How Are Our Stocks Faring?

FOR MOST STOCK INVESTORS, the last two months represent a sharp comedown from the sugar high of a yearlong bull market.

Not surprisingly, many of the stocks that Barrons.com touted this year and last year have fallen in recent weeks, along with the indexes.

While we don't expect to overcome big falls in the stock market, we do at least try to offer up stocks that beat their benchmarks.

By that standard, our bullish calls on stocks featured in our Weekday Traders have modestly outperformed their bogeys, helped by outsized returns for stocks such as Akamai Technologies (ticker: AKAM), Dr. Pepper Snapple (DPS) and TAL International (TAL.)
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