What was the only top ten buy-rated FTSE stock to make a positive return in 2018?

Leading analysts failed to identify the winners and losers

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Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, looks at how the FTSE 100 stocks most rated a 'buy' or 'sell' last year performed in 2018 and the analyst ratings for 2019.

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