Vol. I · No. 1
In Plain Sight

ELITE COMPOUNDERS + REGIME ALPHAS

Dossier II

SPY-10 Historical

A quarter-century of annual SPY-10 rankings — each row a yearly snapshot of the ten leading equities and the one-year return that followed. Totals and averages at the foot of the page recompute as entries are added.

Entries

27

From

2000

Top-10 Annual

+20.89%

Top-5 Annual

+20.37%

SPY Avg

+7.76%

DateTop-10Top-5SPYUPROR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10
Sum+563.9%+550.0%+209.4%+648.8%
Annual+20.89%+20.37%+7.76%+24.03%
Jan 01, 2026+7.8%+11.1%+11.2%+29.7%
NVDA
+18%
GOOGL
+15%
AAPL
+16%
MSFT
−7%
AMZN
+13%
AVGO
+39%
TSLA
−3%
META
−8%
BRK.B
−5%
WMT
+0%
Jan 03, 2025+23.1%+23.8%+15.4%+27.7%
NVDA
+31%
AAPL
+11%
GOOGL
+64%
MSFT
+12%
AMZN
+1%
META
+8%
AVGO
+49%
TSLA
+7%
BRK.B
+10%
LLY
+38%
Jan 03, 2024+70.1%+67.8%+26.3%+73.7%
AAPL
+32%
NVDA
+204%
MSFT
+14%
GOOGL
+38%
AMZN
+51%
META
+76%
TSLA
+72%
AVGO
+120%
BRK.B
+24%
WMT
+71%
Jan 03, 2023+87.2%+92.6%+23.1%+62.2%
AAPL
+47%
MSFT
+55%
GOOGL
+56%
AMZN
+73%
NVDA
+232%
META
+176%
TSLA
+121%
BRK.B
+18%
LLY
+69%
V
+24%
Jan 03, 2022−9.3%−29.0%−20.3%−58.3%
AAPL
−31%
MSFT
−28%
GOOGL
−39%
AMZN
−50%
BRK.B
+3%
UNH
+3%
JNJ
+4%
XOM
+68%
V
−6%
JPM
−16%
Jan 03, 2021+49.3%+46.8%+29.5%+110.6%
AAPL
+41%
MSFT
+54%
GOOGL
+68%
AMZN
+7%
TSLA
+64%
META
+26%
NVDA
+130%
BRK.B
+32%
UNH
+44%
JPM
+28%
Jan 03, 2020+100.9%+47.4%+14.4%+4.8%
AAPL
+74%
MSFT
+37%
AMZN
+70%
GOOGL
+27%
META
+29%
TSLA
+724%
BRK.B
+1%
V
+15%
JNJ
+8%
WMT
+24%
Jan 03, 2019+43.8%+57.6%+32.0%+118.0%
AAPL
+109%
MSFT
+63%
GOOGL
+33%
AMZN
+25%
META
+58%
BRK.B
+18%
JPM
+42%
V
+48%
JNJ
+15%
WMT
+27%
Jan 03, 2018−5.0%+2.0%−9.7%−33.5%
MSFT
+13%
AAPL
−17%
AMZN
+25%
GOOGL
−6%
BRK.B
−4%
META
−29%
JNJ
−11%
JPM
−10%
V
+11%
XOM
−21%
Jan 03, 2017+33.4%+47.8%+20.1%+74.2%
AAPL
+48%
GOOGL
+35%
MSFT
+38%
AMZN
+60%
META
+58%
BRK.B
+22%
JNJ
+21%
JPM
+24%
XOM
−5%
BAC
+32%
Jan 03, 2016+16.4%+14.7%+12.0%+39.4%
AAPL
+10%
GOOGL
+6%
MSFT
+14%
BRK.B
+25%
XOM
+17%
AMZN
+18%
META
+14%
JNJ
+15%
JPM
+37%
WFC
+6%
