net +43.2 pts · gainers outweigh losers 437.8 to 1
Stock
Points
Share
Return
MAGSsum of all 7 stocks
+43.2
100%
+176.43%
NVDANVIDIA Corporation
+9.4
22%
+685.75%
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.
+7.6
18%
+161.27%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.
+7.1
17%
+232.28%
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation
+6.8
16%
+78.35%
AAPLApple Inc.
+6.6
15%
+95.68%
TSLATesla, Inc.
+4.6
11%
+87.51%
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.
+1.7
4%
+168.87%
Cap weighting, illustrated
Amazon.com, Inc. and Meta Platforms, Inc. moved almost identically (+161.27% vs +168.87%), yet AMZN moved the MAGS 4.6× 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 +43.16 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
NVDA+9.4 pts(+685.8%)
AMZN+7.6 pts(+161.3%)
GOOGL+7.1 pts(+232.3%)
MSFT+6.8 pts(+78.3%)
AAPL+6.6 pts(+95.7%)
TSLA+4.6 pts(+87.5%)
META+1.7 pts
Concentration curve
cumulative share of the +43.16 pt move · sorted by contribution
When they drove it
cumulative points through the period
Breadth
member returns, this period
0%+200%+400%+600%
From +78.35% (MSFT) to +685.75% (NVDA). Equal-weight, the MAGS would be +214.58% vs the actual +176.43%; the gap is what cap weighting did.
By sector
point contribution · sums to +43.16 pts
Unknown7
+43.8
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What moved the market
5Y · AUG 25, 2026
+176.43%
+43.2 pts · closed 67.63
7 of 7 rose · 0 fell
NVDA+685.8%
+9.4
AMZN+161.3%
+7.6
GOOGL+232.3%
+7.1
MSFT+78.3%
+6.8
AAPL+95.7%
+6.6
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