COUNTERPOINT · THE #1 STOCK — Being the biggest was a losing trade — until this decade
From 1950–2023 the #1 stock lagged the index by 4.3% a year. Since 2014 that reversed: year-end top-3 names have mostly beaten the index since. Recomputed yearly, refreshed daily.
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From 1950–2023 the #1 stock lagged the index by 4.3% a year. Since 2014 that reversed: year-end top-3 names have mostly beaten the index since. Recomputed yearly, refreshed daily. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
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- 2026-07-11
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GET /api/latest/concentration.json — Canonical dataset endpoint.
Yahoo Finance · Macrotrends · Robert Shiller · FRED · S&P Global · Nasdaq · NBER.
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Where does this data come from?
History of Market combines public market and macro datasets including Yahoo Finance, Macrotrends, Robert Shiller, FRED, S&P Global, Nasdaq, and NBER. The exact endpoint for this panel is linked below.
How often is it updated?
Daily-tier datasets refresh after the U.S. market close, with a broader weekly refresh on Sunday. The timestamp shown on this page comes from the JSON payload.
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