That of the top 10 companies in the S&P 500 [1], all but Broadcom and Berkshire Hathaway give generous stock options, and also that of the top 10 in 2000 [2], o

That of the top 10 companies in the S&P 500 [1], all but Broadcom and Berkshire Hathaway give generous stock options, and also that of the top 10 in 2000 [2], only one (Microsoft), maybe 2 (Cisco) did. If you look at change in index composition, or even total earnings by company, you'll see a very steady and dramatic replacement of companies that did not spread the wealth through stock options & RSUs with companies that did. [1] https://www.slickcharts.com/sp500 https://www.slickcharts.com/sp500 [2] https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-largest-sp-500-companies-over-time-1985-2024/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-largest-sp-500-c...