10 Companies That Prove Stock Picking Is Still Alive

BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Many individual investors have made it clear they're no longer interested in stocks, as they're stampeding out of the market directly or via mutual fund redemptions in favor of the relative safety of U.S. bonds.

But that may be short-sighted, because for those willing to do homework and take on some risk, the rewards are there.

With a conservative bent in mind, I screened Morningstar's database for the 10 top-performing U.S. stocks this year with a three-year track record of relatively steady appreciation belonging to companies with market values of at least $10 billion and solid fundamentals.

Their returns this year range from the 57% of corporate information-data-services provider Teradata(TDC) , to 149% for drug designer and manufacturer Regeneron Pharmaceuticals(REGN) . Four of the 10 have more than doubled this year.