Posted on Wednesday, 27th January 2010 by admin
After most investors got burnt by the 2008 credit crunch, we ran into one of the best performing years in term of return in 2009. Below is listed the best performing stocks of the S&P 500 over 2009.
There were a few surprises such as Ford (312%) who was able to get out of the car industry bad reputation and survive they way through way better than its competitors Chrysler and GM. American Express (117%), Goldman Sachs (101%) and Morgan Stanley (85%) were the financials who performed the best in 2009. While several financials are still struggling (have you seen the recent loss reported by CITI Bank?), they knew how to restructure their activities and react rapidly.
Top S&P 500 Stock Picks in 2009
Ticker Name Last Price Return 1Y
XL UN Equity XL Capital Ltd 18.57 400.6%
THC UN Equity Tenet Healthcare Corp 5.46 329.9%
GNW UN Equity Genworth Financial Inc 12 319.6%
AMD UN Equity Advanced Micro Devices Inc 9.86 314.3%
F UN Equity Ford Motor Co 10.14 312.2%
WDC UN Equity Western Digital Corp 45.52 269.0%
CBG UN Equity CB Richard Ellis Group Inc 13.97 211.8%
FCX UN Equity Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc 83.37 211.6%
EXPE UW Equity Expedia Inc 25.84 194.1%
PCLN UW Equity priceline.com Inc 224.69 192.2%
PXD UN Equity Pioneer Natural Resources Co 50.83 182.6%
WFMI UW Equity Whole Foods Market Inc 27.83 181.2%
MEE UN Equity Massey Energy Co 44.32 177.0%
WYN UN Equity Wyndham Worldwide Corp 20.42 175.2%
SNDK UW Equity SanDisk Corp 30.05 171.2%
JWN UN Equity Nordstrom Inc 38.06 169.4%
MWV UN Equity MeadWestvaco Corp 28.98 167.3%
JBL UN Equity Jabil Circuit Inc 17.65 157.5%
AMZN UW Equity Amazon.com Inc 134.09 146.7%
CTSH UW Equity Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp 46.55 143.5%
TER UN Equity Teradyne Inc 11.04 136.4%
SBUX UW Equity Starbucks Corp 23.16 135.4%
FTI UN Equity FMC Technologies Inc 59.59 135.3%
AAPL UW Equity Apple Inc 213.17 135.0%
NTAP UW Equity NetApp Inc 34.49 133.5%
ISRG UW Equity Intuitive Surgical Inc 307.92 132.6%
IP UN Equity International Paper Co 27.2 127.5%
AKS UN Equity AK Steel Holding Corp 22.74 126.2%
GT UN Equity Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co/The 14.63 124.7%
RHT UN Equity Red Hat Inc 31.27 123.4%
JAVA UW Equity Sun Microsystems Inc 9.37 122.0%
CRM UN Equity Salesforce.com Inc 75.06 120.7%
AXP UN Equity American Express Co 40.65 117.6%
LIFE UW Equity Life Technologies Corp 51.95 114.6%
NVDA UW Equity NVIDIA Corp 18.45 111.8%
JDSU UW Equity JDS Uniphase Corp 8.42 104.1%
CI UN Equity CIGNA Corp 35.85 102.1%
SHLD UW Equity Sears Holdings Corp 83.83 102.0%
GS UN Equity Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 172.4 101.0%
GLW UN Equity Corning Inc 19.63 98.4%
BIG UN Equity Big Lots Inc 28.78 97.9%
CAM UN Equity Cameron International Corp 43.45 97.0%
S UN Equity Sprint Nextel Corp 3.83 96.4%
HAR UN Equity Harman International Industries Inc 35.68 96.2%
WHR UN Equity Whirlpool Corp 81.84 95.4%
EMN UN Equity Eastman Chemical Co 61.65 95.3%
GOOG UW Equity Google Inc 626.6 95.1%
