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Rapid revenue growth will be crucial for ongoing leadership of so-called Magnificent 7 big-tech stocks that have been driving the US stock market’s rise, advises a Goldman Sachs analyst. “While elevated hedge fund positioning, numerous antitrust lawsuits from the DoJ and the FTC, and shifts in the macro regime will influence returns for the stocks, we believe that sales growth for the seven stocks will be the most important driver of the group,” writes David Kostin, chief US equity strategist at Goldman Sachs.