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Introduction

Those familiar with my frequent articles on TalkMarkets (see here) have noticed that I've been concentrating on analyzing the weekly, MTD, and YTD stock performances of a half dozen pure-play semiconductor AI portfolios (see here) and as such, have been ignoring the truly outstanding performances of the so-called Magnificent 7 mega cap AI stocks. This article rectifies that and highlights the outperformance of the 6 such stocks (excludes Tesla (TSLA) with market capitalizations in excess of $1 Trillion.

While 4 of the 6 pure-play semiconductor stocks did, indeed, surpass the performance of the 3.6% increase in the NASDAQ last week 4 of the 6  +$1T mega cap companies did even better with the portfolio, in total, advancing by 5.4% and outperforming the NASDAQ on a YTD basis by 38.5% to 22.3%.

Below are the details of their performances last week, in descending order, and YTD, along with their market capitalizations and any pertinent news, analyses or commentary on them.

The +$1T Mega Cap AI Portfolio

1. Apple (AAPL): UP 7.5% last week; UP 17.6% YTD
   • Market Capitalization: $3.26T
   • Latest news, analyses or commentary:
     • The iPhone 16 With AI Could Send Apple's Market Value to $4T - Here's How
2. Meta Platforms (META): UP 7.1% last week; UP 52.5% YTD
   • Market Capitalization: $1,28T
   • Latest news, analyses or commentary:
     • Watch These Meta Platforms Price Levels After Stock's Record Close
3. Alphabet (GOOGL): UP 4.6% last week; UP 36.4% YTD
   • Market Capitalization: $2.19T
   • Latest news, analyses or commentary:
   • Which Is the Better stock To Buy: Meta Platforms vs. Alphabet?
4. Microsoft (MSFT): UP 4.6% last week; UP 24.3% YTD
   • Market Capitalization: $3.29T
   • Latest news, analyses or commentary:
     • Microsoft: There’s More Upside Ahead In the Second Half of 2024
5. Amazon (AMZN): UP 3.5% last week; UP 31.6% YTD
   • Market Capitalization: $1.19T
   • Latest news, analyses or commentary:
     • Amazon Now the Best-Performing Stock in DJIA In 2024. Is It a Buy Around Its All-Time High?
6. Nvidia (NVDA): UP 1.9% last week; UP 154.1% YTD
   • Market Capitalization: $3.24T
   • Latest news, analyses or commentary:
     • Better Megacap Stock: Nvidia vs. Microsoft

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