A UN Equity Agilent Technologies Inc 31.62 94.6%
TDC UN Equity Teradata Corp 30.89 93.9%
DOW UN Equity Dow Chemical Co/The 28.68 93.3%
BTU UN Equity Peabody Energy Corp 47.83 92.4%
LTD UN Equity Ltd Brands Inc 19.72 92.2%
ODP UN Equity Office Depot Inc 6.59 88.3%
GCI UN Equity Gannett Co Inc 15.49 86.4%
MYL UW Equity Mylan Inc/PA 18.66 86.1%
HSP UN Equity Hospira Inc 50.96 85.4%
MS UN Equity Morgan Stanley 30.89 85.2%
BRCM UW Equity Broadcom Corp 32.36 84.1%
MDP UN Equity Meredith Corp 30.95 82.8%
NVLS UW Equity Novellus Systems Inc 23.65 82.5%
AN UN Equity AutoNation Inc 19.31 81.5%
APH UN Equity Amphenol Corp 46.04 81.1%
FLS UN Equity Flowserve Corp 97.03 78.9%
ATI UN Equity Allegheny Technologies Inc 47.19 78.6%
TIF UN Equity Tiffany & Co 44.27 77.5%
HOT UN Equity Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc 36.65 77.2%
DO UN Equity Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc 100.99 76.9%
CCE UN Equity Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc 21.4 76.5%
PCP UN Equity Precision Castparts Corp 111.48 76.1%
SNI UN Equity Scripps Networks Interactive Inc 41.33 75.9%
CTXS UW Equity Citrix Systems Inc 42.74 75.5%
NOV UN Equity National Oilwell Varco Inc 45.77 75.0%
IPG UN Equity Interpublic Group of Cos Inc 7.42 73.8%
DPS UN Equity Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc 28.61 73.8%
LSI UN Equity LSI Corp 6.2 73.4%
NBR UN Equity Nabors Industries Ltd 22.99 73.2%
CF UN Equity CF Industries Holdings Inc 92.09 72.7%
MA UN Equity Mastercard Inc 257.6 72.6%
RL UN Equity Polo Ralph Lauren Corp 81.07 71.7%
TJX UN Equity TJX Cos Inc 36.31 71.2%
MOT UN Equity Motorola Inc 7.97 71.1%
KLAC UW Equity KLA-Tencor Corp 37.22 69.6%
PRU UN Equity Prudential Financial Inc 51.4 69.5%
PBG UN Equity Pepsi Bottling Group Inc 37.69 69.3%
GR UN Equity Goodrich Corp 65.81 69.3%
ADI UN Equity Analog Devices Inc 32.04 68.3%
BEN UN Equity Franklin Resources Inc 107.67 68.0%
AMP UN Equity Ameriprise Financial Inc 39.23 67.7%
NYT UN Equity New York Times Co/The 12.65 66.8%
V UN Equity Visa Inc 88.5 66.6%
CLF UN Equity Cliffs Natural Resources Inc 48.7 66.6%
COH UN Equity Coach Inc 36.36 66.5%
TXN UN Equity Texas Instruments Inc 26.1 66.5%
CNX UN Equity Consol Energy Inc 52.89 66.5%
COG UN Equity Cabot Oil & Gas Corp 45.5 66.2%
FII UN Equity Federated Investors Inc 27.75 65.6%
SPG UN Equity Simon Property Group Inc 80.5 64.9%
AKAM UW Equity Akamai Technologies Inc 25.86 64.3%
CME UW Equity CME Group Inc 342.75 64.1%
EMC UN Equity EMC Corp/Massachusetts 17.82 64.1%
CMI UN Equity Cummins Inc 46.98 64.0%
MCK UN Equity McKesson Corp 63.17 63.4%
CBS UN Equity CBS Corp 14.1 63.0%
EBAY UW Equity eBay Inc 23.81 62.3%
RSH UN Equity RadioShack Corp 19.95 62.3%
WAT UN Equity Waters Corp 61.78 62.1%
CVH UN Equity Coventry Health Care Inc 24.75 61.8%
ADBE UW Equity Adobe Systems Inc 37.21 61.7%
SWN UN Equity Southwestern Energy Co 50.25 61.7%
CHK UN Equity Chesapeake Energy Corp 27.53 61.7%
HAL UN Equity Halliburton Co 30.85 61.2%
APD UN Equity Air Products & Chemicals Inc 83.04 60.7%
