Note: some have pointed out I went by weight while the article went by revenue. I don’t have a Bloomberg so can’t update this comment with ranking by revenue).

Note: some have pointed out I went by weight while the article went by revenue. I don’t have a Bloomberg so can’t update this comment with ranking by revenue). I have loved the Economist for 40 years but you have to check things sometimes: > Big health accounts for eight of the top 25 companies by revenue in the s&p 500 index of America’s leading stocks, compared with four for big tech and none for big pharma. Actually tech constitute 9 of the top 25 and pharma four, while of the parasitic rentiers discusssed in the article, only one, United Health, makes the list (https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/find-stocks-in-sp500.asp https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/find-stocks-in-s...): Apple (AAPL): 7.05% Microsoft (MSFT): 6.54% Amazon (AMZN): 3.24% NVIDIA (NVDA): 2.79% Alphabet Class A (GOOGL): 2.13% Tesla (TSLA): 1.95% Alphabet Class C (GOOG): 1.83% Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B): 1.83% Meta (META), formerly Facebook, Class A: 1.81% UnitedHealth Group (UNH): 1.28% Exxon Mobil (XOM): 1.27% Eli Lilly (LLY): 1.21% JPMorgan Chase (JPM): 1.18% Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): 1.07% Visa Class A (V): 1.05% Procter & Gamble (PG): 0.99% Mastercard Class A (MA): 0.93% Broadcom (AVGO): 0.92% Home Depot (HD): 0.85% Chevron Corporation (CVX): 0.81% Merck (MRK): 0.75% AbbVie (ABBV): 0.75% Costco (COST): 0.67% PepsiCo (PEP): 0.67% Adobe (ADBE): 0.65%10