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VTI tracks the CRSP US Total Market Index. ITOT, run by BlackRock's iShares, follows the S&P Total Market Index (TMI). Both reach across mega caps, mid caps, and small caps, so the top of each portfolio looks nearly identical. ITOT's published top holdings include NVIDIA at 6.69%, Apple at 5.88%, Microsoft at 4.34%, Amazon at 3.21%, and Alphabet's Class A shares at 2.64%.
India's long‑term setup is familiar by now. The country has overtaken China as the world's most populous nation, and multinationals shifting production out of China continue to steer new manufacturing investment toward India. The shorter‑term picture is less tidy. Large caps have slipped in 2026, with INDA down about 9% year-to-date and IND off nearly 10% through early May.
EINC holds North American midstream energy infrastructure, essentially the pipelines and processing plants that move oil and gas from extraction to usage. The marquee names include Williams Companies, Enbridge, TC Energy, Kinder Morgan, and ONEOK.
Chinese stocks have spent the last five years really testing the patience of even the most hardcore contrarians. Between the property sector struggles, the crackdown on tech platforms, and the constant friction over chip exports and tariffs, valuations have been pushed down across the board.