U.S. companies have created more value for their investors than those of any other nation throughout history. The country's commitment to free markets empowers the cream to rise to the top, and several different industries have led the economy forward at different points in time:

Apple remains the world's largest company, and it recently exceeded a $3 trillion valuation. It has since been joined in the exclusive $1 trillion club by Microsoft, Amazon, Google parent , and Nvidia.

There is another company on the way to re-gaining membership in this club (it held membership for brief periods in 2021 and 2022). Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is a global leader in electric vehicle (EV) sales, but it looks set to ride the artificial intelligence (AI) wave to substantial value creation in the coming years.

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