Prediction: These 2 Stocks Will Join the S&P 500 in 2025

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 1.18%) might be the best-known of the major stock market indexes, but experienced investors know that the S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.09%) is the index that best reflects the overall market.As the name implies, the index holds 500 of the top U.S. large-cap stocks. In order to join it, a company must be based in the U.S., be profitable on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis over its last four quarters, and have a "large-cap" market cap, generally meaning above ...