Leviathans of the S&P 500

7 June 2024Stocksartificial intelligence, equity indices, S&P 500, technologyNick Dunbar

The top-heaviness of the S&P 500 index has a quality all of its own, with tech companies rivalling nation states

Where would the market be without share buybacks?

4 January 2019Articlesequities, S&P 500Nick Dunbar

The decline in equity markets seen in the last few months would have been worse without the countervailing effect of buybacks. But by how much?

Is size becoming a risk for S&P 500 stocks?

29 November 2018ArticlesS&P 500Nick Dunbar

The recent correction in S&P 500 stocks saw a reversal in the big-is-good trend and favoured some unfashionable sectors

Giants of the S&P500

4 January 2016Stocksequities, equity indices, fund management, inequality, Russell 3000, S&P 500Nick Dunbar

In 2015, size equalled success in the stock market. But did benchmarking make this a self-fulfilling prophecy? Let’s start by looking at the market capitalisation of S&P 500 companies at the end of the year, with colours according to price change.