FANG and FAANG have outperformed the Magnificent Seven by at least 2 times YTD (1 Jan to 26 Jan 2024)!

Hello Mooers,

A short overview of equal weighted FANG, FAANG, and the Magnificent Seven YTD performance (1 Jan to 26 Jan 2024), rounded to 5 decimal places.

FANG 10.5925%
FAANG 8.462%
Magnificent Seven 4.22286%

Mooers may be wondering what FANG, FAANG, and the Magnificent Seven are. The acronym FANG stands for four popular American stocks in 2013: Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Netflix, and Google (Alphabet). Apple was later added to the FANG, forming the FAANG in 2017. The Magnificent Seven was coined in 2023, ten years after FANG.

A quick overview of the stocks and their YTD performance inside FANG, FAANG, and the Magnificent Seven is provided below.

FAANG
Meta Platforms 11.35%
Amazon 4.73%
$Apple (AAPL.US)$ -0.06%
Netflix 17.16%
Alphabet-C 9.13%

Magnificent Seven
$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ 23.24%
Meta Platforms 11.35%
Alphabet-C 9.13%
$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ 7.42%
Amazon 4.73%
Apple -0.06%
$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ -26.25%

If you can only own one of them in 2024, which one will you choose?