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Top 10 this week 22/2/2026

• Just talking about the good old days listening to Top of the Pops.
• Somebody said wouldn’t it be easier to invest if the FTSE Index if it were listed in the same way.
• Just because it’s number 1 today doesn't mean it will stay there.
• Treat it as a narrowing down of the choice.

What do you think?

The columns with yellow highlighted numbers are percent gains above 5%.

Year is 2026 so far.

InvesterJones

You're just ranking by YTD performance?

eskbanker

Somebody said wouldn’t it be easier to invest if the FTSE Index if it were listed in the same way

I'd suggest that anyone who's thinking of buying individual shares, and whose purchases were to be influenced by gimmicky presentation of past performance (rather than measured assessment of fundamentals, etc), is unlikely to be a particularly successful investor!

masonic

Of all the bad ways to choose a share, last week's performance is right down there.

redux

I don't buy music like this, or groceries, or anything at all

Baldytyke88

Back in the day my Dad would buy the Daily Mirror and see what the tipsters had picked, some of them actually showed a profit, my brother would buy the Sporting Life.

Rather than recent gains, I look at Google and Investors Chronicle, I look at the book value, the amount of debt, has a director recently bought some shares, has the company had a scandal which may be irrelevant in a few weeks and is it a recommended buy.

I prefer to buy after a fall, it's all still a gamble.

fcjf

I wonder how many one hit wonders there have been over the years that people have bought before tanking, never to be seen again.

Top_of_the_Stocks

350 Ftse companies to look at, analyse and dismiss. By the time your tipster gets his tip published he's missed the boat. If he was any good he would be on his private island.

I wouldn't back a horse, dog, football match or the next number one that way.

Just an easier way to shorten the list.

I use the 7% loss or 12% gain as a rule. Up 13% in 5 months. I'm happy and it beats banks or building society returns of 4% or so in a year.

I miss the music charts from the 60's to the 90's.

masonic

You could have done slightly better by buying a FTSE All-Share index tracker.

But why limit yourself to stocks listed in the UK?

dunstonh

In the vast majority of periods, the FTSE underperforms global. It has the odd year when its better.

so, limiting yourself to UK equities would not be a sound strategy.

Top_of_the_Stocks

In the screenshot above;

I own shares in the two companies highlighted in red. Almost 75% profit from January. On a £1k stake in each, forgetting charges, I'm up £1,500. Not bad in 7 weeks.

Anybody beat that!!!!!!