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The Stock Market's Biggest Companies Are Losing Their Grip. Here's the ETF I'd Buy If History Repeats.

As the market rotates away from large-cap stocks, new opportunities have emerged in their place.

The Stock Market's Biggest Companies Are Losing Their Grip. Here's the ETF I'd Buy If History Repeats.

Published September 19, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

For the past few years, investors could hardly go wrong simply putting their money into the economy's biggest companies. The Magnificent Seven stocks -- Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Alphabet, and Tesla -- were almost single-handedly pulling the S&P 500 higher, and investors consistently chased them.

This year has been a different story. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF is up 6% year to date, but it trails the 12% return of the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF and the 27% return of the Vanguard Information Technology ETF.

Details

I see two factors in particular having changed this year.

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