One of my most vivid memories from my childhood was trying out for high jump in school.
I ran up to the bar, jumped, hit the bar head-first, and missed the mat.
Has this traumatized me? Yes. Have I ever tried high jump since? No. Why is this related to personal finance/investing? I’m getting there.
Unlike me, these companies can jump higher than anyone else…by single-day gains in their company value.
Too much of a stretch? Whatever.
With Oracle’s massive spike this week (a 36% jump that was their largest single-day percentage gain since the 90s), let’s see where that jump stands on the all-time leaderboard.
See if you can spot the trend…
10. Microsoft: +$150.4 Billion
Date: March 13, 2020
Why: Huge market recovery during COVID chaos.
Vid from history: Former CEO Steve Ballmer LOSING IT on stage.
9. Apple: +$178.9 Billion
Date: January 28, 2022
Why: Massively better earnings than expected.
Vid from history: One of their biggest ads ever.
8. Nvidia: +$184.1 Billion
Date: May 25, 2023
Why: Insane earnings forecast with AI growth.
Vid from history: Cute robot they built.
7. Amazon: +$190.8 Billion
Date: February 4, 2022
Why: Great results from Amazon Web Services and price hikes for Prime.
Vid from history: Jeff Bezos (Founder, former CEO) loves a good laugh.
6. Apple: +$190.9 Billion
Date: November 10, 2022
Why: Better than expected inflation led to overall stock market rally.
Vid from history: One of their weirdest recent ads.
5. Meta: +$196.8 Billion
Date: February 2, 2024
Why: Huge earnings results and announcement of their first dividend.
Vid from history: Mark is human, he swears!
4. Oracle: +$244.0 Billion
Date: September 10, 2025
Why: Enormous upcoming revenue revealed from AI contracts.
Vid from history: Not many videos online so here’s Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Oracle just doing billionaire things (on a yacht with champagne).
3. Nvidia: +$277.0 Billion
Date: February 22, 2024
Why: Way better than expected recent and forecasted revenue.
Vid from history: More robots!
2. Nvidia: +$330.0 Billion
Date: August 1, 2024
Why: Microsoft said their AI spend went up by 60% in a year, which was good validation for continued demand on companies like Nvidia.
Okay I can’t do another robot video for Nvidia…
OR CAN I?
1. Apple: +$400.0 Billion
Date: April 9, 2025
Why: Trump put a 90-day pause on tariffs. The world rejoiced.
Vid from history: Apple’s best ad ever.
Did you catch that?
All tech companies, all within the last 5 years.
Pretty crazy huh?
Apple and Nvidia were both on here three times.
The only question is, who’s taking the #1 spot next?