APC UN Equity Anadarko Petroleum Corp 64.49 60.0%
IVZ UN Equity Invesco Ltd 23.38 60.0%
M UN Equity Macy's Inc 17.25 59.7%
TWC UN Equity Time Warner Cable Inc 42.27 59.3%
MCHP UW Equity Microchip Technology Inc 29.38 59.2%
AES UN Equity AES Corp/The 13.63 57.8%
HST UN Equity Host Hotels & Resorts Inc 11.91 57.6%
CMS UN Equity CMS Energy Corp 15.81 57.5%
CSC UN Equity Computer Sciences Corp 57.97 56.3%
MSFT UW Equity Microsoft Corp 30.99 56.1%
BDK UN Equity Black & Decker Corp 66.5 56.1%
DFS UN Equity Discover Financial Services 14.69 55.6%
LO UN Equity Lorillard Inc 81.15 55.3%
ESRX UW Equity Express Scripts Inc 88.01 55.2%
TROW UW Equity T Rowe Price Group Inc 54.99 55.0%
BJS UN Equity BJ Services Co 19 55.0%
IBM UN Equity International Business Machines Corp 132.43 54.6%
IGT UN Equity International Game Technology 19.43 54.4%
SWK UN Equity Stanley Works/The 52.77 54.3%
JNS UN Equity Janus Capital Group Inc 13.7 53.8%
WPI UN Equity Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc 40.22 52.9%
DHI UN Equity DR Horton Inc 11.05 52.9%
VIA/B UN Equity Viacom Inc 30.12 52.6%
AGN UN Equity Allergan Inc/United States 63.02 52.5%
MHS UN Equity Medco Health Solutions Inc 64.87 51.8%
ABC UN Equity AmerisourceBergen Corp 26.64 51.5%
NI UN Equity NiSource Inc 15.63 51.4%
GPS UN Equity Gap Inc/The 20.65 50.5%
NWL UN Equity Newell Rubbermaid Inc 15.37 50.4%
EL UN Equity Estee Lauder Cos Inc/The 48.44 50.0%
MOLX UW Equity Molex Inc 21.89 49.6%
PDCO UW Equity Patterson Cos Inc 28.96 49.1%
X UN Equity United States Steel Corp 58.12 49.1%
SLB UN Equity Schlumberger Ltd 66.89 48.9%
BBBY UW Equity Bed Bath & Beyond Inc 39.44 48.9%
SEE UN Equity Sealed Air Corp 22 48.4%
ANF UN Equity Abercrombie & Fitch Co 35.2 48.0%
WAG UN Equity Walgreen Co 37.17 47.8%
NWSA UW Equity News Corp 14.02 47.2%
AVB UN Equity AvalonBay Communities Inc 82.78 47.2%
JCI UN Equity Johnson Controls Inc 27.6 47.2%
SJM UN Equity JM Smucker Co/The 61.86 46.5%
VTR UN Equity Ventas Inc 43.8 46.3%
PKI UN Equity PerkinElmer Inc 20.35 46.2%
WMB UN Equity Williams Cos Inc/The 21.58 45.8%
CSCO UW Equity Cisco Systems Inc 24.69 45.8%
ROK UN Equity Rockwell Automation Inc/DE 47.88 45.6%
CMA UN Equity Comerica Inc 30.19 45.4%
MMM UN Equity 3M Co 83.25 45.4%
NSM UN Equity National Semiconductor Corp 15.33 45.2%
CSX UN Equity CSX Corp 48.97 45.2%
PPG UN Equity PPG Industries Inc 60.26 44.9%
KSS UN Equity Kohl's Corp 54.24 44.4%
AMT UN Equity American Tower Corp 43.59 44.4%
RAI UN Equity Reynolds American Inc 53.4 43.7%
XLNX UW Equity Xilinx Inc 25.58 43.5%
CAG UN Equity ConAgra Foods Inc 23.13 43.3%
HPQ UN Equity Hewlett-Packard Co 52.26 43.3%
ZMH UN Equity Zimmer Holdings Inc 59.84 43.3%
AIV UN Equity Apartment Investment & Management Co 16.04 42.9%
EOG UN Equity EOG Resources Inc 99.62 42.7%
INTC UW Equity Intel Corp 20.97 42.7%
TGT UN Equity Target Corp 48.57 42.6%
OMC UN Equity Omnicom Group Inc 39.55 42.5%
CTL UN Equity CenturyTel Inc 36.93 42.3%
HOG UN Equity Harley-Davidson Inc 25.55 42.2%
LEN UN Equity Lennar Corp 12.83 42.1%
