Five tips for picking winning stocks By: MarketWatch February 17, 2011 at 00:01 AM EST The stock market has been performing well lately. Here are five tips to pick the right stocks, even in a challenging market like this one, writes Jeff Reeves. Read More >> Related Stocks: Alcoa American International Group Apple Bank of America Caterpillar Cisco Systems Coca-Cola Company General Motors Google, Inc. International Business Machines McDonald's Corp Netflix Standard & Poors 500 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.