{"id":1509,"date":"2026-09-08T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dexetfs.com.br\/noticias\/indices-anos-80-etfs-ibovespa-sp500-nasdaq100\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:26:47","slug":"1980s-indexes-etfs-ibovespa-sp500-nasdaq100","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/www.dexetfs.com.br\/en\/noticias\/1980s-indexes-etfs-ibovespa-sp500-nasdaq100\/","title":{"rendered":"If stock indexes went back to the 1980s, would you recognize the companies in the portfolio?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1508\" style=\"width: 674px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1508\" class=\" wp-image-1508\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dexetfs.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1610\/2026\/09\/360_F_2053533293_olJQGBLtFCmshHn6PRM3tV7GKcq2FwiL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dexetfs.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1610\/2026\/09\/360_F_2053533293_olJQGBLtFCmshHn6PRM3tV7GKcq2FwiL.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.dexetfs.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1610\/2026\/09\/360_F_2053533293_olJQGBLtFCmshHn6PRM3tV7GKcq2FwiL-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Adobe Stock<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Social media has been filled with current photos recreated as portraits from the 1980s. Clothes, hairstyles, colors, and settings travel back in time, while the faces remain recognizable.<\/p>\n<p>If the same exercise were applied to major stock indexes, the result would be very different. A market snapshot from the 1980s would have relatively few companies in common with today\u2019s portfolios. Some leaders survived across the decades, while many others lost relevance, were acquired, went private, or disappeared. At the same time, new businesses moved to the center of the economy and the stock market.<\/p>\n<p>This transformation helps explain a defining feature of index-tracking ETFs. Investors do not have to build a portfolio by predicting which companies will become the winners over the next 10, 20, or 40 years. An index is updated under its own rules, adding companies that become more representative and reducing or eliminating exposure to those that no longer meet its criteria.<\/p>\n<p>The evolution of the Ibovespa, S&amp;P 500, and Nasdaq-100 shows how that process works.<\/p>\n<h2>An index is not a frozen snapshot<\/h2>\n<p>A stock index represents a portfolio built according to a methodology. Its rules may consider market capitalization, liquidity, trading frequency, financial volume, company domicile, and other conditions established by the index administrator.<\/p>\n<p>Portfolio reviews change both constituents and weights. A company may be added after growing and becoming more relevant, while another may be removed after losing market value, liquidity, or eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>The B3 currently reviews the Ibovespa every four months. The index includes stocks and units that meet requirements related to tradability, trading frequency, and financial volume, while excluding penny stocks. Its current weighting methodology considers free-float market value, subject to defined limits.<\/p>\n<p>The S&amp;P 500 is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization and represents leading U.S. large-cap companies. It covers approximately 80% of the available capitalization of the U.S. equity market.<\/p>\n<p>The Nasdaq-100 includes 100 of the largest nonfinancial companies listed on Nasdaq. Its portfolio is reviewed to continue representing the largest eligible companies traded on that market.<\/p>\n<p>Their rules differ, but all three indexes share a central feature: their portfolios adapt as the market changes.<\/p>\n<h2>Ibovespa: some leaders survived, but the Brazilian market changed<\/h2>\n<p>The Ibovespa was created in 1968 and already had a long history when the 1980s began. Because its portfolio was periodically reviewed, there was no single composition representing the entire decade.<\/p>\n<p>A revealing snapshot comes from February 1984. Historical records describe 113 stocks traded in the Bovespa Index during a session that ended an 11-day losing streak. Vale do Rio Doce and Petrobras were already considered Brazilian blue-chip stocks. During that session, Petrobras accounted for 26% of cash-market trading volume and Vale do Rio Doce for 2.2%. Those figures represent trading volume during the session, not weights in the theoretical portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Other names recorded during the period include Bradesco, Copasa, Suzano, Duratex, Engesa, Paranapanema, Refripar, Ferro Ligas, Varig, Telesp, Pirelli, Ipiranga, and Sider\u00fargica Rio-Grandense.<\/p>\n<p>Four decades later, Vale, Petrobras, Bradesco, Copasa, and Suzano are still represented in the Ibovespa. Their presence at both historical points does not establish continuous membership in every intermediate portfolio, but it demonstrates their ability to preserve or regain relevance in Brazil\u2019s equity market.