COL UN Equity Rockwell Collins Inc 56.59 41.9%
NBL UN Equity Noble Energy Inc 73.35 41.8%
HIG UN Equity Hartford Financial Services Group Inc 23.87 41.7%
RRC UN Equity Range Resources Corp 52.36 41.6%
AA UN Equity Alcoa Inc 16.67 41.6%
BBY UN Equity Best Buy Co Inc 40.44 41.5%
WY UN Equity Weyerhaeuser Co 44.26 41.4%
TIE UN Equity Titanium Metals Corp 13.09 41.4%
MHP UN Equity McGraw-Hill Cos Inc/The 33.64 41.2%
MWW UN Equity Monster Worldwide Inc 17.77 41.1%
IFF UN Equity International Flavors & Fragrances Inc 41.89 40.9%
LLTC UW Equity Linear Technology Corp 30.95 40.7%
CEG UN Equity Constellation Energy Group Inc 35.02 40.5%
LEG UN Equity Leggett & Platt Inc 20.64 40.4%
MO UN Equity Altria Group Inc 19.8 40.2%
MAR UN Equity Marriott International Inc/DE 27.67 40.0%
DTV UW Equity DIRECTV 33.81 39.8%
FIS UN Equity Fidelity National Information Services I 23.6 39.7%
ETFC UW Equity E*Trade Financial Corp 1.83 39.7%
ROST UW Equity Ross Stores Inc 42.38 39.2%
DD UN Equity EI du Pont de Nemours & Co 34.35 39.0%
WYNN UW Equity Wynn Resorts Ltd 62.17 38.9%
DE UN Equity Deere & Co 55.96 38.4%
AMAT UW Equity Applied Materials Inc 14.45 38.2%
RDC UN Equity Rowan Cos Inc 23.84 38.2%
QLGC UW Equity QLogic Corp 18.96 37.9%
TWX UN Equity Time Warner Inc 29.31 37.4%
ITW UN Equity Illinois Tool Works Inc 48.8 37.3%
ALTR UW Equity Altera Corp 23.19 37.2%
MIL UN Equity Millipore Corp 72.12 37.1%
ORCL UW Equity Oracle Corp 25.05 37.0%
TE UN Equity TECO Energy Inc 16.34 37.0%
MDT UN Equity Medtronic Inc 43.88 37.0%
LM UN Equity Legg Mason Inc 30.36 36.6%
JCP UN Equity JC Penney Co Inc 27.1 36.4%
OXY UN Equity Occidental Petroleum Corp 83.1 36.3%
JPM UN Equity JPMorgan Chase & Co 42.46 36.2%
TLAB UW Equity Tellabs Inc 5.72 36.2%
DELL UW Equity Dell Inc 14.6 35.7%
TMO UN Equity Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 47.95 35.6%
DIS UN Equity Walt Disney Co/The 32.08 35.5%
WLP UN Equity WellPoint Inc 59.41 35.4%
APA UN Equity Apache Corp 105.42 34.0%
VFC UN Equity VF Corp 73.28 34.0%
RX UN Equity IMS Health Inc 21.12 33.9%
UTX UN Equity United Technologies Corp 71.31 33.6%
PX UN Equity Praxair Inc 81.38 33.3%
SPLS UW Equity Staples Inc 24.65 33.3%
SRE UN Equity Sempra Energy 56.45 33.2%
EQT UN Equity EQT Corp 45.13 33.1%
ICE UN Equity IntercontinentalExchange Inc 112.56 33.1%
YHOO UW Equity Yahoo! Inc 17.08 33.0%
SE UN Equity Spectra Energy Corp 20.74 32.9%
TSN UN Equity Tyson Foods Inc 12.23 32.7%
UNP UN Equity Union Pacific Corp 65.05 32.6%
FDX UN Equity FedEx Corp 84.62 32.4%
CAH UN Equity Cardinal Health Inc 32.59 31.7%
AVP UN Equity Avon Products Inc 31.92 31.1%
RHI UN Equity Robert Half International Inc 27.36 31.1%
CAT UN Equity Caterpillar Inc 58.85 31.0%
DHR UN Equity Danaher Corp 75.49 30.9%
ETN UN Equity Eaton Corp 65.09 30.7%
HRS UN Equity Harris Corp 48.54 30.6%
LNC UN Equity Lincoln National Corp 25.69 30.4%
VAR UN Equity Varian Medical Systems Inc 47.28 30.2%
PLL UN Equity Pall Corp 36.86 30.2%
MAS UN Equity Masco Corp 14.11 30.1%
VNO UN Equity Vornado Realty Trust 70.9 30.0%
FISV UW Equity Fiserv Inc 49.42 29.5%
