How Q1's High-Fliers Are Doing

By The Mays Report: By G C Mays A couple of weeks ago I looked at the top 3 stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average, ranked by year-to-date stock price performance. Now it's time to look at those stocks that have not only failed to keep pace with the broader market, but which have dramatically underperformed it. The list below represents the 3 worst-performing stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average year-to-date.

By Muhammad Bazil:Anyone who took the initiative to invest in Bank of America (BAC) at the beginning of the 2012 fiscal deserves a serious round of applause.

By Pragmatic Bear:This past week was one of the most volatile in the market's history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) had four consecutive days of 400+ point swings for the first time in its history. With this unpredictable nature in mind, I will be taking a look at some large-cap dividend stocks with market caps greater than 100 billion.

By Interactive Brokers: BAC - Bank of America Corp. - Trading traffic in Bank of America calls this morning suggests some options players are looking for shares in the name to continue to climb this week. BAC is the strongest performer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average today, with shares up nearly 3% during the first half of the session to $10.89, the highest level since July 2011.

By Interactive Brokers: BAC - Bank of America Corp. - Bank of America is one of the best performers in the Dow Jones Industrial Average this morning, with shares trading up 3.8% on the session to $10.28, the highest level since July 2011. Heavy call buying across multiple near-term expiries indicates some options traders are positioning for shares in the name to extend gains through year end.

By Markos Kaminis (Wall St. Greek): Halfway through the baseball season, the major leagues take a breather to celebrate their best players. So we thought we would take a moment to assess the best stocks of the first half of 2012.

By Kapitall:Do you like to invest with a stock's momentum trends? For ideas on how to start your own search, we ran a screen. We began with large-cap stocks, with market caps above $10 billion, and screened for those with upward momentum, rallying above their 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day moving averages. We then screened for those with the highest net institutional purchases over the current quarter, indicating smart money bullishness.

By David Alton Clark:In this article, we will discuss the best performing Dow Blue Chip stocks so far in 2011. According to the New York Stock Exchange, a blue chip is a stock in a corporation with a national reputation for quality, reliability and the ability to operate profitably in good times and bad. The most popular index that follows U.S. blue chips is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).