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February 23, 2026 Investor Insights

Investor Insights

Amazon takes the Crown

February 23, 2026

Enjoy this week's "Investor Insights," a weekly newsletter that highlights the financial news you need and provides tips and tricks for making better investment decisions. 

 

  • Amazon surpassed Walmart as the largest U.S. company by annual revenue, reporting $716.9B versus Walmart’s $713.2B, ending Walmart’s run atop the ranking since 2009. *1
  • Americans aged 55+ now represent roughly 30% of the population and are becoming more important to the economy. The share of U.S. consumer spending by those 55 and older has risen to 45.3%, up from just under 30% in 2000. 2
  • The current S&P 500 bull market has crossed 1,200 days at the end of January. This means the bull market has now lasted longer than the 1,011-day average since 1928. That being said, the nine longest bull markets averaged 2,380 days. *3
  • Nearly all of January’s 130,000 payroll gains came from the health care and social services sectors (124,000); government, finance, information, and transportation sectors all shed jobs. 3

Sources:

  1. WSJ – “Amazon Is Now America’s Biggest Company. Its 17-Year Journey to Surpass Walmart.”
  2. A Wealth of Common Sense – “Animal Spirits: Is AI a Mistake?”
  3. MFS – “Beyond the News”

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance

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