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TOP 10 · TRAJECTORY + DOSSIERS

TOP 10 · TRAJECTORY + DOSSIERS — Top 10 long-lived · on the list across three decades or more

Century rank paths — Rank trajectories of the longest-running giants.

These dozen-odd firms each appeared in the Top 10 across three or more decades. The polylines are their rank trajectories; the cards below are their dossiers — what they actually did, and in most cases, how they eventually fell off the list.

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This static page is built to answer searches for TOP 10 · TRAJECTORY + DOSSIERS. It summarizes the live dataset behind the Top 10 long-lived · on the list across three decades or more panel and links to the full interactive chart.

These dozen-odd firms each appeared in the Top 10 across three or more decades. The polylines are their rank trajectories; the cards below are their dossiers — what they actually did, and in most cases, how they eventually fell off the list. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.

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Plate VII.2 These dozen-odd firms each appeared in the Top 10 across three or more decades. The polylines are their rank trajectories; the cards below are their dossiers — what they actually did, and in most cases, how they eventually fell off the list. Showing 12 of 14

Data & Source

Exchange closing prices · Company filings · Robert Shiller · FRED · NBER.

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History of Market combines public market and macro datasets — exchange closing prices, company filings, Robert Shiller, FRED, NBER, and the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook (Dimson–Marsh–Staunton). The exact endpoint for this panel is linked below.

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Daily-tier datasets refresh after the U.S. market close, with a broader weekly refresh on Sunday. The timestamp shown on this page comes from the JSON payload.

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