QCOM UW Equity QUALCOMM Inc 47.21 29.5%
FHN UN Equity First Horizon National Corp 13.48 29.4%
DTE UN Equity DTE Energy Co 43.79 29.0%
KO UN Equity Coca-Cola Co/The 57.09 28.7%
BNI UN Equity Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp 98.75 28.7%
BXP UN Equity Boston Properties Inc 67.7 28.4%
GAS UN Equity Nicor Inc 42.79 28.4%
ECL UN Equity Ecolab Inc 45.27 28.2%
BA UN Equity Boeing Co/The 55.72 27.9%
CCL UN Equity Carnival Corp 32.68 27.8%
EQR UN Equity Equity Residential 33.83 27.8%
STR UN Equity Questar Corp 43.05 27.8%
SLE UN Equity Sara Lee Corp 12.35 27.8%
ACS UN Equity Affiliated Computer Services Inc 60.75 27.2%
XTO UN Equity XTO Energy Inc 47.15 27.1%
OI UN Equity Owens-Illinois Inc 34.67 27.0%
INTU UW Equity Intuit Inc 30.97 26.9%
Q UN Equity Qwest Communications International Inc 4.29 26.7%
SLM UN Equity SLM Corp 11.48 26.6%
NKE UN Equity NIKE Inc 65.8 26.4%
MRK UN Equity Merck & Co Inc 37.16 26.4%
BMS UN Equity Bemis Co Inc 29.99 26.2%
WU UN Equity Western Union Co/The 19.1 26.1%
HCP UN Equity HCP Inc 30.71 26.0%
L UN Equity Loews Corp 37.13 26.0%
EP UN Equity El Paso Corp 10.25 25.9%
NOC UN Equity Northrop Grumman Corp 56.52 25.6%
SYK UN Equity Stryker Corp 51.61 25.6%
FMC UN Equity FMC Corp 56.19 25.2%
ADSK UW Equity Autodesk Inc 25.81 24.8%
LUV UN Equity Southwest Airlines Co 11.15 24.7%
MCO UN Equity Moody's Corp 27.18 24.7%
KMB UN Equity Kimberly-Clark Corp 64.08 24.7%
DOV UN Equity Dover Corp 42.04 24.5%
SYMC UW Equity Symantec Corp 18.39 24.3%
HD UN Equity Home Depot Inc 28.87 24.2%
HRL UN Equity Hormel Foods Corp 38.25 24.0%
GWW UN Equity WW Grainger Inc 97.82 23.9%
TXT UN Equity Textron Inc 18.87 23.8%
PH UN Equity Parker Hannifin Corp 54.69 23.7%
BLL UN Equity Ball Corp 52.4 23.6%
ED UN Equity Consolidated Edison Inc 45.7 23.6%
FRX UN Equity Forest Laboratories Inc 32.38 23.3%
XRAY UW Equity DENTSPLY International Inc 35.56 23.0%
SCHW UW Equity Charles Schwab Corp/The 19.59 22.9%
DRI UN Equity Darden Restaurants Inc 35.23 22.7%
MTB UN Equity M&T Bank Corp 66.56 22.6%
CA UW Equity CA Inc 22.97 22.5%
ORLY UW Equity O'Reilly Automotive Inc 38.48 22.4%
SYY UN Equity Sysco Corp 28.15 22.3%
BHI UN Equity Baker Hughes Inc 41.25 22.1%
CL UN Equity Colgate-Palmolive Co 82.41 21.9%
NEM UN Equity Newmont Mining Corp 48.72 21.8%
DVA UN Equity DaVita Inc 59.72 21.5%
K UN Equity Kellogg Co 52.93 21.2%
GIS UN Equity General Mills Inc 70.91 21.2%
WEC UN Equity Wisconsin Energy Corp 49.97 21.1%
CNP UN Equity CenterPoint Energy Inc 14.61 21.1%
HUM UN Equity Humana Inc 45.14 21.1%
ARG UN Equity Airgas Inc 48.38 21.1%
PCAR UW Equity PACCAR Inc 36.7 21.0%
SIAL UW Equity Sigma-Aldrich Corp 51.57 20.8%
PCG UN Equity PG&E Corp 44.96 20.7%
HCN UN Equity Health Care REIT Inc 44.65 20.6%
HON UN Equity Honeywell International Inc 40.36 20.6%
DNR UN Equity Denbury Resources Inc 15.64 20.6%
PCL UN Equity Plum Creek Timber Co Inc 38.44 20.5%
PAYX UW Equity Paychex Inc 30.95 20.2%
COF UN Equity Capital One Financial Corp 38.84 20.2%
VRSN UW Equity VeriSign Inc 24.66 19.6%
