Four technology companies including Apple and Google blasted a U.S. judge for rejecting a proposed $324.5 million settlement over hiring practices in Silicon Valley and asked an appeals court to intervene, according to a court filing.

The Large Cap Growth style ranks fourth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my Style Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 24 ETFs and 655 mutual funds in the Large Cap Growth style as of July 24, 2014.

September E-mini S&Ps (ESU14 +0.04%) this morning are up +0.01% and European stocks are up +0.22% as the markets await the latest monetary policy decision from the FOMC.

The highest scoring names in large cap from 1 year ago (2/26/2013) returned 263 bps more than the S&P 500. The best performers are GILD up 95%, PCLN up 94%, MYL up 83%, YHOO up 80%, TMO up 69%, and XEC up 69%.

In the 3-months ending April, ILMN has posted gains in 7 of the past 10 years, generating a 10.35% average return and a 8.19% median return. In the 3-months ending April, ADBE posted gains in 9 of the past 10 years, generating a 10% average return and a 6.84% median return.