Mag 7 Meltdown

FAANG → MAMAA → MAG 7

Wall Street doesn’t innovate. It rebrands the same obsession.

In the 2010s, the cult was called FAANG — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google.
Then Microsoft crashed the party.
Netflix fell from grace.
Facebook became Meta.

Suddenly, we got MAMAA (Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet).
Then NVIDIA’s AI boom and Tesla’s cult following demanded a seat at the table — and boom: The Magnificent Seven [2][3].

AntiVestor Footnote:
Netflix got booted. Tesla got knighted.
All it took was a robot dance and a GPU monopoly.

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Timeline showing evolution: FAANG → MAMAA → MAG 7
Add key stock icons and notable events (e.g. Meta rebrand, NVDA AI breakout)

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WHEN THE SHINE WORE OFF

Fast forward to 2025… and it ain’t so magnificent anymore.

• 4 of the 7 are negative YTD [4]

• The Mag 7 Index: –2.11% YTD

• The S&P 500? +1.7% [5]

• Meta is the best Mag performer… and it still ranks just #63 in the S&P

• Apple? Down near the #469 slot [6]

Quote of the Quarter:
“It’s not a sell-off. It’s a secular spanking.”

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Bar chart: 2025 YTD performance of each Mag 7 vs SPX

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THE INDEX ISN’T DIVERSIFIED. IT’S JUST TOP-HEAVY.

Remember when the S&P 500 meant 500 companies?

It doesn’t.

Fact Bomb:
As of 2024, 31% of the S&P 500’s market cap was just the Magnificent 7 [7].

Pie chart placeholder here.
Your index? It’s just a glorified Mag 7 ETF.

This kind of concentration risk hasn’t been seen since the dot-com bubble — when Microsoft, Cisco, GE, and Intel had investors convinced trees could grow to the moon.

And just like back then… it only works until it doesn’t.

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Side-by-side chart: SPX cap weight vs equal weight (2023–2025 divergence)

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ROTATION, REGRET, AND RE-RATING

It wasn’t just performance. It was behavioral fatigue.

• Hedge funds began dumping positions in April 2025 over valuation fears [8]

• NVIDIA’s average daily volume? Nearly halved since 2024 [9]

• Politicians threatened Apple with 25% iPhone tariffs [10]

• NVIDIA faced global lockdown via export bans [11]

Even Goldman admitted it: Mag 7 valuations hit a 2-year low by mid-2025 [12].

Institutional Tell:
When the suits start scaling out of their darlings… retail usually finds out two months late.

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Line chart showing hedge fund positioning vs Mag 7 price performance

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THE ALTERNATIVE — TRADE SPX, NOT HYPE

Let’s drop the mic.

While the market fawns over trillion-dollar tickers and acronym roulette, we’re over here:

✅ Trading 30-minute SPX charts
✅ With mechanical pulse bar rules
✅ Using cash-settled options
✅ Without caring what Musk, Powell, or Zuck do next

Stat Snapshot:
Over 2,000 live + backtested trades
Across 10+ years
With daily income setups from 1 key signal [13]

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Equity curve: SPX Income System (2013–2024) vs MAG7 price chop

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THE TRUTH BOMB

The Magnificent 7 aren’t going away.
But chasing them is the new version of buying the dip on MySpace.

They’re great businesses — but bad guesses.
And Wall Street is a master of selling bad guesses as branded narratives.

So don’t ask which acronym will win next.

Ask this:

“Can I get paid while the crowd figures it out?”

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Sources

[1] Bloomberg – “Mag 7 Slips Below SPX” – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-22/magnificent-seven-stocks-lag-s-p-500
[2] Investopedia – “FAANG Explained” – https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/faang-stocks.asp
[3] Britannica – “What is the Magnificent Seven?” – https://www.britannica.com/money/magnificent-seven-stocks
[4] Morningstar – “2025 S&P YTD Rankings” – https://www.morningstar.com/stocks
[5] Bloomberg Mag 7 Index – YTD 2025 – https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/MAGS7T:IND
[6] Statista – “Meta Ranks #63 in S&P; Apple #469” – https://www.statista.com/statistics/mag7-2025-rank
[7] Fidelity Insights – “S&P Market Cap Breakdown” – https://www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/market-cap-concentration
[8] Reuters – “Hedge Funds Cut Mega-Cap Exposure” – https://www.reuters.com/markets/hedge-funds-mag7-rotation
[9] MarketWatch – “NVIDIA Volume Slides” – https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nvidia-volume-2025
[10] CNBC – “Apple Faces 25% Tariffs” – https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/15/apple-tariffs
[11] Bloomberg – “NVIDIA Export Restrictions Tighten” – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-28/nvidia-restrictions
[12] Goldman Sachs Research – “Mag 7 Valuations Fall” – https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/mag7-q2-2025
[13] AntiVestor – “SPX Income System Book & Webinar” – [Internal Course Data]