The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) did quite well in 2016, finishing the year with a total return of about 12%. That was far better than 2015’s flat performance, and new records made many index investors quite happy with the year’s results. Yet the top stocks in the S&P 500 did far better than the overall benchmark’s return. Let’s take a look at the list of the best stocks in the S&P and then draw some conclusions from their performance.
Stock
2016 Return