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MARKET CAPITALIZATION — or market value — is a term you’ll come across a lot, so we’ll define it right here. It’s the number of shares a company has outstanding in the market, multiplied by the share price. If a company had 5 million shares outstanding and each one traded for $5, its “market cap” would be $25 million.

As the name suggests, large-capitalization stocks are the biggest players in the market. How big? A market value of $5 billion is generally considered the low end, while behemoths like Microsoft and and Cisco weigh-in at more than $300 billion. Then there’s General Electric, the biggest of them all, which, toward the end of 2000 had a market capitalization greater than $500 billion. Taken together, stocks with market values over $5 billion account for 82% of the market’s total $16.1 trillion in value. The applet below demonstrates visually how dominant these companies are. (It also gives you a rare and cathartic opportunity to take out your frustrations on the world’s richest man.)
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“You have to pretend you’re 100 percent sure. You have to take action; you can’t hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn your efforts to failure.”-Andrew Grove

When you sell your home, you want to make sure you are maximizing your profit and getting the best possible price for it. Most people do little to prepare their homes for the real estate market. However, with just a few easy updates, the market value of your own home can increase drastically. Not only that, but having an attractive home will bring in multiple offers which can compete against each other.
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