Jan 03, 2015+18.3%+7.7%−0.4%−4.2%
AAPL
−1%
GOOGL
+46%
MSFT
+18%
BRK.B
−11%
XOM
−14%
AMZN
+111%
META
+32%
JNJ
−3%
WFC
−1%
JPM
+5%
Jan 03, 2014+12.7%+14.6%+10.3%+34.1%
AAPL
+37%
XOM
−9%
MSFT
+26%
BRK.B
+25%
GOOGL
−6%
JNJ
+13%
WFC
+17%
WMT
+9%
PG
+12%
JPM
+3%
Jan 03, 2013+23.0%+25.2%+25.5%+98.5%
AAPL
−0%
XOM
+12%
GOOGL
+53%
MSFT
+35%
BRK.B
+26%
JNJ
+30%
WMT
+14%
CVX
+13%
WFC
+30%
PG
+17%
Jan 03, 2012+9.5%+11.9%+14.3%+49.0%
AAPL
+32%
XOM
+3%
GOOGL
+9%
WMT
+14%
MSFT
+2%
BRK.B
+21%
CVX
−0%
IBM
+5%
JNJ
+7%
PG
+3%
Jan 03, 2011+10.8%+13.2%+0.4%−10.2%
XOM
+15%
AAPL
+25%
MSFT
−4%
CVX
+20%
GOOGL
+10%
IBM
+26%
WMT
+11%
BRK.B
−3%
PG
+3%
JNJ
+5%
Jan 03, 2010+10.1%+14.9%+12.1%+33.2%
XOM
+8%
AAPL
+54%
MSFT
−10%
BRK.B
+21%
WMT
+1%
GOOGL
−4%
CVX
+16%
PG
+6%
IBM
+11%
JNJ
−3%
Jan 03, 2009+35.7%+49.7%+22.1%0.0%
XOM
−15%
MSFT
+51%
WMT
−4%
GOOGL
+91%
AAPL
+126%
JNJ
+8%
PG
−2%
JPM
+46%
IBM
+53%
CVX
+3%
Jan 03, 2008−17.5%−11.2%−35.9%0.0%
XOM
−13%
WMT
+22%
PG
−14%
MSFT
−42%
JNJ
−9%
CVX
−19%
T
−31%
JPM
−30%
PFE
−22%
IBM
−17%
Jan 03, 2007+12.5%+20.1%+2.5%0.0%
XOM
+27%
MSFT
+18%
PG
+12%
GE
−3%
GOOGL
+47%
CVX
+33%
WMT
−2%
T
+18%
JNJ
−1%
BAC
−24%
Jan 03, 2006+12.1%+14.1%+11.6%0.0%
XOM
+27%
MSFT
+11%
C
+12%
BAC
+13%
GE
+7%
PG
+10%
WMT
+3%
JNJ
+8%
PFE
+11%
JPM
+20%
Jan 03, 2005+0.8%+0.5%+5.3%0.0%
XOM
+17%
MSFT
+0%
C
+2%
GE
−3%
WMT
−13%
BAC
+1%
JNJ
−2%
PFE
−10%
INTC
+11%
AIG
+5%
Jan 03, 2004+1.6%+6.1%+7.0%0.0%
XOM
+20%
MSFT
−5%
C
−3%
GE
+16%
WMT
+2%
BAC
+17%
PFE
−28%
JNJ
+21%
IBM
+5%
INTC
−30%
Jan 03, 2003+28.5%+15.7%+23.1%0.0%
MSFT
+5%
XOM
+17%
PFE
+15%
C
+38%
WMT
+4%
INTC
+99%
GE
+24%
CSCO
+78%
JNJ
−9%
IBM
+14%
Jan 03, 2002−19.3%−19.1%−21.8%0.0%
MSFT
−22%
XOM
−10%
WMT
−14%
C
−29%
PFE
−20%
JNJ
−3%
GE
−37%
IBM
−33%
AIG
−23%
MRK
−0%
Jan 03, 2001+4.0%+2.9%−13.5%0.0%
MSFT
+44%
XOM
−7%
C
−7%
WMT
−1%
GE
−15%
PFE
−9%
INTC
+4%
IBM
+30%
JNJ
+19%
AIG
−18%
Jan 03, 2000+3.3%+1.0%−7.2%0.0%
XOM
+9%
GE
−4%
CSCO
−24%
PFE
+37%
WMT
−13%
MSFT
−59%
C
+39%
INTC
−22%
MRK
+32%
AIG
+38%

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