Just 1 Stock Market Sector Now Makes Up 34% of the S&P 500. Here's What It Means for Your Investment Portfolio.

The S&P 500 closed Sept. 12 up 12% year to date, 62% over the last three years, and 97% over the last five years. Mega-cap growth-focused companies are largely responsible for driving the index to new heights.The "Ten Titans," which includes Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Broadcom, Tesla, Oracle, and Netflix, now makes up over 39% of the S&P 500. And the technology sector alone makes up 34% of the index.Here's how the S&P 500 being dependent on the performance of a single sector impacts the broader market and your financial portfolio -- and is a low-cost and straightforward way to bet on the continued dominance of tech stocks.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool