The Virus Longs

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After the market closed on March 24th, I put together a spreadsheet of what I considered the 15 best “buys” in light of the virus sell-off. Here, in retrospect, are the 15 of them, a little more than a month later. I have placed in the caption the percentage change since I put the spreadsheet together. They are shown from worst performance to best. Ironically, the weakest performance was from none other than Gilead. I have put the percentage change in the caption of each chart.

slopechart GILD
percentage gain since March 24th: 4.7%
slopechart TAL
percentage gain since March 24th: 8.3
slopechart CTXS
percentage gain since March 24th: 9.4
slopechart FCN
percentage gain since March 24th: 14.2
slopechart ETR
percentage gain since March 24th: 15.2
slopechart XLNX
percentage gain since March 24th: 16
slopechart AAXN
percentage gain since March 24th: 16
slopechart ORCL
percentage gain since March 24th: 17.7
slopechart NFLX
percentage gain since March 24th: 17.9
slopechart CIEN
percentage gain since March 24th: 19.7
slopechart LLY
percentage gain since March 24th: 20.2
slopechart EXPD
percentage gain since March 24th: 24.1
slopechart INTC
percentage gain since March 24th: 29.6
slopechart BLDP
percentage gain since March 24th: 30.3
slopechart BBY
percentage gain since March 24th: 40.3