The XLF fell 3.76% (−2.14 pts) on the month in a broad selloff: 56 of 76 stocks fell, with JPM out front at −0.42 points.
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JPMORGAN CHASE + CO and BROWN + BROWN INC moved almost identically (−5.35% vs −5.19%), yet JPM moved the XLF 42.0× as much. In a cap-weighted index, the bigger company's weight turns the same percentage move into far more points.
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