The S&P 500 recently reached record highs, lifted by strong earnings from tech firms known as the Magnificent Seven, which ...

The Big Tech companies surprised analysts more too. In aggregate, Magnificent Seven earnings growth beat Wall Street's estimates by 11.7%, compared to the 4.6% beat for the other 493 companies.

However, it’s a rare Mag 7 stock which makes a reappearance on the 10-year list, at #17, with a gain of 1,199%. Tesla is the only other Mag 7 stock on the 10-Year list, at #9.

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The Magnificent Seven have driven the S&P 500’s earnings expansion and equity returns, with the group comprising about one-third of the benchmark’s weight. Photo by UNSPLASH ... REGISTER / SIGN IN TO ...

Around 455 companies in the S&P 500 index reported their quarterly earnings last month, of which 79.7% exceeded estimates. The average earnings per share growth for these companies stood at 13.3%.

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That makes investing in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) which mirrors the S&P 500 a bit riskier than it may normally be. An alternative for investors is to consider a new ETF from Defiance, which ...

The tech sector, driven by some of the world’s largest companies—Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla, also known as the Magnificent 7—has fuelled the markets for about ...