The Thanksgiving week is a feast for stock investors even with low volumes and a holiday-shortened week. And this year Thanksgiving comes with a big bang as the Wall Street has scaled another record high approaching this major U.S. holiday.

In particular, the S&P 500 index topped the milestone of 2,600 for the first time, representing the second-fastest 100-point journey in 67 days after the 50 days it took to go from 1,000 to 1,100 in 1998. With this, the S&P 500 is poised for the best year since 2013, rising 16% in the year-to-date time frame. Notably, tech stocks have been the big contributor to the market’s rally this year.

According to research firm Bespoke, the average returns of the S&P 500 have been 0.6% during Thanksgiving week since 1945. Also, the week has seen positive returns 75% of the time. In the years when the market is already up 10% or more, the Thanksgiving week was even stronger, gaining nearly 0.8% on average.

Encouraging domestic and international fundamentals as well as better-than-expected corporate earnings have been the major catalyst for the bull run. Americans have an optimistic view of the economy with confidence hitting the highest level in almost 17 years. Additionally, the passage of the tax bill by the House Republicans has led to increased confidence ahead of Thanksgiving. There is a higher probability that the biggest U.S. tax overhaul in three decades will come by the end of this year or early next year that will continue to keep the bullish trend alive.

Moreover, holiday optimism is pushing the stocks higher. While there have been winners in every corner of the space, a few ETFs & stocks have easily crushed the broad market in the year-to-date period. Below, we have presented a bunch of those that deserve special thanks and will continue to outperform in the coming months given that these have potentially superior weighting methodologies and a solid Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy).

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