Looking ahead, Kwon expects dividends to play a larger role in total returns than they have in the previous decade, when dividends “didn't really drive that much of total return.” Total returns combine price appreciation and dividends. Not all of the Magnificent Seven stocks pay a dividend.
These seven giants, which boasted a combined 30.6% weighting in the S&P 500 Index over 2024, contributed to most of the returns in the market last year. The S&P 500 Index had a total return of 25.0% in 2024, with the Mag 7 accounting for 53.7% of the return.
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The Magnificent 7 group of stocks again proved their dominance in 2024. With an average gain of 63% in the year, they accounted for more than half of the S&P 500's total gains.
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And you'll need to invest effectively, such as in a low-fee S&P 500 index fund. If you can invest $500 per month into the stock market and you earn its historical average annual return of roughly 10%, you'll be a millionaire in about 30 years. It will take about 21 years if you invest $1,250 per month.
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Avoidance of Double Taxation: Section 112 prevents the same dividends from being taxed multiple times as they pass between corporate entities. The dividends are only taxed when they are ultimately distributed to individual shareholders.
Even so, the gains posted by Ambrx Biopharma (AMAM) in Friday's session are unusual and particularly eye-catching. The stock soared to the tune of a hardly believable 1007% after the company announced pleasing results from the mid-stage testing of its breast cancer drug ARX788.
“COST/AMZN/WMT—aka 'The Big Three' will likely gobble ~60%+ of U.S. retail growth this year, so we see Costco's elite share gain as likely to sustain outperformance.” Most of the Street sides with Melich, with 58% of analysts rating Costco stock a Buy, 37% a Hold, and 5% Sell, according to FactSet.
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. Those of you that have flipped on CNBC either on purpose or by accident sometime in the past two years may know those companies as the so-called Magnificent Seven, or “Mag 7” in Wall Street-speak.
Each stock you invest in should take up, at most, 3.33% of your portfolio. “If each stock generates around $400 in dividend income per year, 30 of each will generate $12,000 a year or $1,000 per month.”
Last February, Coca-Cola raised its dividend payout for the 62nd consecutive year. At recent prices, the stock offers a 3.2% yield that's rising, albeit slowly.