The S&P 500 is following a strong historical pattern that suggests stocks will keep hitting fresh records, Goldman Sachs said.

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The makeup of the S&P 500 is based on market capitalization, but the index also uses these numbers to determine how much value each stock has overall in the index.

Together, these companies make up about 80% of the total value of all U.S. stocks, making the S&P 500 synonymous with "market" and the proxy report card for how the entire U.S. market is doing.

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The S&P 500 index is one of the most widely followed stock market indexes in the world, with trillions of dollars managed based on its makeup. When companies are added or removed from the index ...

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The S&P 500 soared 9.5%, though the index is still below where it was when Trump announced his sweeping set of tariffs last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average flew nearly 3,000 points higher ...

Either way, such alternative instruments are worth considering for S&P 500-heavy investors looking for even more balance. After all, it takes more than one instrument to make up an orchestra.