"Outside of the Magnificent 7, the rest of the S&P 500 did nothing."

[abesabre]

I'm going to eat my own eyeballs if I read this one more time.

Here's a list of all the S&P 500 companies that are up this year. Apple's an amazing business, but there are 60 stocks that have done better, just in the S&P 500. Do your homework, don't be afraid to buy individual stocks, and don't believe anyone who won't shut up about the Magnificent 7.

Company 2023 gain (through Dec. 28)

NVIDIA Corporation 238.1

Meta Platforms, Inc. 197.3

Builders FirstSource, Inc. 162.9

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 162.8

Uber Technologies, Inc. 155.9

Carnival Corporation & plc 130.0

PulteGroup, Inc. 128.3

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 125.5

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 113.2

Tesla, Inc. 112.2

Broadcom Inc. 101.4

Salesforce, Inc. 101.2

Arista Networks, Inc. 95.9

Fair Isaac Corporation 95.6

Intel Corporation 92.1

Lam Research Corporation 89.1

Jabil Inc. 86.9

Amazon.com, Inc. 82.5

ServiceNow, Inc. 81.3

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 80.0

Blackstone Inc. 78.7

Adobe Inc. 77.1

Booking Holdings Inc. 75.4

Expedia Group, Inc. 74.9

Micron Technology, Inc. 73.4

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 71.0

D.R. Horton, Inc. 70.2

Applied Materials, Inc. 68.6

Netflix, Inc. 66.8

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. 66.5

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 66.3

Western Digital Corporation 66.1

Lennar Corporation 65.0

United Rentals, Inc. 62.9

Seagate Technology Holdings plc 62.9

Pentair plc 62.3

Synopsys, Inc. 62.3

Intuit Inc. 61.6

NRG Energy, Inc. 61.0

Copart, Inc. 60.6

TransDigm Group Incorporated 60.1

Airbnb, Inc. 59.7

Alphabet Inc. 59.1

Eli Lilly and Company 59.0

Parker-Hannifin Corporation 58.8

Lululemon Athletica Inc. 58.8

KLA Corporation 56.9

Axon Enterprise, Inc. 56.1

Microsoft Corporation 56.0

Celanese Corporation 55.0

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 54.6

FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. 54.1

Eaton Corporation plc 53.4

General Electric Company 53.0

NVR, Inc. 52.3

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 52.3

Quanta Services, Inc. 51.5

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 51.2

Marriott International, Inc. 50.7

W.W. Grainger, Inc. 49.4

Ingersoll Rand Inc. 49.0

Apple Inc. 48.7

ANSYS, Inc. 48.6

PACCAR Inc 48.2

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 47.8

NetApp, Inc. 47.5

NXP Semiconductors N.V. 46.9

PTC Inc. 46.4

Costco Wholesale Corporation 46.1

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 45.7

Trane Technologies plc 45.1

FedEx Corporation 44.9

Masco Corporation 44.2

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. 43.7

A. O. Smith Corporation 43.5

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 41.3

Akamai Technologies, Inc. 41.2

Capital One Financial Corporation 41.1

Iron Mountain Incorporated 40.9

Carrier Global Corporation 40.1

Moody's Corporation 40.1

Hubbell Incorporated 39.8

Garmin Ltd. 39.4

DaVita Inc. 39.2

Welltower Inc. 38.9

Fastenal Company 38.1

Ralph Lauren Corporation 37.8

The Boeing Company 37.6

Howmet Aerospace Inc. 37.1

Ecolab Inc. 37.0

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. 36.6

ON Semiconductor Corporation 36.4

Constellation Energy Corporation 36.2

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 35.7

Nucor Corporation 34.9

Verisk Analytics, Inc. 34.5

Zoetis Inc. 34.4

Cintas Corporation 34.2

News Corporation 34.2

MGM Resorts International 33.6

Pool Corporation 33.5

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 33.3

GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. 33.0

Assurant, Inc. 33.0

Gartner, Inc. 32.9

Accenture plc 32.6

QUALCOMM Incorporated 32.5

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation 32.2

The Sherwin-Williams Company 32.0

Fiserv, Inc. 31.6

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 31.4

S&P Global Inc. 31.4

Cardinal Health, Inc. 31.3

Autodesk, Inc. 31.2

Amphenol Corporation 30.6

Align Technology, Inc. 30.5

Microchip Technology Incorporated 29.7

Oracle Corporation 29.6

Generac Holdings Inc. 29.4

Phillips 66 29.4

Packaging Corporation of America 29.0

Vulcan Materials Company 29.0

Tyler Technologies, Inc. 28.9

Equifax Inc. 28.8

Marathon Petroleum Corporation 28.8

Global Payments Inc. 28.3

CarMax, Inc. 28.1

CDW Corporation 28.0

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation 27.4

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 27.2

Snap-on Incorporated 27.0

Republic Services, Inc. 27.0

Teradyne, Inc. 26.8

American Express Company 26.6

