Best investing year ever? | Tesla shorts burned for $1 billion | Twitter plunge

Investors could get a decent return almost anywhere they put their money this year.

VIEW IN BROWSER | SUBSCRIBE THU, OCT 24, 2019 EVENING BRIEF AS OF THU, OCT 24, 2019 • 04:01 ET DJIA 26805.06 -0.11% -28.89 S&P 500 3010.15 +0.19% +5.63 NASDAQ 8185.80 +0.81% +66.00   Most Active DOW NAME LAST CHG %CHG MSFT 139.94 +2.70 +1.97% INTC 52.23 +0.51 +0.99% CSCO 46.41 -0.64 -1.36% S&P 500 NAME LAST CHG %CHG F 8.60 -0.61 -6.62% TWTR 30.73 -8.10 -20.86% MSFT 139.94 +2.70 +1.97% NASDAQ NAME LAST CHG %CHG MSFT 139.94 +2.70 +1.97% TSLA 299.68 +45.00 +17.67% AMD 31.72 +0.36 +1.15% EDITOR'S NOTE Take a moment to put your financial worries aside and consider that 2019 is turning out to be a year for investors to score no matter where they put their money.   Stocks? The S&P 500 is up nearly 22%. Gold? Up more than 16%. Oil? It's up 17.8% Treasurys? Up more than 9%.   Only 75 stocks in the S&P 500 were down for the year, as of Wednesday, writes CNBC's Fred Imbert. And 361 were up 10% or more.   This could be the first year that all four asset classes - stocks, bonds, gold and oil - post gains as high as 10% or more, according to LPL Financial.     The proverbial wall of worry that markets climb has had a lot of bricks in 2019, including a trade war with China, a manufacturing recession, an inverted yield curve, negative interest rates, oil field attacks and even some perceived bumbling by the Federal Reserve.   Stocks were little changed yet again on Thursday as investors digested more earnings reports, but they are holding steady near record highs.   Still, it hasn't been a great year for everyone. Renowned stock picker Jeffrey Vinik told CNBC that he is closing his hedge fund because his investment strategy has fallen out of favor. Much of the market has moved to passive strategies using exchange-traded funds and quantitative investing based on data.   Who needs a stock picker when the market is going up for nearly everyone?     Navigating the world of financial products such as credit cards can be confusing. That's why we launched CNBC Select where we simplify the process by crunching the numbers, reviewing dozens of offers and providing you with all the information you need in one place. Click here to learn more. Al Lewis | CNBC Markets Editor @tellittoal TOP NEWS  The Dow is still caught in the earnings season churn US does not want to 'decouple' from China, Vice President Mike Pence says as trade talks intensify Shorts betting against Tesla lose more than $1 billion in single day as stock surges Twitter stock plunges as company blames ad targeting problems for earnings miss Goldman Sachs predicts the Fed will make two big changes next week UK PM Boris Johnson says he wants December 12 general election Fintech's fast pass to traditional banking is now cut off It will take 100 years for women to earn the same as men at this rate 'Flight shaming' is gaining traction and it could cost airlines billions, says Citi Vice President Mike Pence says 'NBA is acting like a wholly owned subsidiary' of China's Communist Party, also blasts Nike     TOP VIDEO PayPal CFO: We've talked about the death of cash for years and 'it's here'   CNBC PRO Here's what every major Wall Street analyst is saying about Tesla's surprisingly good quarter   SPECIAL REPORTS Tesla is having its best day in 6 years—here's what Cramer and other experts are saying Boeing is 'not out of the woods' and is much riskier than Caterpillar, trader says   Unsubscribe Manage Newsletters Terms of Service Join the CNBC Panel Digital Products Feedback Privacy Policy   © 2019 CNBC LLC. All rights reserved. A property of NBCUniversal. 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes and Market Data and Analysis. Data also provided by THOMSON REUTERS