Year-To-Date Performance Of 5 Largest Stocks - Saturday, Oct. 31

The largest five stocks by market capitalization are substantially outperforming the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Year-To-Date (YTD) as of October 30.  The total market capitalization of these 5 technology stocks equals $6.8 trillion, about 24% of the total capitalization of the S&P 500 ($28 trillion).

(1) Apple ($1.86 trillion) —         +48.3% YTD

(2) Microsoft ($1.53 trillion) —  +28.4%

(3) Amazon ($1.51 trillion) —     +64.3%

(4) Alphabet ($1.10 trillion) —   +20.7%

(5) Facebook ($750 billion) —    +28.2%

Also,

Berkshire Hathaway ($482 billion)  —  -10.9%

S&P 500 —   +1.2%

DJIA     —        -7.1%

Nasdaq  —  +21.6%