The XLF rose 14.36% (+7.32 pts) over the past six months in a broad advance: 70 of 76 stocks rose, with JPM out front at +1.22 points.
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JPMORGAN CHASE + CO and GLOBE LIFE INC moved almost identically (+20.59% vs +21.37%), yet JPM moved the XLF 119.6× 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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