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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Investment Strategies / Mechanical Investing
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Author: mechinv   😊 😞
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Subject: Best performing S&P 500 stocks in 2024
Date: 01/02/25 12:49 AM
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Here are the 20 best performing stocks in the S&P 500 in 2024. Of these, 2 are in textiles and apparel, 4 are utilities that produce electricity, 2 are in aerospace, 1 is an airline and 1 is a cruise line. Only 1 of the Mag 7 is in the Top 20. Does this list surprise you?

Rank	Ticker	 Company Name	            Industry	           2024 Return
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1 PLTR Palantir Technologies Software 340.50%
2 VST Vistra Corp Electricity Producers 261.30%
3 NVDA NVIDIA Corp Semiconductors 171.20%
4 GEV GE Vernova Inc Electrical Equipment 150.80%
5 UAL United Airlines Passenger Airlines 135.30%
6 AXON Axon Enterprise Inc Aerospace & Defense 130.10%
7 TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp Oil and Gas 115.30%
8 AVGO Broadcom Inc Semiconductors 110.40%
9 TRGP Targa Resources Corp Oil and Gas 110.10%
10 HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc Aerospace & Defense 102.70%
11 CEG Constellation Energy Corp. Electric Utilities 92.70%
12 ANET Arista Networks Inc Communications Equip. 87.70%
13 GDDY GoDaddy Inc IT Services 85.90%
14 NFLX Netflix Inc Entertainment 83.10%
15 TPR Tapestry Inc Textiles and Apparel 82.80%
16 DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp Textiles and Apparel 82.30%
17 APO Apollo Global Management. Financial Services 79.90%
18 KKR KKR & Co Inc Capital Markets 79.60%
19 RCL Royal Caribbean Group Travel and Leisure 79.00%
20 NRG NRG Energy Inc Electric Utilities 78.60%
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