My 2023 Buy Rated Articles Beat The S&P 500 By Over 5%. My Current Top 5 Picks

Dec. 08, 2023 8:48 AM ET, , , , 27 Comments
Chuck Walston
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Summary

  • My 2023 buy rated articles beat the S&P 500 by an average of over 5%.
  • Results are based on assumption that an equal sum was invested in each stock on the date the related article debuted.
  • I focus on dividend payers and highlight five stocks as current top buys, including Alphabet, Discover Financial Services, Medtronic, Comcast, and PNC Financial.

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Readers might claim that beating the S&P 500 by just over 5% isn’t an accomplishment of note. After all, as of the middle of November, the Magnificent Seven were up 71% year to date.

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