<\/p>\n<p>Other companies from the 1984 snapshot are no longer part of the index. Engesa, Paranapanema, Refripar, Ferro Ligas, Varig, Telesp, Pirelli, Ipiranga, and Sider\u00fargica Rio-Grandense do not appear in the 2026 composition.<\/p>\n<h2>From 2003 to 2014, the transformation occurred portfolio by portfolio<\/h2>\n<p>The retroactive Ibovespa series adds an intermediate stage. It presents theoretical portfolios and constituent weights from 2003 through January 2014, recalculated under the methodology that became effective in September 2013. Figures from earlier periods therefore represent a standardized historical reconstruction rather than necessarily matching the weights originally published at each date.<\/p>\n<p>The series shows that the index\u2019s evolution extends beyond additions and removals. Even companies that remained in the portfolio experienced substantial changes in weight.<\/p>\n<p>Vale do Rio Doce represented a combined 10.19% in January 2003, reached 20% in September 2007, and stood at 11.53% in January 2014. Petrobras reached a combined 20% in May 2006 and September 2009 before declining to 12.22% in January 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Corporate consolidation also changed the portfolio. Ita\u00fa represented 11.12% in May 2009. After its reorganization with Unibanco, ITUB4 represented 11.10% in September of that year and 8.60% in January 2014. Unibanco, previously represented separately through UBBR11, was no longer an individual constituent.<\/p>\n<p>Telecommunications underwent a similar transition. In January 2003, the portfolio included different securities linked to Telemar, Tele Centro-Oeste, Telemig, Telesp, and regional mobile operators. By January 2014, representation was more concentrated in Telef Brasil, at 1.34%, and TIM Participa\u00e7\u00f5es, at 1.22%.<\/p>\n<p>New companies entered while others had shorter stays. BM&amp;FBovespa, part of the corporate history that led to today\u2019s B3, represented 3.79% in September 2008 and 2.33% in January 2014. BB Seguridade entered the series at 1.44% in September 2013 and increased to 1.79% in January 2014.<\/p>\n<p>OGX moved in the opposite direction. It represented 2.53% in January 2010, rose to 3.31% in September of that year, declined to 0.27% in May 2013, and left the portfolio in the following review. LLX and MMX also entered, lost weight, and later disappeared from the index.<\/p>\n<h3>The Ibovespa in January 2014<\/h3>\n<p>The January 2014 snapshot remained heavily influenced by oil, mining, and banks:<\/p>\n<div class=\"___1dmoc29 f10pi13n ftgm304 f1enuhaj fdclmfp f1nbblvp fat0sn4 f1ov4xf1 fekwl8i f1lmfglv f1oz7aqm f1abmfm4 f1w619qj f16h0jq8\">\n<table class=\"___1vyiefv f1ddd56o f16vktn6 f1ahpp82 f11qra4b f1uinfot fibjyge fvueend f9yszdx f1fu4s3n f3l3pb3 f10ghnd0 f8fmt76 fjvbh62 f1qrqxae f1vw5qpk fc02sbz fxawf59 fymf513 f1aoyrul f1el8yx3 f1pymoxg f1ofu761 fe6itr f7coize f1794535 f1o0pw0q fbjjl9v fk1v6el f16pyhcb f1ixlhx9 f12zef0i flu5r5u f19haqzy f1owmcxx f1oddm8q f1004tna fcoaxci fh0ee9u f15v23i2 f1dmj53 f1r1gcv9 f14z1veh ffufd3x f1ypplot f1660cg\" style=\"width: 38.3284%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 55.8108%;text-align: left\">Company or group<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 64.974%;text-align: left\">Combined weight<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8108%;text-align: left\">Petrobras<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.974%;text-align: left\">12.22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8108%;text-align: left\">Vale do Rio Doce<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.974%;text-align: left\">11.53%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8108%;text-align: left\">Ita\u00fa Unibanco<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.974%;text-align: left\">8.60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8108%;text-align: left\">Bradesco<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.974%;text-align: left\">8.48%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8108%;text-align: left\">Ambev<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.974%;text-align: left\">5.08%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8108%;text-align: left\">BRF<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.974%;text-align: left\">3.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8108%;text-align: left\">Ita\u00fasa<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.974%;text-align: left\">2.78%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8108%;text-align: left\">Cielo<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.974%;text-align: left\">2.52%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8108%;text-align: left\">Banco do Brasil<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.974%;text-align: left\">2.38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8108%;text-align: left\">BM&amp;FBovespa<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.974%;text-align: left\">2.