These capital markets names on Josh Brown's list have been big winners. Where they're going next

Cnbc · May 11, 2026 · 1642 words · By Josh Brown; Sean Russo; Joshua Brown

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(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — Even in a sector that sits as the second-worst performer year to date, there are still winning stocks worth riding.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Over five years, GS has seen annualized returns of 23%”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 2: “In Q1, commission revenue grew 19% to $613 million”

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Three independent sources (Benzinga, Parameter, and a report on Robinhood vs IBKR) all explicitly state that Interactive Brokers' Q1 commission revenue grew 19% to $613 million.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Do-it-yourself (DIY) investing, self-directed investing or self-managed investing is an investment approach where the investor chooses to build and manage their own investment portfolio instead of hir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do-it-yourself_investing

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail investors. An IPO is typically underwr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Interactive Brokers, Inc. (abbreviated as IB or IBKR) is an American multinational brokerage firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. It operates the largest electronic trading platform in the Un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Brokers

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Claim 3: “The two best-performing stocks in the financial sector happen to be heavily tied to these explosive trading volumes: Cboe Global Markets and Interactive Brokers .”

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While Cboe and Interactive Brokers are identified as financial companies in the evidence, there is no data in the provided results confirming they are the 'two best-performing stocks' in the sector.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Moomoo is a global investment and trading platform, owned by Futu, a Hong Kong-headquartered holding company. Founded in 2018, Moomoo has expanded its operations to, Australia; Japan; Canada; Malaysia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomoo_(company)

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Claim 4: “client accounts up 31% year on year to 4.75 million and daily trades up 24%.”

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The search results for this claim only returned dictionary definitions of 'interactive' and a general home page for IBKR, with no mention of client account numbers or trade percentages.

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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of INTERACTIVE is mutually or reciprocally active. How to use interactive in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interactive

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web search NEUTRAL — Interactive Brokers LLC provides access to ForecastEx forecast contracts for eligible customers. Interactive Brokers LLC does not make recommendations with respect to any products available on its pla…
https://www.interactivebrokers.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Communicating & keeping in touch (Definition of interactive from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/interact…

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Claim 5: “74% of revenues coming from Global Banking & Markets — a segment driven by M & A activity, capital markets volumes, and trading.”

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Claim 6: “Its most valuable product is index options (like SPX and VIX options), where it controls roughly 98% of the market”

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Wikipedia and web results confirm Cboe operates index options (SPX, VIX), but none of the provided evidence mentions a specific market share of 98%.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A binary option is a financial exotic option in which the payoff is either some fixed monetary amount or nothing at all. The two main types of binary options are the cash-or-nothing binary option and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_option

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (formerly CBOE Holdings) is an American financial exchange operator headquartered in Chicago. It owns and operates a portfolio of exchanges and trading venues across equities…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cboe_Global_Markets

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Notable stock market indices include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stock_market_indices

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Claim 7: “Goldman closed Friday at $936”

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Claim 8: “It's up 71% the past year, trouncing the largest banks out there.”

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Claim 9: “the S & P financials sector is down 5% this year”

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The provided web search results discuss the NZX consumer durables sector and Irish dairy, but do not provide data on the S&P Financials sector's year-to-date performance.

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web search NEUTRAL — The NZX consumer durables sector has posted 0% returns year-to-date in 2025, underperforming even the broader Consumer Discretionary sector, which is down 7.0%.
https://www.ainvest.com/news/sector-divergence-nzx-contrasti…

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web search NEUTRAL — Yahoo Finance's list of the most active stocks today, includes share price changes, trading volume, intraday highs and lows, and day charts.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/most-active/

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web search NEUTRAL — The 2025 financial year will be remembered across the Irish dairy sector as one defined by a tale of two halves. A strong first half - thanks to solid markets, favourable weather conditions and record…
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/how-the-irish-dairy-sec…

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Claim 10: “As of May 11, there are 185 names on The Best Stocks in the Market list.”

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The search results for 'Best Stocks in the Market list' returned generic definitions of 'best' and retail store results (Best Buy), but no specific financial list containing 185 names as of May 11.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NIFTY 500 is an Indian broad-based stock market index of the companies listed in the National Stock Exchange. It contains top 500 listed companies on the NSE. The NIFTY 500 index represents about …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIFTY_500

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks (also called as shares), which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include securities …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market

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Claim 11: “$3.65 trillion in assets generates management fees”

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Claim 12: “In the first quarter of this year, CBOE reported record revenues up 29% year over year and record EPS up 48% year over year.”

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The claim states record revenues up 29% and EPS up 48%. However, the TipRanks evidence specifically reports record net revenue of $605.5 million (a 14% increase) and record adjusted diluted EPS of $2.67 (a 20% increase), directly contradicting the percentages in the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of abbreviations used in a business or financial context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The COVID-19 recession was a global economic recession caused by COVID-19 lockdowns. The recession began in most countries in February 2020. After a year of global economic slowdown that saw stagnatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_recession

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web search NEUTRAL — Cboe Global Markets reported record net revenue of $605.5 million, marking a 14% increase from the previous year. The company also achieved a record adjusted diluted EPS of $2.67, reflecting a 20% yea…
https://www.tipranks.com/news/company-announcements/cboe-glo…

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Claim 13: “financials were down 5% YTD, making it the second-worst sector and one of four sectors underperforming the index.”

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The evidence provided contains a TradingView chart link and a Final Fantasy 7 guide, but no actual data regarding the S&P financials sector's rank or performance relative to the index.

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web search NEUTRAL — View live Dow Jones Industrial Average Index chart to track latest index dynamics. DJ:DJI ideas, forecasts and market news are at your disposal as well.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/DJ-DJI/

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web search NEUTRAL — In this video, I am going to show you how you can reach this shiny purple materia by the time you get to chapter 6 in Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D50CemRuWXs

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web search NEUTRAL — The best-performing stocks of 2026 have led the S&P 500 to new all-time highs.Here are the 10 best-performing stocks of 2026 among companies that trade on major U.S. exchanges and have market capitali…
https://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/best-performing-…

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Claim 14: “Deutsche Bank has their price target [at $1,000]”

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