The XLF rose 71.57% (+24.32 pts) over three years in a broad advance: 71 of 76 stocks rose, with JPM out front at +4.07 points.
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VISA INC CLASS A SHARES and GLOBE LIFE INC moved almost identically (+64.64% vs +56.94%), yet V moved the XLF 176.4× 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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