This pick list highlights constituents of the Morningstar US Large Cap Index that we believe offer investors the best risk-adjusted return prospects. Stocks of large-cap companies where neither growth nor value characteristics predominate. Stocks in the top 70% of the capitalization of the U.S. equity market are defined as large cap.

CrowdStrike provides cloud-native cybersecurity for enterprise IT and cloud data workflows. The company's Falcon platform protects client workflows from data breaches by automatically detecting and preventing cyberattacks. CrowdStrike was founded in 2011 and completed its IPO on June 12, 2019 at $34 per share. About 32% of the company's revenue is generated outside the U.S.

The Dow hit another record high, while the other indices closed lower. On the economic front, second-quarter GDP increased at an annual rate of 3%, up from a prior estimate of 2.8%. Initial jobless claims fell 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 231,000 for the week ended August 24.

CrowdStrike is a cloud-based cybersecurity company specializing in next-generation security verticals such as endpoint, cloud workload, identity, and security operations. CrowdStrike’s primary offering is its Falcon platform that offers a proverbial single pane of glass for an enterprise to detect and respond to security threats attacking its IT infrastructure. The Texas-based firm was founded in 2011 and went public in 2019.