Apple and Google

Alphabet: The Silicon Valley rivals could trade places soon, given how rapidly the financial gap between them is narrowing, according to The Japan Times. At the end of trading Friday, Apple market value stood at $540 billion; Alphabet was worth $524 billion. If it happens, Alphabet will move to the head of the class just five months after Google reorganized itself under the holding company. That is a dramatic swing from where things stood just 13 months ago. Since then, investors have soured on Apple Inc. Apple then boasted a market value of $643 billion, almost twice Google Inc. $361 billion. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.