The Tech Industry's 2 Biggest Surprise Winners of 2016 -- The Motley Fool

After a soft start to 2016, the Nasdaq Composite rallied strongly from mid-February through the year's end, finishing with a slightly above-average 9.8% gain. However, 2016 was anything but average for two large-cap tech companies whose shares dramatically outperformed the market averages on the year. Moving large-cap stocks like these requires an impressive catalyst. So let's examine what triggered the rallies in NVIDIA and Computer Sciences shares in 2016 and consider how investors should think about their shares in 2017 and beyond. Investors continued to awaken to NVIDIA's enviable long-term growth potential in 2016, continuing the extended rally in its shares.