Most valuable company by year:
1980: IBM
1981: IBM
1982: IBM
1983: IBM
1984: IBM
1985: IBM
1986: IBM
1987: IBM
1988: Exxon
1989: Exxon
1990: Exxon
1991: Exxon
1992: Exxon
1993: Exxon
1994: Exxon
1995: General Electric
1996: General Electric
1997: General Electric
1998: General Electric
1999: Microsoft
2000: Microsoft
2001: General Electric
2002: General Electric
2003: Microsoft
2004: General Electric
2005: ExxonMobil
2006: ExxonMobil
2007: ExxonMobil
2008: ExxonMobil
2009: ExxonMobil
2010: ExxonMobil
2011: ExxonMobil
2012: Apple
2013: Apple
2014: Apple
2015: Apple
2016: Apple
2017: Apple
2018: Apple
2019: Microsoft
2020: Apple
2021: Apple
2022: Apple
2023: Apple
2024: Apple
2025: Nvidia
Is there a lesson here?