Top 10 Trending Stocks For July
Summary
- A look at how last month's top ten performed versus the S&P 500.
- Half way through 2018, how have the Trendrating Top Ten held up?
- Heading into July, we will list the top ten names exhibiting the strongest bull trends.
The Trendrating Top Ten list is compiled using our proprietary Smart Momentum Score to find the strongest trends within the S&P 500. The month of June started off hot for just about all ten of the companies listed below. The last week of June, however, was a different story. Tech stocks finally began feeling pressure from the global trade discussions, with microchip companies feeling the brunt of that pain. YTD, the top ten is still far outpacing the S&P 500, which will be shown below. Finally, we will reveal the top ten list for the month of July.
As previously mentioned, the latter half of June saw a pick up in volatility as global trade tension increased. Despite some large price fluctuations, the Trendrating Top Ten and the S&P 500 index finished roughly flat, up 0.27% and 0.91%, respectively. This marks only the second month this year that Trendrating has underperformed its benchmark, and both periods underperformed by less than 1%.
The major laggards for the month included the previously mentioned microchip companies, with Nvidia (NVDA) and Micron Technologies (MU) finishing down 6.06% and 8.94%, respectively. On the positive side, it was familiar names Netflix (NFLX) and Activision Blizzard (ATVI) contributing the best performance, up 11.33% and 7.63%, respectively. Despite underperforming for the month, the Trendrating Top Ten is up 17.06% YTD, as compared to just 2.11% for the S&P 500. The figure below shows just how well these top ten names have fared.
| Month | Trendrating Performance | S&P 500 Performance | Difference |
| January | 9.68% | 5.62% | 4.06% |
| February | 2.32% | -3.89% | 6.21% |
| March | -1.95% | -2.69% | 0.74% |
| April | -0.18% | 0.27% | -0.45% |
| May | 6.29% | 2.16% | 4.13% |
| June | 0.27% | 0.91% | -0.64% |
| YTD | 17.06% | 2.11% | 14.95% |
Turning our attention to July, seven of the ten June names are still showing very strong trends. A tough June for microchip companies means that Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Micron Technologies (NASDAQ:MU), however, will not make the top ten names of July. The newcomers include cloud data services company Netapp (NTAP) and the Chicago based Boeing (BA). Since the start of 2018, Amazon is the only company to have made this top ten list each and every month. The Trendrating web-based platform and ranking module allows our clients to customize the top ten to fit their investment style.
| Name | Ticker | Smart Momentum |
| Activision Blizzard | ATVI | 3.0000 |
| Amazon.com | AMZN | 2.9873 |
| Align Technology | ALGN | 2.9723 |
| Netflix | NFLX | 2.7645 |
| Adobe Systems | ADBE | 2.6675 |
| Oneok | OKE | 2.6148 |
| FB | 2.5710 | |
| Netapp | NTAP | 2.5700 |
| Idexx Laboratories | IDXX | 2.5400 |
| Boeing | BA | 2.5157 |
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As a reminder, these stocks are selected using the Trendrating proprietary ranking module, only available through the Trendrating subscription. The top ten list for July are the strongest trending stocks within the S&P 500. As previous months this year have shown, investing in trending stocks has been a winning strategy. While any one name may underperform, the group as a whole offers balance and diversity among the strongest trends for large cap stocks.
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