The results are in and the chrisperruna.com Stock Trends for 2017 outperformed the general market by a wide margin. The discretionary buy-and-hold (mock) portfolio logged final gains that were 48% larger than the Nasdaq, 66% larger than the DJIA and 115% larger than the S&P 500.
Final 2017 Results:
- Stock Trends for 2017: +41.85%
- Nasdaq Composite: +28.24%
- Dow Jones Industrial Average: +25.08%
- S&P 500 Large Cap Index: +19.42%
Final Results Fun Facts:
- 20 of the 21 stocks show a gain for a 95% win ratio
- 18 of the 21 stocks show a double digit gain or 86% of the stocks
- 14 of the 21 stocks outperformed the three main US indexes
- 8 of the 21 stocks gained more than 50% for an average of +69.23%
- 6 of the top 10 gainers started as triple digit stocks (7 ended that way)
- The top 10 performers had an average gain of +65.00%
- The average gain of the positive stocks is +44.39%
- The average gain of the positive stocks, with double digit gains is +49.16%
- BABA was the top performing stock, with a gain of +96.37%
- BABA peaked at $191.75 (52-week high), which gave the stock a +118% gain at the time
As 2017 ends, I maintain a bullish outlook on many of these names, heading into 2018 and beyond.
**Note: Adjusted close price adjusted for both dividends and splits.
Stock Trends for 2017 Portfolio:
$AAPL $AMZN $BABA $BCS $CYBR $FB $GOOGL $HACK $INTC $MA $MBLY $MIME $NFLX $NVDA $PANW $PYPL $TSLA $USO $V $VNTV $XME
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