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How is the stock market at an all time high?

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    Omnicrola
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    The video seemed to end right when it was getting to the truly interesting bit. After discussing the various aspects of how the stock market operates somewhat independently of the economy, it...

    The video seemed to end right when it was getting to the truly interesting bit. After discussing the various aspects of how the stock market operates somewhat independently of the economy, it talks about how the 5 major tech companies are doing well enough that it's covering the losses of all the smaller companies. Some of which may not even be included in the popular indexes such as the S&P 500. Would love to dig into that some more. Give some example companies, or alternative index funds.

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    1. stu2b50
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      An obvious example would be Zoom, which is not large enough to be in the SP500. Tesla, too, is almost, but not quite, in the SP500, and it has moonshot... whether that's justified or not. Take the...

      An obvious example would be Zoom, which is not large enough to be in the SP500. Tesla, too, is almost, but not quite, in the SP500, and it has moonshot... whether that's justified or not.

      Take the NASDAQ 100 (tracked by ETFs like QQQ, for instance), which is the main tech index. It's up 31.4% YTD. Compared the SP500, which is up 4.79% YTD.

      Clean energy is doing extra well, too. TAN, a solar ETF, is up 34%.

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