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Investing.com -- As the S&P 500 continued to push forward on its streak of all-time highs in August, staying allocated on the same winners from the beginning of the year just wasn’t enough for those looking for above-average returns.
In fact, as the Mag 7 moved in line with the market (gaining an average of 3.5% during the month), InvestingPro members who followed our exclusive list of AI-picked stocks had their best month of the year yet, banking a massive average return of 12.3% with an 85% hit rate.
With fantastic winners such as ViaSat Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT): +94.99% in the month ALONE; Sapiens: +60.37% in the month ALONE; and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH): +30.32% in the month ALONE - among many others—the full list of picks is now up +130.22% since launch - that’s a jaw-dropping 91.88% outperformance over the S&P 500 during the same period.
*These are real-world gains, not backtested or fictional results.
But if you missed the list of picks for August, here’s the good news: A new list of picks for September is OUT NOW as of this writing.
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ProPicks AI doesn’t only offer US stock picks. As a matter of fact, the returns of our non-US selection of picks since their official launch this year is arguably even better. See below:
- 390 stocks recorded an average gain of +7.71%
- This corresponds to a hit rate of 63.41%
- Not only are the winners in the majority, but they also outperform the losers by 78.11%
- 90% of the strategies are in the green.
- 91 stocks show a profit of over 10%—an average of 17.8%.
- The best strategy gained 11.8% in August ALONE.
Amongst the highlights, our AI has picked names such as:
- Thyssenkrupp (OTC:TYEKF) (ETR:TKAG): 148.10% (While in the AI-powered list of picks from January to April 2025, UP +33.62% after being added again in July)
- ABL Bio (KQ:298380) (Korea): 121.3% (While in the AI-powered list of picks from January to June 2025)
- Colab Cloud Platforms (BO:COLA) (India): 111.8% (While in the AI-powered list of picks from March to May 2025)
- Indra Sistemas (OTC:ISMAY) (BME:IDR) (Spain): +100.29% since picked in January.
All rallying more than 100% since the start of the year.
And that’s not all, 75% of the composed strategies for non-US stocks are also beating their respective benchmarks by a wide margins. See below:
- Italian Growth Stars: +34.26% since launch this year, beating the benchmark by 10.62%
- Korean Value Bargain Stocks: +37.50%% since launch this year, beating the benchmark by 6.52%
- Industrial Champions Germany: +39.74% since launch this year, beating the benchmark by 19.27%
- Cheap Brazilian Stocks: +32.45% since launch this year, beating its respective benchmark by 12.60%
- Spanish Market Leaders: +41.23% since launch this year, beating the benchmark by 13.96%
The outperformance continues even in markets where the benchmark has delivered negative returns over the year, including countries like India and Saudi Arabia. Case in point:
- Bharat Small Cap Gems: +8.68% this year, beating the benchmark by 16.48%
- TASI Superstars: +0.97% this year, beating the benchmark by 12.64%
Here’s how the AI stock-picking technology works
At the start of each month, our AI refreshes each strategy with up to 20 stock picks. These selections are based on a blend of more than 150 well-established financial models compiled by our machine learning model on over 15 years of financial data worldwide.
Some stocks are added, others retained, and a few are removed, reflecting how the model reassesses each company’s medium-term growth potential.
To track performance, each strategy uses equal weighting across all selected stocks. While you’re not required to follow that weighting exactly, it offers a consistent benchmark to evaluate how well the model identifies opportunities across the board.
At the end of the day, stock picking is still a game of probabilities. But the key isn’t just finding winners — it’s knowing when to move on from the ones that no longer stack up.
Since launch, the model has done just that — delivering more than a few standout success stories along the way.
As a matter of fact, our backtest suggests that going the long run is the surest path to long-term wealth generation.
Check out the 12-year outperformance of Tech Titans over the S&P 500 below:
This means a $100K principal in our strategy would have turned into an eye-popping $2,420,100.
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