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On Monday, August 25, 2014 the S&P 500 Index crossed 2,000 points for the first time ever more than 16 years after it hit 1,000. Take a look at the ten largest components then and now.



#1 Then
General Electric (GE)
Market Value Then: $240.1 Billion
% Index Then: 3.2%
2014 Rank: 8

#2 Then
Coca-Cola (KO)
Market Value Then: $164.9 Billion
% Index Then: 2.2%
2014 Rank: 19

#3 Then
Microsoft (MSFT)
Market Value Then: $156 Billion
% Index Then: 2.1%
2014 Rank: 4

#5 Then
Merck (MRK)
Market Value Then: $127 Billion
% Index Then: 1.7%
2014 Rank: 22

#6 Then
Royal Dutch Petroleum (RDS)
Market Value Then: $116.2 Billion
% Index Then: 1.6%
2014 Rank: Not in index

#7 Then
Intel (INTC)
Market Value Then: $114.9 Billion
% Index Then: 1.5%
2014 Rank: 21

#8 Then
Philip Morris International (PM)
Market Value Then: $109.7 Billion
% Index Then: 1.5%
2014 Rank: 32

#9 Then
Procter & Gamble (PG)
Market Value Then: $107.3 Billion
% Index Then: 1.4%
2014 Rank: 11

#10 Then
International Business Machines (IBM)
Market Value Then: $101.7 Billion
% Index Then: 1.4%
2014 Rank: 16

#1 Now*
Apple (AAPL)
Market Value: $638.1 Billion
% Index : 3%
1998 Rank: 456

*Now: As of market close Friday, August 22, 2014



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