It can't. $210 billion can buy you any one of 480 companies in the S&P 500. Buying all of the S&P 500 would take roughly $24 trillion. The article's wording o

It can't. $210 billion can buy you any one of 480 companies in the S&P 500. Buying all of the S&P 500 would take roughly $24 trillion. The article's wording on that point was very ambiguous and misleading. I had the same reaction! :)