Jamie Dlugosch
Jamie Dlugosch is the founder and editor of the top-rated The Rational Investor. He has over 20 years of experience in financial markets including investment banking, equity analysis and research and money management.
Jamie Dlugosch
Jamie Dlugosch is the founder and editor of the top-rated The Rational Investor. He has over 20 years of experience in financial markets including investment banking, equity analysis and research and money management.
Top 10 Stocks for 2009April 9, 2009 By Jamie Dlugosch, Editor, InvestorPlace |
While the markets may not see the 20% annual gains that some were predicting at the beginning of the year, a single-digit positive return for 2009 is not out of the question.
We have moved smartly off the bear market lows, and more importantly the economy has had time to heal. If we do indeed finish the year with single-digit gains, such a return would correspond to the health of an economy that is wounded, not broken.
At the start of the year, I provided my Top 10 Stocks for 2009. The first quarter, performance of the stocks on the list is quite impressive. An equal investment in each would have resulted in a portfolio that is outperforming the market by nearly 500 basis points.
That is a huge result considering the negative bias in the market. The question is where do those stocks go from here?
Here then is an update on each of the Top 10 Stocks for 2009…