Kiplinger's Stock Market Madness 2011
March - April 2011
Read more about these sweet 16 stocks, and decide which you think will help your portfolio earn more over the next three years.
March - April 2011
Read more about these sweet 16 stocks, and decide which you think will help your portfolio earn more over the next three years.
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Netflix (NFLX)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 88.38%This company changed the way we rent movies and destroyed the video-store industry by offering DVD rentals by mail and now online video streaming. -
AutoZone (AZO)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 31.48%The seller of auto parts in the U.S. and Mexico was a hit during the recession, as people opted to repair their cars rather than buy new ones. -
Ross Stores (ROST)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 36.70%This discount retailer has been supplying consumers with affordable designer clothes, accessories and home goods for years. -
Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 35.79%This provider of information- technology, consulting and outsourcing services has been rolling in cash as companies have increasingly sent their business abroad. -
Apple (AAPL)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 42.42%The tech juggernaut that changes the face of the consumer electronics industry nearly every time it launches a new product -- such as the iconic iPod, iPhone and iPad -- may still have room to grow even bigger. -
Ford Motor (F)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 32.99%The carmaker has made an impressive turnaround. Ford is showing a better knack for bringing to market cars that consumers like. It has also done an impressive job of cutting costs. -
Family Dollar Stores (FDO)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 38.36%The discount retailer attracts cost-conscious customers for low-priced necessities, helping it generate stable earnings. It’s also attracted a buyout offer from investment firm Trian Group, led by activist investor Nelson Peltz. -
Big Lots (BIG)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 33.12%This discount retailer offers everything from food to furniture, clothes and electronics, and it’s looking to grow by opening new stores all over the U.S. -
Amazon.com (AMZN)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 37.99%The world’s largest Internet retailer changed how we shop and how retailers do business. From the Kindle, the first e-reader of its kind, to online streaming video, management has continued to innovate while trying to keep pace with the competition. -
Cerner (CERN)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 34.20%The developer of clinical-information systems for hospitals and health care networks is benefiting from government regulation that gives hospitals and clinics incentives to use its kind of technology for billing and recordkeeping. -
Priceline.com (PCLN)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 59.63%This name-your-own-price travel-booking site has helped aspiring travelers score lower-priced plane tickets, hotel rooms, car rentals, vacation packages and cruises. -
Red Hat (RHT)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 32.95%This company makes Linux operating-system software for businesses. It is well positioned to take advantage of cloud computing and virtualization. -
Altera (ALTR)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 37.04%This maker of programmable semiconductor chips has benefited from the global recovery. The company sells to telecommunication firms, data-communications firms and industrial companies. -
Limited Brands (LTD)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 35.50%One of the hottest brands of the ’80s and ’90s boasts one of the best management teams in retail and is thriving under its Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works brands. -
F5 Networks (FFIV)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 77.16%This maker of networking products helps companies manage Internet traffic and serves the fast-growing cloud computing and mobile-applications markets. -
NetApp (NTAP)
Annualized 3-year return as of market close March 4th: 32.22%As more of the world’s information goes digital, this maker of electronic storage systems is poised to benefit from growing demand.
Forget about the March Madness you know for now. Instead focus on our stock market sweet 16. We’ve set up our own bracket with the top 16 performers of Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index over the past three years. Which stocks do you think will do best over the next three years? Let us know by visiting our Facebook page and becoming a fan.
Here’s how our game will work: Every weekday throughout the NCAA tournament, we’ll feature a face-off on Facebook between two of these sweet 16 stocks and ask you to vote for your pick. The company with the most votes will advance to the next round of our tournament until only one winner remains.
Tipoff for each matchup will be at noon everyday and polls will close the following day at 10 a.m. Our Championship face-off will take place on Monday, April 4 -- the same day as the men’s NCAA Championship game.
See How Investor Psychology Can Help You Win Your NCAA Tournament Pool for help with your basketball bracket.
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