
Alphabet’s market capitalization was $3.88 trillion at the close of trading on Wednesday—just a tiny bit higher than Apple’s $3.84 trillion. According to CNBC, it was the first time this happened since 2019.
These companies were not in a steel cage with one another. Wall Street trading is not like dropping coins in a pair of coffee shop tip jars labeled “Chappell Roan” and “Taylor Swift.” Nonetheless, the timing makes it hard not to ignore the symbolic power of this…

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