25 Stock To Make Money From Only In January

If you are looking to make money in the stock market next month, your strategy should be to buy the S&P 500's worst-performing stocks of 2016.

That's according to Nautilus Investment Research which measured the "Dogs of the S&P Effect," or "the tendency of the prior year’s laggards to outperform the prior year’s leaders."

The laggards tend to outperform leaders by an average of 4.84% in January "as tax loss selling abates and bottom fishers enter the scene," says Nautilus.

However, Nautilus warns, "the effect is very short-lived and reverses completely in February" when laggards tend to underperform leaders by an average of 4.76%.

The 25 biggest laggards of 2016, according to Nautilus, are presented below.

1. Endo International
Ticker: ENDP
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $15.67
2016 YTD return: -74.4%

2. First Solar
Ticker: FSLR
Sector: Information Technology
Stock price: $32.62
2016 YTD return: -50.3%

3. TripAdvisor
Ticker: TRIP
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Stock price: $46.74
2016 YTD return: -45%

4. Perrigo
Ticker: PRGO
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $82.35
2016 YTD return: -42.8%

5. Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Ticker: VRTX
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $74.14
2016 YTD return: -40.7%

6. Under Armour
Ticker: UA
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Stock price: $25.08
2016 YTD return: -38.8%

7. Stericycle
Ticker: SRCL
Sector: Industrials
Stock price: $76.86
2016 YTD return: -36.9%

8. Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Ticker: ALXN
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $122.91
2016 YTD return: -35.1%

9. Allergan
Ticker: AGN
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $207.94
2016 YTD return: -34.7%

10. Mallinckrodt
Ticker: MNK
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $49.32
2016 YTD return: -33.4%

11. Illumina
Ticker: ILMN
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $128.21
2016 YTD return: -33.4%

12. Mylan
Ticker: MYL
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $37.39
2016 YTD return: -31.2%

13. L Brands
Ticker: LB
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Stock price: $66.24
2016 YTD return: -31%

14. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Ticker: REGN
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $373.83
2016 YTD return: -30.2%

15. H&R Block
Ticker: HRB
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Stock price: $23.22
2016 YTD return: -30.1%

16. Under Armour
Ticker: UAA
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Stock price: $29.15
2016 YTD return: -29.3%

17. Frontier Communications
Ticker: FTR
Sector: Telecommunication Services
Stock price: $3.35
2016 YTD return: -28.3%

18. McKesson Corp
Ticker: MCK
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $141.85
2016 YTD return: -28.2%

19. Gilead Sciences
Ticker: GILD
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $72.17
2016 YTD return: -28.1%

20. Coty
Ticker: COTY
Sector: Consumer Staples
Stock price: $18.44
2016 YTD return: -27.9%

21. Hanesbrands
Ticker: HBI
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Stock price: $21.56
2016 YTD return: -26.8%

22. Pitney Bowes
Ticker: PBI
Sector: Industrials
Stock price: $15.34
2016 YTD return: -25.9%

23. AmerisourceBergen
Ticker: ABC
Sector: Health Care
Stock price: $79.5
2016 YTD return: -24.5%

24. Signet Jewellers
Ticker: SIG
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Stock price: $93.59
2016 YTD return: -24.2%

25. Equity Residential
Ticker: EQR
Sector: Real Estate
Stock price: $63.72
2016 YTD return: -22.9%

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