Surging bond yields and mixed earnings reports have weighed on the so-called Magnificent Seven stocks, which are collectively down an average of about 15% from their 52-week highs, though they all still sit on hefty gains for the year.
The stocks now trade at an average forward price-to-earnings ratio of about 30 times compared with 45 times in mid-June.
I actually think the Magnificent Seven will hold up better,” said King Lip, chief strategist at Baker Avenue Wealth Management.
Because the Magnificent Seven have a combined weighting of 28% in the S&P 500, their performance holds a large sway over the broader index.
Lip said his firm owns shares of all seven companies and has recently added to its holdings in some of them.
Persons:
Brendan McDermid, Meta, ”, Lip, Jay Hatfield, Kim Forrest, ” Forrest, Apple’s, Hatfield, Thomas Ognar, Ognar, ” Ognar, Lewis Krauskopf, Ira Iosebashvili, Jonathan Oatis
Organizations:
NVIDIA Corp, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Apple, Microsoft, Wealth Management, Tech, BofA Global Research, Vanda Research, Federal, Treasury, U.S, Google, Facebook, Bokeh Capital Partners, Nvidia, Allspring, Thomson
Locations:
New York City, U.S