M7 · Historical Lineage — Market Leadership Lineage: From the Nifty Fifty to the Magnificent 7
Historical Market Cap Dynasties — From Standard Oil, General Motors, and IBM to modern tech titans: a century of succession among market cap leaders.
The plate
Tracing the succession of dominant market cohorts: Nifty Fifty (1972) → Four Horsemen (1999) → FANG (2013) → FAANG (2017) → Magnificent 7 (2023). Every generation enjoyed secular dominance before confronting at least one -40% re-rating.
What this page answers
This static page is built to answer searches for M7 · Historical Lineage. It summarizes the live dataset behind the Market Leadership Lineage: From the Nifty Fifty to the Magnificent 7 panel and links to the full interactive chart.
Tracing the succession of dominant market cohorts: Nifty Fifty (1972) → Four Horsemen (1999) → FANG (2013) → FAANG (2017) → Magnificent 7 (2023). Every generation enjoyed secular dominance before confronting at least one -40% re-rating. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
Data & Source
GET /api/mag7/predecessors.json — Canonical dataset endpoint.
Exchange closing prices · Company filings · Robert Shiller · FRED · NBER.
FAQ
Where does this data come from?
History of Market combines public market and macro datasets — exchange closing prices, company filings, Robert Shiller, FRED, NBER, and the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook (Dimson–Marsh–Staunton). 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.
Can I use the data?
Yes, for research and education with attribution to History of Market. Upstream data sources retain their own terms.