net +38.1 pts · gainers outweigh losers 381.0 to 1
Stock
Points
Share
Return
MAGSsum of all 7 stocks
+38.1
100%
+128.71%
NVDANVIDIA Corporation
+8.9
23%
+392.99%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.
+6.5
17%
+174.64%
AAPLApple Inc.
+6.2
16%
+79.83%
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation
+6.2
16%
+58.70%
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.
+5.9
15%
+95.96%
TSLATesla, Inc.
+3.7
10%
+62.54%
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.
+0.7
2%
+103.00%
Cap weighting, illustrated
Amazon.com, Inc. and Meta Platforms, Inc. moved almost identically (+95.96% vs +103.00%), yet AMZN moved the MAGS 8.5× as much. In a cap-weighted index, the bigger company's weight turns the same percentage move into far more points.
Attribution map
slicing the +38.06 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
NVDA+8.9 pts(+393.0%)
GOOGL+6.5 pts(+174.6%)
AAPL+6.2 pts(+79.8%)
MSFT+6.2 pts(+58.7%)
AMZN+5.9 pts(+96.0%)
TSLA+3.7 pts(+62.5%)
Concentration curve
cumulative share of the +38.06 pt move · sorted by contribution
When they drove it
cumulative points through the period
Breadth
member returns, this period
+50%+150%+250%+350%
From +58.70% (MSFT) to +392.99% (NVDA). Equal-weight, the MAGS would be +148.11% vs the actual +128.71%; the gap is what cap weighting did.
By sector
point contribution · sums to +38.06 pts
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What moved the market
3Y · AUG 25, 2026
+128.71%
+38.1 pts · closed 67.63
7 of 7 rose · 0 fell
NVDA+393.0%
+8.9
GOOGL+174.6%
+6.5
AAPL+79.8%
+6.2
MSFT+58.7%
+6.2
AMZN+96.0%
+5.9
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