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The Motley Fool's April 2026 crash picks trail the S&P 500 by 0.4 points after 6 months
Article published Apr 3, 2026 · 224 days ago
Source article by Parkev Tatevosian, CFA, The Motley Fool
Updated September 30, 2026
6 Months Later — Sep 30, 2026
How are The Motley Fool's April 2026 stock picks performing after 6 months?
The Motley Fool's 15 stock picks from April 2026 have returned an average of 15.9% over six months, just shy of the S&P 500's 16.3% gain over the same period. Seven of the fifteen selections are currently outperforming the index.
One pick is carrying most of the portfolio's weight. Micron Technology (MU) has surged 190.8% since the article published, far outpacing every other recommendation. Without that outlier, the remaining fourteen picks would be trailing the market by a wider margin.
The article was titled as a "stock markets crashing" buying opportunity in April 2026. At the six-month mark, the overall portfolio is roughly matching the index rather than meaningfully beating it, though MU's performance shows at least one of the calls captured significant upside during what the author framed as a market downturn.
3 Months Later — Jul 2, 2026
How are The Motley Fool's April 2026 stock crash picks performing after three months?
The Motley Fool's 15 stock picks from an April 2026 market crash article have returned 14.7% over three months. That edges the S&P 500's 13.6% return over the same window by 1.1 percentage points.
Six of the 15 picks are currently outperforming the index. One stock — Micron Technology (MU) — accounts for most of the portfolio's outperformance, posting a 166.4% gain since publication. The remaining picks show a wide range of outcomes, with some trailing the market.
The slim lead suggests the broader portfolio is performing roughly in line with the index. Strip out the top performer, and the average return would fall well below the S&P 500. Whether the group sustains this edge depends on how the other 14 picks develop over time.
3 Days Later — Apr 6, 2026
How are The Motley Fool's April 2026 stock crash picks performing?
The Motley Fool's 15 picks from early April are dead even with the S&P 500 three days in, both returning +0.5%. The article pitched these as top-ranked buys during a market crash.
Six of the 15 stocks are ahead of the market so far. Micron Technology leads the group at +3.1%, while the other nine trail the index in these first days.
This is an extremely early read—three trading days tells us almost nothing about how a crash-buying strategy will actually play out. The Fool's premise was that these stocks were strong long-term buys at depressed prices, a thesis that takes months or years to test, not 72 hours.
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