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The figures combine different share classes when the same company appeared more than once.<\/p>\n<p>The series demonstrates that the Ibovespa did not move directly from the market of the 1980s to its current configuration. The transformation occurred portfolio by portfolio, as corporate reorganizations changed the representation of business groups, traditional companies gained or lost influence, and new constituents replaced businesses that became less relevant.<\/p>\n<h2>From the 2014 Ibovespa to the 2026 portfolio<\/h2>\n<p>The 2026 portfolio includes companies and corporate structures that were not part of the 1980s snapshot and, in some cases, were also absent in January 2014. They include Assa\u00ed, Allos, Auren, Brava Energia, Caixa Seguridade, and BTG Pactual.<\/p>\n<p>In the portfolio published by B3 for September 8, 2026, Axia Energia represented 4.849% of the index; Bradesco preferred shares, 3.515%; B3, 3.334%; BTG Pactual, 2.725%; Banco do Brasil, 2.464%; and Ambev, 2.450%. Copel represented 1.812%; BB Seguridade, 1%; Bradesco common shares, 0.891%; and Copasa, 0.816%.<\/p>\n<p>Weights change daily with stock prices and are also modified when a new portfolio takes effect. The composition of the Ibovespa on any given date represents a specific moment in the market.<\/p>\n<p>The contrast among 1984, the 2003\u20132014 series, and the 2026 portfolio reveals three simultaneous movements: some traditional companies preserved their relevance, others lost ground, and new constituents came to represent industries, business models, and corporate structures that gained importance.<\/p>\n<h2>S&amp;P 500: from oil leadership to the technology era<\/h2>\n<p>At the end of 1980, energy represented 28% of the S&amp;P 500. Many of its largest companies were oil producers, and half of the 30 largest companies in the U.S. market belonged to the energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>Energy companies dominated the S&amp;P 500\u2019s 10 largest constituents. IBM, AT&amp;T, and General Electric were among the exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 picture is almost the reverse. On September 5, information technology led the index at 33.3%, while energy had declined to 3.9%. Financials represented 12.6%; communication services, 10.4%; consumer discretionary, 9.8%; health care, 9.3%; and industrials, 9.1%.<\/p>\n<h3>S&amp;P 500: sector composition in 2026<\/h3>\n<div class=\"___1dmoc29 f10pi13n ftgm304 f1enuhaj fdclmfp f1nbblvp fat0sn4 f1ov4xf1 fekwl8i f1lmfglv f1oz7aqm f1abmfm4 f1w619qj f16h0jq8\">\n<table class=\"___1vyiefv f1ddd56o f16vktn6 f1ahpp82 f11qra4b f1uinfot fibjyge fvueend f9yszdx f1fu4s3n f3l3pb3 f10ghnd0 f8fmt76 fjvbh62 f1qrqxae f1vw5qpk fc02sbz fxawf59 fymf513 f1aoyrul f1el8yx3 f1pymoxg f1ofu761 fe6itr f7coize f1794535 f1o0pw0q fbjjl9v fk1v6el f16pyhcb f1ixlhx9 f12zef0i flu5r5u f19haqzy f1owmcxx f1oddm8q f1004tna fcoaxci fh0ee9u f15v23i2 f1dmj53 f1r1gcv9 f14z1veh ffufd3x f1ypplot f1660cg\" style=\"width: 31.1199%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Sector<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">Weight<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Information Technology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">33.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Financials<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">12.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Communication Services<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">10.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Consumer Discretionary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">9.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Health Care<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">9.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Industrials<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">9.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Consumer Staples<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">5.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Energy<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">3.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Utilities<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">2.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Materials<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">2.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 72.2892%;text-align: left\">Real Estate<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.3976%;text-align: left\">2.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft were among the leading technology companies. The most direct comparison is the shift in energy, from 28% at the end of 1980 to 3.9% in September 2026, as technology became the index\u2019s largest sector.