XLK · WMTMT

Apr 10May 27Jul 13Aug 26Oct 9

Breadth

63 / 75

stocks rose with the index

Concentration

33%

of the gain from AMD, MU, AAPL

Biggest driver

AMD +7.08

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, +148.16%

Biggest drag

INTU −0.35

INTUIT INC, −13.73%

What drove it

75 members · drivers first · 6M · residual 236.9bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLK rose 39.38% (+56.16 pts) over the past six months in a broad advance: 63 of 75 stocks rose, with AMD out front at +7.08 points.

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+57.2 pts from 60 gainers−1.2 pts from 15 losers

net +56.2 pts · gainers outweigh losers 47.7 to 1

Stock

Points

Return

XLKsum of all 75 stocks

+56.2

+39.38%

AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES

+7.1

+148.16%

MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC

+5.8

+144.66%

AAPLAPPLE INC

+5.7

+29.36%

MSFTMICROSOFT CORP

+5.4

+44.59%

NVDANVIDIA CORP

+4.6

+21.69%

INTCINTEL CORP

+2.9

+67.84%

PANWPALO ALTO NETWORKS INC

+2.3

+168.91%

CRWDCROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC A

+2.0

+190.26%

PLTRPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A

+1.8

+63.24%

CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS INC

+1.8

+43.99%

SNDKSANDISK CORP

+1.7

+85.71%

MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC

+1.6

+114.24%

DELLDELL TECHNOLOGIES C

+1.5

+230.69%

STXSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS

+1.2

+55.74%

AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS INC

+1.1

+27.08%

45 othersclick to expand the full index

+10.6

KLACKLA CORP

−0.0

+12.72%

TDYTELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC

−0.0

−4.89%

TYLTYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC

−0.0

+3.82%

ADSKAUTODESK INC

−0.0

+7.74%

TRMBTRIMBLE INC

−0.0

−7.23%

CTSHCOGNIZANT TECH SOLUTIONS A

−0.0

+2.87%

FSLRFIRST SOLAR INC

−0.0

−12.61%

QQNITY ELECTRONICS INC

−0.0

−2.98%

GLWCORNING INC

−0.0

−8.37%

IBMINTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP

−0.1

−0.85%

TELTE CONNECTIVITY PLC

−0.1

−4.62%

FICOFAIR ISAAC CORP

−0.1

−27.60%

ADBEADOBE INC

−0.1

+7.51%

APHAMPHENOL CORP CL A

−0.3

−37.96%

INTUINTUIT INC

−0.4

−13.73%

Cap weighting, illustrated

APPLE INC and GEN DIGITAL INC moved almost identically (+29.36% vs +30.63%), yet AAPL moved the XLK 543.5× 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 +56.16 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return

AMD+7.1 pts(+148.2%)

MU+5.8 pts(+144.7%)

AAPL+5.7 pts(+29.4%)

MSFT+5.4 pts(+44.6%)

NVDA+4.6 pts(+21.7%)

INTC+2.9 pts(+67.8%)

PANW+2.3 pts(+168.9%)

CRWD+2.0 pts(+190.3%)

PLTR+1.8 pts(+63.2%)

CSCO+1.8 pts

SNDK+1.7 pts

MRVL+1.6 pts

DELL+1.5 pts(+230.7%)

STX+1.2 pts(+55.7%)

AMAT+1.1 pts

ANET+1.1 pts

QCOM+1.1 pts

LRCX+0.8 pts

TXN+0.8 pts

HPE+0.7 pts

FTNT+0.7 pts

WDC

DDOG

NOW

INTU

CDNS

AVGO

APH

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +56.16 pt move · sorted by contribution

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period

Breadth

member returns, this period

−50%0%+50%+100%+150%+200%

From −37.96% (APH) to +230.69% (DELL). Equal-weight, the XLK would be +45.76% vs the actual +39.38%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +56.16 pts

-75

+56.0

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