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5 Stocks Make Up 25% of the S&P 500

September 9, 2020 at 7:12 am EDT by Joshua Holt

“When I first made the version of my infamous pie chart in July 2018, the five largest stocks in the S&P 500 had a market capitalization that equaled the smallest 282 stocks in the index. Ahh, simpler times. That number is now 389.”

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Joshua Holt is the founder of FIREwire, a site that aggregates personal finance, investing and financial independence stories. He is also the creator of Biglaw Investor.

Joshua spent more than a decade as a corporate lawyer in New York City representing sovereign nations and private equity clients in mergers & acquisitions.

He earned degrees from the University of Arkansas and Boston College, while also spending a year at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. He lives in Austin with his wife and son.

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