Why settle for ordinary quarterly reports?
I believe that a stock's biggest factor in beating the market is to first beat the market's expectations. Leaving Wall Street's pros with puzzled expressions usually means that these companies had more in the tank than expected, and capital appreciation often follows.
Let's take a look at a few companies that humbled the prognosticators over the past few trading days.
We can start with Apollo Group
Post-secondary education remains a vibrant growth industry online. Apollo's success simply follows rivals American Public Education
MSC Industrial Direct
Finally, we have MSCI
So keep watching the companies that surpass expectations, since the market rewards the overachievers. That's the kind of story we look for in the Rule Breakers newsletter service. Want in? Check out a 30-day trial subscription. And come back next Monday to learn about more stocks that blew the market away.