The value of apples is above the value of Britain
ON MONDAY, 28 JULY, LOCAL TIME, APPLE (AAPL.O) SURPASSED NVDA.O AND WAS RE-ESTABLISHED AS THE HIGHEST GLOBAL MARKET VALUE FIRM AT A CLOSING PRICE, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE APRIL 2025. THE MARKET VALUE FELL TO $4.77 TRILLION ON MONDAY, WHEN BRITISH WIDA STOCK PRICES FELL BY NEARLY 5 PER CENT, AND THE AI CHIP PLATE AS A WHOLE WAS LOW OWING TO INVESTORS ' CONCERNS ABOUT THE HUGE COST OF AI INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION. AT THE SAME TIME, THE PRICE OF THE APPLE STOCK HAD RISEN BY 1 PER CENT AND THE MARKET VALUE HAD REACHED $4.95 TRILLION, AND THE COMPANY WOULD PUBLISH A WELL-REGARDED FINANCIAL STATEMENT AFTER THURSDAY. YOUNG WEIDA HAS MAINTAINED THIS POSITION SINCE JUNE 2025, WHEN MICROSOFT TOOK THE FIRST SEAT OF GLOBAL MARKET VALUE, AND BRIEFLY TOUCHED THE MARKET VALUE OF $5 TRILLION LAST OCTOBER. SO FAR IN 2026, THE SHARE PRICE IN WEEDA HAS INCREASED BY ONLY 4 PER CENT, WHILE APPLES HAVE RISEN BY 24 PER CENT. APPLES PERFORM BETTER THAN BIG MARKETS, AS THEY TEND TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT AI CAPITAL SPENDING AND TEND TO RENT COMPUTING RATHER THAN SELF-BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE, A STRATEGY THAT IS ACCEPTED BY INVESTORS。