Qorvo, Inc. 26.4

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 26.3

Linde plc 26.1

Roper Technologies, Inc. 25.8

Comcast Corporation 25.8

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 25.7

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 25.5

F5, Inc. 25.3

CME Group Inc. 25.2

Visa Inc. 24.6

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 24.6

Caterpillar Inc. 24.4

Brown & Brown, Inc. 23.9

Steel Dynamics, Inc. 23.7

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 23.5

Cencora, Inc. 23.2

Equinix, Inc. 23.2

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 23.1

TE Connectivity Ltd. 22.6

Stryker Corporation 22.3

Simon Property Group, Inc. 22.3

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 22.1

Mastercard Incorporated 22.0

McKesson Corporation 22.0

CBRE Group, Inc. 21.7

MSCI Inc. 21.6

WestRock Company 21.6

The Progressive Corporation 21.5

Analog Devices, Inc. 21.5

Fortinet, Inc. 21.4

Allegion plc 21.2

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. 21.2

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 21.2

Boston Scientific Corporation 21.1

STERIS plc 20.9

Rockwell Automation, Inc. 20.8

Motorola Solutions, Inc. 20.5

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 20.3

Illinois Tool Works Inc. 19.7

Wells Fargo & Company 19.5

Domino's Pizza, Inc. 19.5

Rollins, Inc. 19.4

PPG Industries, Inc. 19.4

Robert Half Inc. 19.2

Prologis, Inc. 19.0

Union Pacific Corporation 18.7

Molson Coors Beverage Company 18.6

Loews Corporation 18.6

Targa Resources Corp. 18.4

Ross Stores, Inc. 18.4

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 18.3

Darden Restaurants, Inc. 18.2

FactSet Research Systems Inc. 18.2

AMETEK, Inc. 17.8

Essex Property Trust, Inc. 17.6

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 17.3

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 17.1

Baker Hughes Company 16.8

Synchrony Financial 16.7

The TJX Companies, Inc. 16.5

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. 16.2

Invitation Homes Inc. 16.1

International Business Machines Corporation 16.0

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 16.0

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 16.0

EQT Corporation 15.8

Diamondback Energy, Inc. 15.6

Charter Communications, Inc. 15.5

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 15.3

First Solar, Inc. 15.1

The Cooper Companies, Inc. 14.9

BlackRock, Inc. 14.8

Discover Financial Services 14.7

Fortive Corporation 14.7

Otis Worldwide Corporation 14.4

Franklin Resources, Inc. 14.4

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 14.4

Textron Inc. 14.0

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 13.9

Aflac Incorporated 13.9

Dover Corporation 13.8

Citigroup Inc. 13.8

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 13.7

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. 13.4

CoStar Group, Inc. 13.3

Waste Management, Inc. 13.3

Ball Corporation 13.2

IQVIA Holdings Inc. 13.2

Edison International 13.0

HCA Healthcare, Inc. 13.0

Monster Beverage Corporation 13.0

T-Mobile US, Inc. 12.8

Ventas, Inc. 12.7

HP Inc. 12.5

Weyerhaeuser Company 12.1

DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 12.1

Avery Dennison Corporation 12.0

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 12.0

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 12.0

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. 11.9

Electronic Arts Inc. 11.9

Lowe's Companies, Inc. 11.9

CSX Corporation 11.8

McDonald's Corporation 11.8

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. 11.7

Eastman Chemical Company 11.4

Walmart Inc. 11.3

Nordson Corporation 11.1

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. 10.7

Dow Inc. 10.6

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 10.5

The Home Depot, Inc. 10.3

PG&E Corporation 10.3

Morgan Stanley 10.2

American Airlines Group Inc. 9.98

Wynn Resorts, Limited 9.89

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. 9.61

Extra Space Storage Inc. 9.45

DexCom, Inc. 9.26

Amgen Inc. 9.1

Public Storage 8.95

Jacobs Solutions Inc. 8.4

Mondelez International, Inc. 8.34

Universal Health Services, Inc. 8.32

Molina Healthcare, Inc. 8.06

ONEOK, Inc. 8.04

Zebra Technologies Corporation 7.56

Gen Digital Inc. 7.33

Regency Centers Corporation 7.31

General Motors Company 7.25

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 7.08

Fifth Third Bancorp 6.89

Ford Motor Company 6.53

The Williams Companies, Inc. 6.47

Omnicom Group Inc. 6.22

American International Group, Inc. 6.18

Boston Properties, Inc. 6.14

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 6.07

Medtronic plc 6.05

Raymond James Financial, Inc. 5.91

