If you're looking for a few great growth stocks to buy now, there are still some excellent choices out there. But how do you find them? One Fool says that the big winners of the past few years could easily be the big winners of tomorrow.
In 2012, Motley Fool contributor Brian Stoffel published his growth portfolio for the year. The results: returns of 25.9% versus the S&P 500's return of just 11.7%. At the beginning of 2013, he did a little reshuffling; the portfolio -- and its return -- looks like this:
|
Core | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Company |
Allocation |
Jan. 1 Balance |
Current Balance |
Change |
|
11.5% |
$115.00 |
$197.57 |
71.8% |
|
|
11.5% |
$115.00 |
$181.24 |
57.6% |
|
|
11.5% |
$115.00 |
$184.69 |
60.6% |
|
|
11.5% |
$115.00 |
$146.28 |
27.2% |
|
|
Tier One |
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|
7.5% |
$75.25 |
$109.87 |
46% |
|
|
7.5% |
$75.25 |
$80.59 |
7.1% |
|
|
7.5% |
$75.25 |
$56.96 |
(24.3%) |
|
|
7.5% |
$75.25 |
$88.27 |
17.3% |
|
|
Tier Two |
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|
5% |
$50.00 |
$127.85 |
155.7% |
|
|
5% |
$50.00 |
$95.80 |
91.6% |
|
|
5% |
$50.00 |
$81.90 |
63.8% |
|
|
5% |
$50.00 |
$36.55 |
(26.9%) |
|
|
5% |
$50.00 |
$38.70 |
(22.6%) |
|
|
|
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|
Year to date |
$1,000.00 |
$1,426.27 |
42.6% |
|
|
Since inception |
79.2% |
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Source: YCharts. Returns do not include dividends, accurate as of market close on December 23, 2013.
Obviously, a combined return of almost 80% -- which is beating the S&P 500 return of 43% -- is something to be pleased with. But what about picking growth stocks moving forward? In the video below, Brian Stoffel shares the three best picks from this portfolio for 2014.
