The market is on quite a run right now, and it has pushed 90% of the stocks in the S&P 500 above their 50-day moving averages. Â Below is a list of the 40 stocks in the index that are the farthest above their 50-days at the moment. Â Keep in mind that 10% above the 50-day is pretty high, so the fact that all of the stocks shown below are more than 11.5% above their 50-days is pretty crazy.
As shown below, Advanced Micro (AMD) tops the list at more than 50% above its 50-day! Â First Solar (FSLR) ranks second at 44.58% above, followed by Regeneron Pharma (REGN), GameStop (GME) and Actavis (ACT). Â Other notables on the list include Netflix (NFLX), JC Penney (JCP), Biogen (BIIB), Whole Foods (WFM), Coach (COH), Disney (DIS) and Yahoo! (YHOO).
While the S&P 500 is up 15.5% year to date, the average stock in the index is now up 18.07%, meaning an equalweighted index of the 500 names is doing better than the regular cap-weighted index. Â Below is a list of the 40 best performing S&P 500 stocks year to date. Â Netflix (NFLX) currently ranks first with a huge gain of 150.98%, followed by Best Buy (BBY), Advanced Micro (AMD), Micron (MU) and Celgene (CELG). Â Other notables on the list of 2013's big winners include Biogen (BIIB), Hewlett Packard (HPQ), TripAdvisor (TRIP) and even Campbell Soup (CPB).
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