Apple Stock Hits Historic High Of $500 Per Share Ahead Of iPad 3 Launch

Yup, it’s finally happened: buoyed by the imminent launch of the iPad 3 , Apple (AAPL) stock has just hit a historic high of over $500.00 a share, and now is worth a $466.29 Billion, over $70 billion more than the world’s second most valuable company, Exxon Mobil. That’s amazing, but there’s still plenty of room to grow, believe it or not.