Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) is one of the largest banks in the United States and a major component of the S&P 500, with a marketCapitalizationaround $382 billion in mid-2026. Serving tens of millions of consumers and businesses, Bank of America is a pillar …
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) is one of the largest companies in the S&P 500, with a marketCapitalizationaround $1.05 trillion in mid-2026. Built by Warren Buffett over six decades into one of the most admired companies in the world, Berkshire is a sprawling conglomerate that …
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is the world's largest maker of construction andMiningequipment and one of the most important industrial companies in the S&P 500, with a marketCapitalizationaround $417 billion in mid-2026. Caterpillar's machines build infrastructure, extract resources and power industries around the world, making …
AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the S&P 500, with a marketCapitalizationaround $401 billion in mid-2026. Spun off from Abbott in 2013, AbbVie built itself around the blockbuster immunology drug Humira and has since successfully navigated that drug's decline …
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (Nasdaq: AMD) has risen to a marketCapitalizationaround $760 billion in mid-2026, establishing itself as the most credible challenger to NVIDIA in the market for AI accelerators. Once a perennial underdog in the chip industry, AMD has transformed into a major …
Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) is one of the largest companies in the S&P 500, with a marketCapitalizationnear $2.6 trillion in mid-2026. Amazon touches the daily lives of hundreds of millions of consumers through itsE-commercemarketplace, while simultaneously powering much of the internet through Amazon Web …
Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL, GOOG) is the parent of Google and one of the most valuable companies in the S&Amp;P 500, with the two share classes together worth roughly $4.4 trillion in mid-2026. Alphabet's products, led by Google Search, YouTube, Android and Google Cloud, …
Broadcom Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGO) has emerged as one of the most important companies in the S&P 500, with a marketCapitalizationaround $1.8 trillion in mid-2026. Once known primarily as a diversified chipmaker, Broadcom has become a central player in the artificial-intelligence build-out, designing the custom …
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) is the second-largest company in the S&Amp;P 500, with a marketCapitalizationof roughly $4.5 trillion in mid-2026. For more than a decade, Apple has been a cornerstone of AmericanEquityportfolios, a stock so widely held that its performance materially affectsIndex Funds, retirement …
US stocks dropped sharply on Friday as a semiconductor selloff weighed heavily on the market, with theNasdaqfalling 4.2%, the S&P 500 losing 2.6%, and the Dow slipping 1.4% after hitting a record high the previous day. Broadcom, Marvell, Micron, Intel, and AMD led the …