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US Stocks Amazon sells everything online, and has the largest web-hosting service. Amgen makes biotech drugs for heart disease, cancer, arthritis and weight loss. Apple supplies iPhones, Watches, Macs and iPads, and services on the App Store. Booking Holdings is the world's leading online travel agent. CrowdStrike is an AI-powered cybersecurity company that fights hackers. Eli Lilly is a pharma company with the best pipeline of weight-loss drugs. Google dominates online search, AI, advertising and video-hosting. Meta Platforms owns top social media apps; Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook. Microsoft owns MS Office, Windows software, Azure hosting and a large stake in OpenAI. Netflix creates content and owns a subscription-based streaming TV service. Nike designs and retails running shoes and swoosh-branded sports equipment. Nvidia designs the best chips for AI datacentres, cars, and gaming computers. Stryker makes hip and knee joints, surgical tools and hospital equipment. Tesla is the most prominent electric vehicle company, and also sells batteries. Visa runs a payments network that connects banks, merchants and cardholders.
South African Stocks CSP 500 is a JSE-listed and Rand-denominated ETF that tracks the S&P 500 index. Aspen manufactures sterile anaesthetic and thrombosis pharmaceutical products. Bidcorp is a foodservices company with operations in Asia, Europe and the UK. Discovery uses technology to provide healthcare, insurance and banking services. Naspers is the South African holding company for Prosus (see below). Prosus owns food delivery, classifieds and gaming businesses, plus 30% of Tencent. Richemont owns luxury brands like Cartier, Montblanc and Van Cleef & Arpels.