Here's a hint: they're also the only companies with valuations of more than $1 trillion.
The story has been corrected to reflect the full list of top ten contributors to returns in the past decade and over the past 12 months.
While it’s fun to look at how the overall composition of the top 10 contributors has changed — with a noticeable shift from the energy sector to finance, for example — it’s perhaps more interesting to note the enduring heft of Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.73% and Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.07% for investors, as the chart shows.
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