It shows how Cramer did on his stock that he went in-depth on in the beginning of 2010 compared to the overall market. The strategy represented beat the market by about 4%.

Gone are the days of buy-and-hold investing. Stock picking was the strategy for the past decade, and these 10 companies were the best performers in the S&P 500.

Intuitive Surgical
Stock picking trumped buy-and-hold over the past decade, reversing the reigning investment strategy that encouraged investors to pile into passively managed index funds.