This visualization shows the 10 largest companies in the S&P 500 by their share of the S&P 500’s total market capitalization from 1985 to 2024.
Data comes from Goldmans Sachs and the American Enterprise Institute.
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95 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 10 Apr
General Electric!
thanks for sharing
JP Morgan Chase has been consistent
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47 sats \ 6 replies \ @BlokchainB 10 Apr
I remember Exxon Mobil being the worlds most valuable company and then the internet and it’s powerful applications just crushed it
Will the next 40 years have bitcoin companies dominating this top ten list?
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66 sats \ 5 replies \ @jakoyoh629 OP 10 Apr
Hmm, I'm leaning towards no, but I'm open to being surprised. Strategy, you think?
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58 sats \ 4 replies \ @BlokchainB 10 Apr
Well I’m think more of an application that can leverage the bitcoin open network and make a great product or service that people want to use. It’s possible but not guaranteed.
I don’t consider strategy a true bitcoin business. They are just doing financial engineering. Plus their core business didn’t include consumers
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114 sats \ 3 replies \ @jakoyoh629 OP 10 Apr
You're totally right about Strategy, it's not a proper Bitcoin company. Honestly, I can't see any Bitcoin business getting valuations anywhere near this. Unless they've got loads of Bitcoin stashed away, perhaps!
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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 10 Apr
Or they provide a great service on top of Bitcoin
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77 sats \ 1 reply \ @jakoyoh629 OP 10 Apr
Bet it's some service that ain't even a thing yet. So it's always a wild card.
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37 sats \ 0 replies \ @teemupleb 10 Apr
Interesting to see that Exxon Mobil was still the biggest in 2010 even though consumer-level internet had been around for a while.
Granted, iPhone was only 3 years old..
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