August 2018 Stock Picks TOP 25 STOCKS August-18 RANK TICKER NAME RANK TICKER NAME SECTOR INDUSTRY 1 NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 10 - Technology 1033 - Semiconductors 2 V Visa Inc 09 - Services 0909 - Business Services 3 PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 07 - Financial 0703 - Consumer Financial Services 4 WLK Westlake Chemical Corporation 01 - Basic Materials 0106 - Chemicals - Plastics and Rubbers 5 ISRG Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 08 - Health Care 0812 - Medical Equipment & Supplies 6 COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 0963 - Retail (Specialty Non-Apparel) 7 BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0948 - Retail (Catalog & Mail Order) 8 LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. 06 - Energy 0609 - Oil & Gas Operations 9 AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 10 HD Home Depot Inc 0960 - Retail (Home Improvement) 11 AAPL Apple Inc. 1003 - Communications Equipment 12 GOOGL Alphabet Inc 1018 - Computer Services 13 URI United Rentals, Inc. 0939 - Rental & Leasing 14 FANG Diamondback Energy Inc 15 DEO Diageo plc (ADR) 05 - Consumer Non-Cyclical 0503 - Beverages (Alcoholic) 16 FB Facebook Inc 17 ATVI Activision Blizzard, Inc. 1036 - Software & Programming 18 GD General Dynamics Corporation 02 - Capital Goods 0203 - Aerospace and Defense 19 KEY KeyCorp 0727 - Regional Banks 20 BAC Bank of America Corp 21 FDX FedEx Corporation 11 - Transportation 1103 - Air Courier 22 SYK Stryker Corporation 23 GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc 0718 - Investment Services 24 C Citigroup Inc 25 DWDP DowDuPont Inc 0103 - Chemical Manufacturing As of July 30th, 2018- Subject to change.