Now apple is starting to be the biggest tech company in this world. http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/13/technology/apple_stock/index.htm