If history demonstrates anything, it's that change is one of Wall Street's only constants. Looking back to the start of the century, only one of the 10 largest publicly traded companies by market cap is still among the top 10 by market cap today. Thanks to innovation, competitive advantages, collaborations, acquisitions, and competition, the market's largest and most influential companies are always in flux.

Since the U.S. economy naturally expands over time, seeing publicly traded companies eclipse the $1 trillion valuation mark should become more common. At the moment, there are five stocks with trillion-dollar-plus valuations. By 2035, I predict there will be at least 10 -- and neither electric-vehicle manufacturer (NASDAQ: TSLA) nor artificial intelligence (AI) chip producer Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) will be among them.

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