(NASDAQ: MSFT) is on the brink of joining the most exclusive stock market club in the world.

At least, that's according to a noted tech sector analyst who believes the company's share price can swell to hit the once-unthinkable $3 trillion market cap. The stock still has some distance to go, with that metric standing at a mere $2.47 trillion as of this writing. Let's gaze into the crystal ball to see whether this prognosticator's projection might be realistic.

That $3 trillion mark is freshly significant for many market players, as that's the level Microsoft peer/rival Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reached at the end of June -- the only U.S. stock to have ever done so. Since then, unfortunately for Apple shareholders like myself, it's retreated somewhat but is still hovering just shy of that level.

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