Within the past couple of weeks, all three major stock indexes powered their way to fresh record-closing highs. While there have been pockets of strength throughout the broader market, it's the "Magnificent Seven" stocks that are widely credited with lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S 500, and Nasdaq Composite to new heights.

The Magnificent Seven, as the name implies, are seven of the largest and most-influential businesses in America. These seven components are (in descending order of market cap):

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