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After a volatile fourth quarter in 2018, the stock market has surged in the opening months of 2019, with the S&P 500 up 14%. The market has achieved these returns despite the volatility caused by the trade tensions with China.
While there is an expectation that the trade talks between the US and China will be resolved favorably, a recent ban of equipment sales to Huawei by the Trump administration could signal even further market volatility ahead.
"By simply limiting the universe of stocks to companies with above average 'idiosyncratic,' or company-specific risk, we found that these attributes were rewarded by a much wider margin," she wrote.
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Not everyone is so sanguine about the markets prospects however. UBS chief equity strategist Francois Trahan sees trouble ahead.
"There is a perception among some investors that the Fed's tightening cycle is already priced into US equities," he said in a recent note to clients. "This notion could prove to be a major surprise this year, a disappointing surprise that is."
Here are the 15 best-performing S&P 500 stocks in 2019:
