Answer (as of 11/15/17): Apple

From Visual Capitalist comes this fascinating chart of top 10 companies over the past 100 years:

Questions:

• Compare the largest companies from 1917 to the largest companies in 2017:
  • Are there any companies that that stood the test of time and appear in both lists? Does this surprise you?
  • How has the industry composition of these two sets of companies changed over the past 100 years? 
• You see a newspaper article noting that there is a concentration of power among large corporations today. Agree or disagree with the statements based on the information in the infographic. 
• What do you think this chart will look like 50 years from today? How many of the top 10 companies will still be on the list in 2067? 

Here's the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom.

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Here's an NGPF activity that students love! It's called 5 Stocks On Your Birthday and students will select five stocks and chart their prices since their birth. 

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About the Author

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.