Cisco Systems, Inc. 5.88

Everest Group, Ltd. 5.86

Trimble Inc. 5.48

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 5.46

International Paper Company 5.31

Coterra Energy Inc. 5.13

Equity Residential 4.86

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. 4.82

Hess Corporation 4.77

eBay Inc. 4.61

Prudential Financial, Inc. 4.38

AutoZone, Inc. 4.34

The Walt Disney Company 4.03

Valero Energy Corporation 3.91

General Dynamics Corporation 3.76

Federal Realty Investment Trust 3.73

Texas Instruments Incorporated 3.64

Constellation Brands, Inc. 3.61

Xylem Inc. 3.45

Atmos Energy Corporation 3.44

Paychex, Inc. 3.04

Ulta Beauty, Inc. 3.03

Kimco Realty Corporation 2.79

Leidos Holdings, Inc. 2.5

American Tower Corporation 2.29

Bunge Global SA 2.25

Bank of America Corporation 2.17

Yum! Brands, Inc. 2.15

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation 2.14

The Allstate Corporation 2.06

Emerson Electric Co. 1.6

The Kroger Co. 1.41

Mohawk Industries, Inc. 1.37

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 1.35

Catalent, Inc. 1.09

Las Vegas Sands Corp. 0.978

The Clorox Company 0.969

Chubb Limited 0.947

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 0.807

U.S. Bancorp 0.757

Globe Life Inc. 0.664

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 0.603

State Street Corporation 0.516

ConocoPhillips 0.415

Colgate-Palmolive Company 0.393

Teleflex Incorporated 0.353

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 0.352

Dollar Tree, Inc. 0.283

Invesco Ltd. 0.278

Pioneer Natural Resources Company 0.193

VeriSign, Inc. 0.151

 

[whoselinefan]

@abesabre Outside of the Magnificent 7, the rest of the S&P 500 did nothing

 

[resjudicata]

@whoselinefan OP right now.

 

[gandalf123]

@resjudicata Eating them like grapes

 

[westonnn]

@whoselinefan Baiting OP to do a free screener. Nobody else AT THE MAGNIFICENT 7'S PE AND MARKET CAP did anything.

 

[pius463]

@whoselinefan Joseph Carlson has a video on this bullshit titles and showed that first ~130 companies still had better gains than the SP500, so you can buy individual stocks without thinking twice.

 

[wshare]

@whoselinefan Outside of the Magnificent 7, the rest of the S&P 500 did nothing.

 

[christina89]

@wshare His name was Robert Paulson

 

[fbgah]

@abesabre Nah i'm just gonna keep investing in index.

 

[naomi1]

@fbgah Srsly. S&P 500 is almost +25% this year and no trying to divine which stock will be the breakout hit of the year before it happens. What more do you want?

 

[fullspinzoo]

@naomi1 Jam on it. Preferably.

 

[kangaroodort]

@fbgah I too do not own a magical crystal ball and am not Ms. Cleo.

 

[lesesa]

@abesabre M7: >70%

S&P 493: ~6%

That's why.

 

[thomler]

@lesesa What if you take out the worst 7?

 

[lesesa]

@thomler Good question.

 

[lancezz1985]

@thomler Seriously though has there ever been a study showing the performance of the top 25 companies in the index vs the whole index over a period of time? Would be interesting to see ow the S&P 25 has done over the years.

 

[mc10304]

@lancezz1985 this is a seriously underutilized strategy. Just invest in the top performing 25 companies in the S&P 500 every year!

The tough part is figuring out which 25 are gonna be at the top ahead of time...

 

[prayerwarrior02]

@mc10304 If you follow stocktwits.

They post the top 25 gainers on each of the major indexes each weekend. If you bought small shares in each of those every week. You would hold about 50 stocks(there is a lot of overlap between QQQ + SP500). Every week repeat by buying the top 25 of those who have gained over the previous week. Continue this every weekend all year long and you would have big shares of the top performing stocks all year long. I tried to do this in 2023 but realized it was a time investment every weekend and got bored with it and started just buying more VOO and QQQ every week cause it was easier. But I tried to do the math on the other way and I would have made about $9000 more this year if I kept doing that all year. I promised myself I am going to try it again this year and really stick to it see if I can out perform the sp500 one more time. If it doesn't work in 2024.....I will be a bogle-head for life. If it does work....I guess I will keep doing it till retirement and see if it's really worth the time invested

 

[pastorchrisonline]

@prayerwarrior02 Look into funds that track the MSCI US Quality index.

This is basically doing this work for you.

The MSCI US Quality index has a 30 year 12.5% annualized return. It’s bonkers.

https://www.msci.com/documents/10199/4af921f5-0bbc-470b-ad69-19a177fad9cf

 

[prayerwarrior02]

@pastorchrisonline I like it. Will research this week.