Why Apple and Microsoft are the only 2 companies that matter anymore
Fast Company -

There have been numerous stories, some written by me, about how a mere seven companies have contributed a huge proportion of the gain in the U.S. stock market this year. Through the first 11 months of the year, those seven companies (Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Tesla) accounted for 62% of the total return for the popular FT Wilshire 5000 total stock market index, which measures the total performance of the entire stock market and rose 19.7% during that time. But when...

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