If You Had Only Read This Article…

In January of 2020, you could have potentially made a lot of money. Following a 2019 gain of 29% for the S&P 500, investors who either by luck or skill made the right investments and held them throughout 2020, were handsomely rewarded.

Tesla (TSLA) was up 743% in

2020 and was ultimately included in the S&P 500 index. Moderna (MRNA) enjoyed a 434% return as it rapidly created a COVID-19 vaccine. Peloton (PTON) gained

434% as people who were unable to go to the gym turned to exercise alternatives. While many of us remained at home in 2020, Zoom (ZM) allowed us to connect and work virtually causing its stock price to surge almost 400%. However, you didn’t need to invest in less recognized stocks to be successful. Most technology stocks did well. Led by blue chips Amazon (AMZN) up

76% and Apple (AAPL) up 81%, the NASDAQ Index ETF (QQQ) was

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Had you read this article a year ago, you would have also known to allocate some of your capital towards clean energy alternatives. Invesco Solar ETF (TAN) was up 231% and Invesco Global Clean Energy ETF (PBW) was up 201%. ARK investment company seemed to have a knack for picking great stocks; The company manages three separate ETF’s that were each up over 150% in 2020. Cryptocurrency also made a comeback last year with Bitcoin surging 332%. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a great year for all investments. If only investors had known to stay away from oil stocks like Occidental Petroleum (OXY) which fell 58% as demand for oil contracted. Cruise lines and airline stocks like Carnival (CCL), Norwegian (NCLH) and United Airlines (UAL) all lost over 50% of their value as well.