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TD Ameritrade Holding's monthly look at its retail clients’ trading reveals which stocks and ETFs its clients — approximately 6 million average investors — are buying and selling. Here we see which names retail investors bought most over the course of 2013.

1. Apple (AAPL)
2013 Total Return: 2.2%
Apple was the most actively traded stock every month of 2013.

2. SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)
2013 Total Return: 32%

3. Facebook (FB)
2013 Total Return: 105%
Facebook was new to the top 20 in 2013.

4. Tesla (TSLA)
2013 Total Retun: 344%
Tesla was new to the top 20 in 2013.

5. Netflix (NFLX)
2013 Total Return: 298%

6. SPX
2013 Total Return: 30%

7. Google (GOOG)
2013 Total Return: 58%

8. Russell 2000 (RUT)
2013 Total Return: 37%

9. Bank of America (BAC)
2013 Total Return: 35%

10. Amazon.com (AMZN)
2013 Total Return: 59%



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