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Take the Zacks Approach to Beat the Markets: Drilling Tools, Alcoa & Starbucks in Focus

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Take the Zacks Approach to Beat the Markets: Drilling Tools, Alcoa & Starbucks in Focus Major U.S. indexes like the Nasdaq Composite, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 2.4%, 1.8%, and 1.3%, respectively, during holiday-shortened trading last week…
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  • Zacks ECAP returned +16.26% in 2024 vs. +24.89% for S&P 500

    80% confidence

  • Top 10 portfolio produced average annual return of +25.8% from 2012 through 2025 vs. +13.1% for S&P 500 and +10.5% for equal-weight version

    80% confidence

  • Equal-weight portfolio of Zacks Rank #1 stocks outperformed the equal-weight S&P 500 index by 7 percentage points (+17.81% vs. +10.85%)

    80% confidence

  • Hypothetical equal-weight portfolio returned +22.4% in 2024 vs. +13.7% for the equal-weight S&P 500 index

    80% confidence

  • Over 10-year period (2016-2025), equal-weight Zacks Rank #1 stocks portfolio outperformed equal-weight S&P 500 by more than 7 percentage points (+18.55% vs. +11.65%)

    80% confidence

  • Fresh tariff threats to countries opposing acquisition of Greenland

    80% confidence

  • Zacks Focus List portfolio returned +22.1% in 2025 vs. +17.9% for the S&P 500 index and +11.4% for equal-weight version

    80% confidence

  • Zacks Top 10 portfolio returned +62.98% in 2024 vs. +25.04% for S&P 500 and +13% for equal-weight version

    80% confidence

  • Zacks ECDP returned -0.6% in 2025 vs. +6.8% for NOBL

    80% confidence

  • Zacks Focus List portfolio returned -15.2% in 2022 vs. S&P 500's -17.96%

    80% confidence

  • Zacks ECDP returned -2.1% in Q4 2025 vs. S&P 500's +2.7% gain and NOBL's +1.6% return

    80% confidence

  • Since 2012, Top 10 portfolio produced cumulative return of +2,472.7% vs. +561.6% for S&P 500 and +403.3% for equal-weight version

    80% confidence

  • Zacks ECAP portfolio returned -2.3% in Q4 2025 vs. S&P 500's +2.7% gain

    80% confidence

  • Suggested a collaborative framework for Greenland during World Economic Forum at Davos summit

    80% confidence

  • Zacks Focus List portfolio returned +18.41% in 2024 vs. +25.04% for S&P 500 and +13% for equal-weight S&P 500

    80% confidence

  • Zacks Focus List portfolio returned +29.54% in 2023 vs. +26.28% for S&P 500 and +13.61% for equal-weight S&P 500

    80% confidence

  • Zacks ECAP returned -1.67% for full year 2025 vs. S&P 500's +17.9% gain

    80% confidence

  • Zacks Top 10 portfolio returned +22.6% in 2025 vs. +17.9% for S&P 500 and +11.4% for equal-weight version

    80% confidence
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