Going back to 1996 shows Intel, IBM, Softy and G.E. among the largest firms...so hello tech, again? Source: http://etfdb.com/history-of-the-s-and-p-500/#1996 h

Going back to 1996 shows Intel, IBM, Softy and G.E. among the largest firms...so hello tech, again? Source: http://etfdb.com/history-of-the-s-and-p-500/#1996 http://etfdb.com/history-of-the-s-and-p-500/#1996 Site appears to have market cap data back to the 1980s. Interesting shifts over the years (Philip Morris even appears "in the pack") I realize the article might be just a WEF staffer fill piece, but it's unfortunate to see the WEF using market cap as the proxy for valuable companies here. This might get downvoted as too pedantic: but oil and tech companies valuations use different accounting methods. Similar to stock and flow issues - they are ~incommensurable. e.g. depletion of oil reserves (regardless of measurement and spot prices) is value realization and is not an apples to apples comparison to tech companies future growth/innovation value creation assumptions.