PORTFOLIO COMPARISON / ONE VARIABLE

FAANG vs Magnificent 7 Portfolio Comparison

Compare two transparent mega-cap technology baskets: an equal-weight FAANG implementation and an equal-weight Magnificent 7 implementation.

Market termPopular technology-stock comparisonBasket membership testLed its reference in this test

HISTORICAL BACKTEST RESULT

Equal-weight FAANG vs Equal-weight Magnificent 7

Equal-weight FAANG Equal-weight Magnificent 7
2016-08-23 → 2026-07-31 · 2492 common sessions
Equal-weight FAANG$76,02022.6% annualized · -49.6% max drawdown
Equal-weight Magnificent 7$132,98829.8% annualized · -52.5% max drawdown

Historical calculation from cached Marketstack EOD data. Annual rebalancing, $10,000 initial value, nominal USD before fees and taxes. The disclosed portfolio definitions—not an AI model—produce the result.

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WHAT TO COMPARE

Read the trade-off as a system.

  1. 01Ending value
  2. 02Maximum drawdown
  3. 03Constituent contribution
  4. 04Concentration and overlap

WHEN TO LOOK

Locate where the difference appeared.

Common public-market historyStreaming-era growth2022 drawdownAI-led leadership

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PORTFOLIO RULE / DISCLOSED IMPLEMENTATION

Two explicitly defined equity baskets

FAANG is a media label with variants in common usage. PortfolioBacktest fixes this definition visibly so the comparison is reproducible.

AAPLApple Inc.Apple Inc.US large-cap stockA US-listed consumer technology company.20%FAANG sleeve
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.Amazon.com, Inc.US large-cap stockA US-listed e-commerce and cloud-computing company.20%FAANG sleeve
GOOGLAlphabet Inc. Class AAlphabet Inc. Class AUS large-cap stockA US-listed internet and advertising company.20%FAANG sleeve
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.Meta Platforms, Inc.US large-cap stockA US-listed social technology company.20%FAANG sleeve
NFLXNetflix, Inc.Netflix, Inc.US large-cap stockA US-listed streaming entertainment company.20%FAANG sleeve

REBALANCINGBoth baskets are equal-weighted and rebalanced annually. The Workspace loads one basket first; use the named related case to load the other.

DATA WINDOWResults use only the shared EOD window for the listed securities. The page does not infer index membership before ticker history exists.