<\/p>\n<h2>Nasdaq-100: only six original companies remain<\/h2>\n<p>Launched on January 31, 1985, the Nasdaq-100 began with 100 of the largest nonfinancial companies listed on Nasdaq. More than 500 companies have been members since its launch.<\/p>\n<p>Of the original 100, only six remained in the index in Nasdaq\u2019s 40th-anniversary review: Apple, Micron Technology, Intel, KLA, PACCAR, and Costco Wholesale.<\/p>\n<p>The scale of the index also changed. In 1985, median market capitalization was $455 million and average market capitalization was $580 million. By December 31, 2024, those figures had reached $74 billion and $268 billion, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>As of June 30, 2026, technology represented 68.51% of the Nasdaq-100 and consumer discretionary accounted for 16.43%. The 10 largest constituents represented 44.04% of the portfolio.<\/p>\n<h3>A technology-dominated portfolio in 2026<\/h3>\n<div class=\"___1dmoc29 f10pi13n ftgm304 f1enuhaj fdclmfp f1nbblvp fat0sn4 f1ov4xf1 fekwl8i f1lmfglv f1oz7aqm f1abmfm4 f1w619qj f16h0jq8\">\n<table class=\"___1vyiefv f1ddd56o f16vktn6 f1ahpp82 f11qra4b f1uinfot fibjyge fvueend f9yszdx f1fu4s3n f3l3pb3 f10ghnd0 f8fmt76 fjvbh62 f1qrqxae f1vw5qpk fc02sbz fxawf59 fymf513 f1aoyrul f1el8yx3 f1pymoxg f1ofu761 fe6itr f7coize f1794535 f1o0pw0q fbjjl9v fk1v6el f16pyhcb f1ixlhx9 f12zef0i flu5r5u f19haqzy f1owmcxx f1oddm8q f1004tna fcoaxci fh0ee9u f15v23i2 f1dmj53 f1r1gcv9 f14z1veh ffufd3x f1ypplot f1660cg\" style=\"width: 28.1462%;height: 288px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th style=\"width: 71.8876%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Sector<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 36.5462%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Weight<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 71.8876%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Technology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.5462%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">68.51%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 71.8876%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Consumer Discretionary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.5462%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">16.43%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 71.8876%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Health Care<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.5462%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">3.56%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 71.8876%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Telecommunications<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.5462%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">3.46%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 71.8876%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Industrials<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.5462%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">3.13%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 71.8876%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Consumer Staples<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.5462%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">2.04%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 71.8876%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Basic Materials<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.5462%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">1.28%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 71.8876%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Utilities<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.5462%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">1.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 71.8876%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">Energy<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.5462%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">0.45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 10 largest constituents on that date were Nvidia, Apple, Micron, Microsoft, AMD, Amazon, Tesla, Alphabet Class A, Intel, and Alphabet Class C. Together, they represented 44.04% of the portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Many companies that define the current Nasdaq-100, including Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Tesla, Netflix, Broadcom, Arm, Palantir, CrowdStrike, and MercadoLibre, joined after the index was created.<\/p>\n<p>The portfolio did not have to predict in 1985 that e-commerce, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, digital advertising, streaming, and electric vehicles would become important market drivers. As new companies increased in value and met the eligibility rules, they entered the index.