Year-To-Date Performance of 5 Largest Stocks (Weekly Update – July 2, 2020)

The largest 5 stocks by market capitalization are substantially outperforming the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Year-To-Date (YTD) as of July 2, 2020.  The total market capitalization of these 5 technology stocks equals $6.2 trillion, about 22% of the total capitalization of the S&P 500 ($28 trillion).

(1) Apple ($1.58 trillion) —       +23.9% YTD

(2) Microsoft ($1.56 trillion) — +30.8%

(3) Amazon ($1.44 trillion) —   +56.4%

(4) Google ($1.00 trillion) —       +9.8%

(5) Facebook ($666 billion) —  +13.7%

Also,

Netflix ($210 billion) —            +47.4%

S&P 500 —     -3.1%

DJIA     —      -9.5%

Nasdaq  —  +13.8%

Berkshire Hathaway ($433 billion)  —  -21.2%