The fund that was supposed to track the market's most powerful stocks is getting beaten by a fund built specifically to avoid them, and the reason comes down to how MAGS actually…
If you own an ETF tracking the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq-100, the Magnificent Seven are unavoidable. They’re a major part of both benchmarks, where a handful of technology giants continue to…
The Defiance Large Cap ex-Mag 7 ETF (NASDAQ:XMAG) and the Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (NASDAQ:MAGS) are photographic negatives of one another. MAGS holds only the seven mega-caps driving the AI cycle, while…
Passive index investing has a concentration problem. The seven largest technology companies now account for roughly 35% of the S&P 500, which means owning a standard index fund today is less “broad…
Stripping the Magnificent 7 from the S&P 500 sounds like a contrarian bet, but it has quietly outperformed the full index so far in 2026. The question for income-focused investors is whether…
It’s no secret that the S&P 500’s amazing bull run of the past several years has been led by the AI tech “Magnificent 7” stocks, which are also the top stocks by…
John Seetoo The S&P 500 has enjoyed another respectable year of gains, now up just north of 15% year to date despite the bout of November volatility. As you’d imagine, the Magnificent Seven have…