<\/p>\n<h2>Three indexes, one shared transformation<\/h2>\n<div class=\"___1dmoc29 f10pi13n ftgm304 f1enuhaj fdclmfp f1nbblvp fat0sn4 f1ov4xf1 fekwl8i f1lmfglv f1oz7aqm f1abmfm4 f1w619qj f16h0jq8\">\n<table class=\"___1vyiefv f1ddd56o f16vktn6 f1ahpp82 f11qra4b f1uinfot fibjyge fvueend f9yszdx f1fu4s3n f3l3pb3 f10ghnd0 f8fmt76 fjvbh62 f1qrqxae f1vw5qpk fc02sbz fxawf59 fymf513 f1aoyrul f1el8yx3 f1pymoxg f1ofu761 fe6itr f7coize f1794535 f1o0pw0q fbjjl9v fk1v6el f16pyhcb f1ixlhx9 f12zef0i flu5r5u f19haqzy f1owmcxx f1oddm8q f1004tna fcoaxci fh0ee9u f15v23i2 f1dmj53 f1r1gcv9 f14z1veh ffufd3x f1ypplot f1660cg\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 10.6212%;text-align: left\">Index<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 48.3968%;text-align: left\">Historical snapshot<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 40.1804%;text-align: left\">2026 snapshot<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10.6212%;text-align: left\">Ibovespa<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.3968%;text-align: left\">Vale do Rio Doce and Petrobras were already blue-chip stocks in 1984. Between 2003 and 2014, company weights, constituents, and share classes changed continuously.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40.1804%;text-align: left\">Vale and Petrobras remain relevant, while B3, BTG Pactual, BB Seguridade, Assa\u00ed, Allos, Auren, and other companies form part of the new configuration.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10.6212%;text-align: left\">S&amp;P 500<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.3968%;text-align: left\">Energy represented 28% of the index at the end of 1980, with oil companies holding a prominent position among its largest constituents.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40.1804%;text-align: left\">Information Technology leads with 33.3%, while Energy represents 3.9%.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10.6212%;text-align: left\">Nasdaq-100<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.3968%;text-align: left\">Launched in 1985 with 100 large nonfinancial companies listed on Nasdaq.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40.1804%;text-align: left\">Only six original constituents remained in the 40th-anniversary review, while Technology represents 68.51%.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The three trajectories are different. The Ibovespa preserves the importance of large companies linked to commodities, energy, and financial services. The S&amp;P 500 moved from energy leadership to a composition led by technology. The Nasdaq-100 maintained its focus on growth and innovation but replaced almost its entire original portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>All three demonstrate that corporate leadership is not permanent.<\/p>\n<h2>Where ETFs fit<\/h2>\n<p>An ETF seeks to track the performance of a reference index. By purchasing a share, investors gain access to a portfolio that follows the index\u2019s composition and weighting rules.<\/p>\n<p>When the benchmark is rebalanced, the fund adjusts its holdings to continue tracking it. This reduces the need for investors to select every company individually, monitor every market change, and determine when one business should be replaced by another.<\/p>\n<p>This structure does not eliminate risk. Indexes may be highly concentrated in certain companies or sectors, suffer losses, and remain exposed to unfavorable economic cycles. In June 2026, technology represented 68.51% of the Nasdaq-100. In September, it accounted for 33.3% of the S&amp;P 500. Investors should understand an index\u2019s methodology and composition before selecting an ETF.<\/p>\n<p>The structural advantage lies elsewhere. Investors do not have to identify every future winner in advance. Instead, they follow a portfolio designed to incorporate, under defined rules, the companies that come to represent a larger share of the market.<\/p>\n<h2>A portfolio designed to change<\/h2>\n<p>In the 1980s, it would have been difficult to predict that Nvidia would become one of the world\u2019s largest companies, Amazon would transform retail, Alphabet and Meta would capture a significant portion of digital advertising, or streaming and cloud computing platforms would become central parts of the market.<\/p>\n<p>It would have been equally difficult to know which industrial conglomerates, airlines, telecommunications companies, or oil producers would lose relevance over the following decades.<\/p>\n<p>An index strategy does not depend on predicting all those changes in advance. It provides exposure to a methodology designed to evolve with the market.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures from the 1980s may inspire nostalgia. In investing, however, the most important lesson is what changed. Companies emerge, grow, lose relevance, and are replaced. Through an ETF, investors are not locked into a portrait of the past. They participate in a portfolio built to evolve with the market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ibovespa, S&amp;P 500, and Nasdaq-100 have changed dramatically over four decades. 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