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Popular Stocks That Have Been Absolute Monsters So Far In 2023 — And What Now?

Investors have been treated to some real positive movement this year when it comes to some of the biggest names in the market

Andrew Martin
5 min readJun 16, 2023

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The stock market has been a mixed bag so far in 2023. There have certainly been downs, as the American economy is still trying to recover from rampant inflation, rising debt and other woes. However, there has also been a recent surge, especially with some of the top companies out there. Looking at three of the most popular and hottest stocks, which have performed the best since the start of this year, what is driving them and where might they go?

Tesla (TSLA):

Price as of Jan 2, 2023: $113.06

Price as of 6/15/23: $255.90

Percentage Increase/Decrease So Far In 2023: 226.3%

With no pun intended, investors want to be in the fastest car when it comes to making their money work for them. So far in 2023, Tesla has been that fast ride, moving up in price more than two-fold. They seem to have pivoted brilliantly from a rising inventory problem by increasing their discounts and other incentives to increase the flow of vehicles leaving their lots again. These are simply not things that…

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Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin

Written by Andrew Martin

Dabbler in soccer, history, investing & writing. Master’s degree in baseball history. Passionate about history, diversity, culture, sports, film and investing .

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