
One S&P 500-based ETF has quietly been outpacing both the SPY and the QQQ year after year, and the structural reason behind its edge suggests the run is far from over.
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One S&P 500-based ETF has quietly been outpacing both the SPY and the QQQ year after year, and the structural reason behind its edge suggests the run is far from over.

Stocks rallied during Thursday's session, nearing record levels, with some help from the Magnificent Seven. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF was up 2.7% to $70.58, just a stone's throw from its record closing price of $70.94. The Nasdaq was up 1.4% while the S&P 500 rose 1%.

The fund that was supposed to track the market's most powerful stocks is getting beaten by a fund built specifically to avoid them, and the reason comes down to how MAGS actually works under the hood.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average notched a fresh record for the third day in a row. The Dow rose 0.5% or 263 points while the S&P 500 dropped 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.8%. The divergence in index performance came after some of the market's biggest tech names took a turn during the session, erasing earlier gains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.7%, or 906 points. The Nasdaq Composite gained 2% as the tech rally raged on. Both indexes are on pace for their best four-day stretches in more than a year, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at a fresh record, and the S&P 500 wasn't too far off its a record of its own. The Dow rose 1.3% or 693 points, setting a fresh record close. The Magnificent Seven were pulling their weight, shaking off recent underperformance.
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The Dow crept back to breakeven, but tech and momentum plays were still driving most of the market’s gains. The blue-chip index was moving in and out of positive territory, while the Nasdaq was up 1%. Only about half the Dow stocks and 43% of the S&P 500 stocks were rising.
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The Dow closed out its fourth-straight week of gains at a record on Thursday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 were dragged down by another chip selloff. The Dow rallied 594 points, or 1.1%. The S&P 500 was flat.
The Dow is back at record levels, but the stock market’s rally has some room to run. The S&P 500 was up 1.2% on Monday, while the Dow closed above 52,000 for the first time, up 0.6%. The Nasdaq gained 2.1%.
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