M7 · Historical Lineage — The Magnificent 7's ancestors
Star baskets past — From the Nifty Fifty to FAANG: the M7's family tree.
M7 didn't appear from nowhere. Nifty Fifty (1972) → Four Horsemen (1999) → FANG (2013) → FAANG (2017) → Magnificent 7 (2023) — each generation had its 'unbeatable' run and at least one -40% drawdown. The lineage:
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M7 didn't appear from nowhere. Nifty Fifty (1972) → Four Horsemen (1999) → FANG (2013) → FAANG (2017) → Magnificent 7 (2023) — each generation had its 'unbeatable' run and at least one -40% drawdown. The lineage: The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
The plate
Latest Snapshot
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- 2026-08-14
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.