The US stock market has reached a scale unparalleled in financial history, according to an analysis by visualcapitalist.com, which notes that, as of April 2026, the total capitalization of companies listed on the US stock exchange amounted to over $75 trillion, exceeding the combined value of the next nine largest markets in the world. The cited source ranks the ten largest stock markets in the world using Bloomberg calculations for companies listed on the main exchanges in each country. •