Should you buy shares in the largest company in the world?
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The world’s biggest companies have proven themselves over time, generating earnings growth and stock performance. They’ve built rock-solid businesses, demonstrated they can prevail even in competitive industries, and generally these points should set them up for future success too. And, according to Motley Fool research, all but one of these companies has delivered five-year annualised returns in the double digits. So investors who have bought these players and held on for the long term have scored a win.
Today, about half of the 20 largest companies are in the technology field,…
