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76 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Oct 9, 2026 close
54.73
+1.33 (+2.49%)
XLF 54.73 · +1.3 pts (+2.49%) QTD
54.8254.4454.0753.69EW +1.99%H 54.73 · Oct 9L 53.40 · Sep 30
Sep 30Oct 2Oct 6Oct 7Oct 9
Breadth
57 / 76
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
57%
of the gain from V, BRK-B, MA
Biggest driver
V +0.31
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES, +7.27%
Biggest drag
HOOD −0.02
ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC A, −3.09%

What drove it

76 members · drivers first · QTD · residual 4.2bp within 60bp gate

The XLF rose 2.49% (+1.33 pts) so far this quarter in a broad advance: 57 of 76 stocks rose, with V out front at +0.31 points.

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+1.4 pts from 57 gainers−0.1 pts from 19 losers
net +1.3 pts · gainers outweigh losers 13.6 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLFsum of all 76 stocks
+1.3
100%
+2.49%
VVISA INC CLASS A SHARES
+0.3
24%
+7.27%
BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B
+0.2
17%
+3.51%
MAMASTERCARD INC A
+0.2
17%
+6.85%
WFCWELLS FARGO + CO
+0.1
5%
+4.39%
JPMJPMORGAN CHASE + CO
+0.1
4%
+1.15%
CMECME GROUP INC
+0.0
3%
+7.09%
PGRPROGRESSIVE CORP
+0.0
3%
+4.93%
CBCHUBB LTD
+0.0
3%
+4.92%
SPGIS+P GLOBAL INC
+0.0
2%
+3.38%
COFCAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP
+0.0
2%
+3.23%
BLKBLACKROCK INC
+0.0
2%
+2.23%
CBOECBOE GLOBAL MARKETS INC
+0.0
2%
+10.80%
MRSHMARSH + MCLENNAN COS
+0.0
1%
+3.51%
AXPAMERICAN EXPRESS CO
+0.0
1%
+1.34%
PYPLPAYPAL HOLDINGS INC
+0.0
1%
+5.71%
46 othersclick to expand the full index
+0.3
19%
·
KEYKEYCORP
−0.0
0%
−0.52%
PRUPRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC
−0.0
0%
−0.44%
NTRSNORTHERN TRUST CORP
−0.0
0%
−0.68%
KKRKKR + CO INC
−0.0
0%
−0.36%
TFCTRUIST FINANCIAL CORP
−0.0
0%
−0.38%
IVZINVESCO LTD
−0.0
0%
−2.16%
AONAON PLC CLASS A
−0.0
0%
−1.20%
PFGPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP
−0.0
−1%
−4.22%
USBUS BANCORP
−0.0
−1%
−1.20%
PNCPNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP
−0.0
−1%
−1.38%
GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
−0.0
−1%
−0.56%
BNYBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP
−0.0
−1%
−1.31%
COINCOINBASE GLOBAL INC CLASS A
−0.0
−1%
−3.77%
SCHWSCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP
−0.0
−1%
−1.05%
HOODROBINHOOD MARKETS INC A
−0.0
−1%
−3.09%
Cap weighting, illustrated

VISA INC CLASS A SHARES and WR BERKLEY CORP moved almost identically (+7.27% vs +6.50%), yet V moved the XLF 31.3× 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 +1.33 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
V+0.3 pts(+7.3%)
BRK-B+0.2 pts(+3.5%)
MA+0.2 pts(+6.8%)
WFC+0.1 pts(+4.4%)
JPM+0.1 pts(+1.2%)
CME+0.0 pts(+7.1%)
PGR+0.0 pts
CB+0.0 pts
SPGI+0.0 pts
COF+0.0 pts
BLK
CBOE+0.0 pts
MRSH+0.0 pts
AXP
PYPL
HOOD
MS
ICE
SCHW
TRV
MET
XYZ
MCO
COIN
C
APO
HIG
AIG
GS
PFG
IBKR
WRB

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +1.33 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%19385776stocks:3 stocks = 57%100% covered at 30

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0V +0.31BRK-B +0.22MA +0.22HOOD −0.02SCHW −0.02COIN −0.01Sep 30Oct 9

Breadth

member returns, this period
−6%−2%+2%+6%+10%
From −4.22% (PFG) to +10.80% (CBOE). Equal-weight, the XLF would be +1.99% vs the actual +2.49%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +1.33 pts
-76
+1.3

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