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Visualization of growth in the COVID-19 impacted quarters

The first and second quarter of 2020 were unusual in many ways. More than a third of S&P500 companies temporarily or permanently withdrew guidance for the full year due to uncertainty surrounding impacts from COVID-19 according to FactSet. This article seeks to visualize the growth in each of the two quarters by sector and industry. …

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Sector sizes of the S&P 500 over time

Dot-com bubble The largest sectors and companies of the S&P 500 by market capitalization have changed over time. Prior to the dot-com bubble bursting in March 2000 the technology sector made up a third of the S&P 500 thanks to companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, Lucent Technologies, IBM, America Online and Oracle. 2007-2008 financial …

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