Will the Magnificent 7 Stay on Top
The Magnificent 7 entered 2025 among the Top 10 largest US stocks. But before making an outsize bet on gains from these technology giants, investors should consider a few lessons from market history.
- It’s hard to stay on top. For example, only three of the 10 biggest companies from 1980 made the 2000 list—and none of them was in 2025’s Top 10.
- Industries ebb and flow. Technology-focused firms currently dominate the list. But in 1980, six of the 10 largest companies were in the energy sector.
- New technology doesn’t benefit only tech firms. Throughout history, companies across industries have used technology to innovate and grow.
Diversification enables investors to share in the success of today’s top companies while staying positioned to benefit from tomorrow’s market leaders.
The Magnificent 7 stocks are Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, NVIDIA and Tesla.
Source: Dimensional, using data from the Center for Research in Security Prices and Compustat. Includes all US common stocks. Largest stocks identified at the end of the calendar year preceding the respective period by sorting eligible US stocks on market capitalisation using data provided by the CRSP, University of Chicago.
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UK INFLATION AND INTERET RATE EXPECTATIONS
I am sure you are likely aware of the Bank of England increase to interest rates from 2.25% to 3% yesterday.
We are often asked about Interest rate expectations given that many of our clients have mortgages.
It may be somewhat reassuring that the Bank of England expect key measures of inflation to fall moving forward.
Here a few interesting graphs:
Source: Bank of England
The UK is not alone in tackling inflation/interest rates
as can be seen here:
