{"id":38607,"date":"2013-05-28T09:39:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T13:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/forex-news\/?p=38607"},"modified":"2013-05-28T09:39:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T13:39:35","slug":"best-stocks-of-2013-intel-daimler-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/2013\/05\/28\/best-stocks-of-2013-intel-daimler-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Stocks of 2013: Intel, Daimler and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sizemoreletter.com\/\" target=\"blank\"><u>By The Sizemore Letter<\/u><\/a> <\/p>\n<h4>The annual <a href=\"http:\/\/investorplace.com\/best-stocks-for-2013\/\">InvestorPlace\u00a0contest <\/a>has a host of double-digit winners, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gurufocus.com\/financials\/DDAIF&amp;affid=45223\" class=\"ticker\"><span>$<\/span>DDAIF<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gurufocus.com\/financials\/INTC&amp;affid=45223\" class=\"ticker\"><span>$<\/span>INTC<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<p>It has been an interesting ride for the stock market in 2013, with the\u00a0<strong>S&amp;P 500<\/strong>\u00a0up about 16% year-to-date.<\/p>\n<p>So how are the stock pickers faring in our Best Stocks for 2013 feature, which was meant to provide 10 buy-and-hold picks that deliver big gains from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31?<\/p>\n<p>As a whole, not bad. Here\u2019s the rundown as of the closing bell Thursday, May 23:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sherwin-Williams<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/studio-5.financialcontent.com\/investplace\/quote?Symbol=SHW\">SHW<\/a>): +21%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intel<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/studio-5.financialcontent.com\/investplace\/quote?Symbol=INTC\">INTC<\/a>): +19%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mylan<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/studio-5.financialcontent.com\/investplace\/quote?Symbol=MYL\">MYL<\/a>): +16%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two Harbors<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/studio-5.financialcontent.com\/investplace\/quote?Symbol=TWO\">TWO<\/a>): +15%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daimler<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/studio-5.financialcontent.com\/investplace\/quote?Symbol=DDAIF\">DDAIF<\/a>): +11%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fomento Economico Mexico<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/studio-5.financialcontent.com\/investplace\/quote?Symbol=KOF\">KOF<\/a>): +10%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global X Funds Greece ETF<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/studio-5.financialcontent.com\/investplace\/quote?Symbol=GREK\">GREK<\/a>): +8%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Qualcomm<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/studio-5.financialcontent.com\/investplace\/quote?Symbol=QCOM\">QCOM<\/a>): +4%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Great Lakes Dredge &amp; Dock<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/studio-5.financialcontent.com\/investplace\/quote?Symbol=GLDD\">GLDD<\/a>): -7%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vale<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/studio-5.financialcontent.com\/investplace\/quote?Symbol=VALE\">VALE<\/a>): -24%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Daimler is going strong with a nice dividend and upside potential in China\u2019s luxury market, even if some data in the nation isn\u2019t looking so hot.<\/p>\n<p>As for Intel, the semiconductor company has a wide moat and a big market share even if it has mobile struggles in a post-PC age. We\u2019ll have to see how the new CEO steps up to the plate.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that collectively, the list has\u00a0unperformed\u00a0in 2013. But there still are many months left to go before the end of the contest \u2026 so stay tuned to see which pick wins!<\/p>\n<p>This piece was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/slant.investorplace.com\/video\/2013\/05\/best-stocks-of-2013-update-intel-daimler-and-more\/\">The Slant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sizemoreletter.us2.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=9d96acebea38ce5045e6823c8&amp;id=49e6f885bb\"><b>SUBSCRIBE\u00a0<\/b><\/a>to\u00a0<em>Sizemore Insights<\/em>\u00a0via e-mail today.<\/p>\n<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/charlessizemore.com\/on-the-slant-intel-and-daimler-remain-top-buys-for-2013\/' rel='bookmark' title='On The Slant: Intel and Daimler Remain Top Buys for 2013'>On The Slant: Intel and Daimler Remain Top Buys for 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/charlessizemore.com\/5-more-of-the-best-stocks-for-2013\/' rel='bookmark' title='5 MORE of the Best Stocks for 2013'>5 MORE of the Best Stocks for 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/charlessizemore.com\/update-on-the-best-stocks-of-2013\/' rel='bookmark' title='Update on the Best Stocks of 2013'>Update on the Best Stocks of 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By The Sizemore Letter The annual InvestorPlace\u00a0contest has a host of double-digit winners, including $DDAIF and $INTC. It has been an interesting ride for the stock market in 2013, with the\u00a0S&amp;P 500\u00a0up about 16% year-to-date. So how are the stock pickers faring in our Best Stocks for 2013 feature, which was meant to provide 10 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/2013\/05\/28\/best-stocks-of-2013-intel-daimler-and-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Best Stocks of 2013: Intel, Daimler and More&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}