LISTS

The S&P 500 is the most widely followed stock market index in the world.  A committee at Dow Jones selects 500 of the largest U.S. publicly traded companies and their value is followed live.  These 500 make up about 80% of the total market capitalization.  Market capitalization is just the total value of all the stocks traded for an individual company.  Currently 12 U.S. companies have a market cap over $1 trillion.  Here they are in descending order and the market sector to which they belong.

1.  NVDIA Corp      Semiconductors

2.  Apple Inc.              Technology

3.  Alphabet Inc.- Class C           Media

4.  Alphabet Inc          Media

5.  Microsoft Corp           Technology

6.  Amazon.com Inc                Retail

7.  Meta Platforms Inc.                Media

8.  Broadcom Inc             Semiconductors

9.  Tesla Inc                 Automobiles

10. Micron Technology Inc                 Semiconductors

11. Eli Lilly and Co                Pharmaceuticals

12. Advanced Micro Devices Inc             Semiconductors  

Here are the next largest up to #20

13.  Berkshire Hathaway Inc              Financial Services

14.  JPMorgan Chase & Co               Banking

15.  Walmart Inc                     Retail

16.  Visa Inc                        Financial Services   

17.  Exon Mobile Inc                Energy

18.  Intel Corp                    Semiconductors

19.  Johnson & Johnson                    Pharmaceuticals

20.  Mastercard Inc                Financial Services    

A note about Alphabet above.  They have two classes of stocks (voting and non-voting) which are separate but trade at about the same price.  Both are high on the list.