These were our 4 best and 4 worst portfolio stocks in the first quarter

News Snapshot:

It was a great first quarter of the year for stocks. The S & P 500 jumped 10.16% over the first three months and notched a series of all-time highs, including in Thursday's session. It marked the index's best first quarter in half a decade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq also had strong performances and hit records during the quarter. The blue-chip Dow finished Thursday at a fresh peak, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq's most recent record came on March 22. Markets have been buoyed by strong U.S. economic data , and investor excitement around artificial intelligence continued to...