Year-To-Date Performance of the 5 Largest Stocks -Saturday, Oct. 17

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 16, 2020.  The total market capitalization of these five technology stocks equals $7.2 trillion, about 24% of the total capitalization of the S&P 500 ($29 trillion).

(1) Apple ($2.04 trillion) —       +62.1% YTD

(2) Microsoft ($1.66 trillion) — +39.3%

(3) Amazon ($1.63 trillion) —   +77.1%

(4) Alphabet ($1.07 trillion) —   +17.1%

(5) Facebook ($758 billion) —      +1.3%

Also,

Berkshire Hathaway ($507 billion)  —  -6.2%

Tesla ($410 billion)   —               +425%

Netflix ($234 billion) —               +64.0%

Zoom ($159 billion) —                  +722%

S&P 500 —   +7.8%

DJIA     —        +0.2%

Nasdaq  —  +30.1%