As cliché as it sounds, it’s been a very interesting start to the year over the past six months.
Looking back on the first half of 2021, we continued to see a strong market response to 2020’s pandemic-driven ride. In terms of the overall market, the
S&P 500 is up nearly 18.41% year-to-date, while the
Nasdaq is 14.84% higher over the same time.
Additionally, we have also see some major moves in the
InvestorPlace Best Stocks for 2021 contest since the end of the first quarter. Not a single ticker remains in the same position it was in at the end of Q1, and a most importantly, we have a new leader — by a significant margin.