MUR UN Equity Murphy Oil Corp 55.65 19.5%
PNW UN Equity Pinnacle West Capital Corp 37.02 19.5%
PGR UN Equity Progressive Corp/The 17.98 19.2%
ROP UN Equity Roper Industries Inc 52.91 19.0%
MFE UN Equity McAfee Inc 41.14 18.8%
XEL UN Equity Xcel Energy Inc 21.27 18.7%
GD UN Equity General Dynamics Corp 68.97 18.6%
DUK UN Equity Duke Energy Corp 17.19 18.6%
RSG UN Equity Republic Services Inc 28.76 18.5%
FAST UW Equity Fastenal Co 42.34 18.4%
EMR UN Equity Emerson Electric Co 43.23 18.2%
FITB UW Equity Fifth Third Bancorp 10.06 18.0%
TSS UN Equity Total System Services Inc 17.18 17.8%
LLL UN Equity L-3 Communications Holdings Inc 87.5 17.6%
PM UN Equity Philip Morris International Inc 49.18 17.3%
KG UN Equity King Pharmaceuticals Inc 12.61 16.8%
LH UN Equity Laboratory Corp of America Holdings 75.53 16.3%
MKC UN Equity McCormick & Co Inc/MD 36.22 15.7%
PEG UN Equity Public Service Enterprise Group Inc 33.22 15.6%
DGX UN Equity Quest Diagnostics Inc/DE 60.46 15.3%
HNZ UN Equity HJ Heinz Co 42.86 15.1%
BSX UN Equity Boston Scientific Corp 9.08 15.1%
CPB UN Equity Campbell Soup Co 33.87 15.0%
AVY UN Equity Avery Dennison Corp 36.84 14.9%
MON UN Equity Monsanto Co 83.59 14.8%
TRV UN Equity Travelers Cos Inc/The 50.35 14.6%
BDX UN Equity Becton Dickinson and Co 78.39 14.4%
EFX UN Equity Equifax Inc 31.42 14.3%
MRO UN Equity Marathon Oil Corp 32.05 14.1%
LUK UN Equity Leucadia National Corp 24.52 14.1%
HAS UN Equity Hasbro Inc 32.69 13.8%
SII UN Equity Smith International Inc 27.91 13.8%
COST UW Equity Costco Wholesale Corp 59.79 13.6%
D UN Equity Dominion Resources Inc/VA 39.31 13.4%
UNH UN Equity UnitedHealth Group Inc 31.2 13.2%
BMY UN Equity Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 25.56 13.1%
CVS UN Equity CVS Caremark Corp 32.86 13.1%
PNC UN Equity PNC Financial Services Group Inc 53.64 13.0%
AZO UN Equity AutoZone Inc 158.68 12.9%
PEP UN Equity PepsiCo Inc/NC 61.16 12.8%
DVN UN Equity Devon Energy Corp 76.4 12.8%
YUM UN Equity Yum! Brands Inc 35.17 12.7%
CTAS UW Equity Cintas Corp 26.32 12.6%
CLX UN Equity Clorox Co 61.14 12.3%
NU UN Equity Northeast Utilities 25.95 11.3%
ADP UW Equity Automatic Data Processing Inc 43.46 11.3%
NSC UN Equity Norfolk Southern Corp 52.67 10.9%
BIIB UW Equity Biogen Idec Inc 53.75 10.9%
HES UN Equity Hess Corp 62.99 10.8%
PSA UN Equity Public Storage 81.08 10.8%
SCG UN Equity SCANA Corp 37.93 10.6%
JNJ UN Equity Johnson & Johnson 64.77 10.4%
EIX UN Equity Edison International 35.06 10.3%
AET UN Equity Aetna Inc 32.34 10.1%
ADM UN Equity Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 31.51 10.1%
PPL UN Equity PPL Corp 32.7 9.5%
UNM UN Equity Unum Group 19.74 9.1%
WPO UN Equity Washington Post Co/The 441.82 9.1%
AEP UN Equity American Electric Power Co Inc 35.08 8.9%
DNB UN Equity Dun & Bradstreet Corp 83.24 8.9%
CHRW UW Equity CH Robinson Worldwide Inc 59.57 8.7%
BAC UN Equity Bank of America Corp 15.48 8.6%
STT UN Equity State Street Corp 44.52 8.5%
STJ UN Equity St Jude Medical Inc 37.2 8.5%
SNA UN Equity Snap-On Inc 42.89 8.4%
PGN UN Equity Progress Energy Inc 41.13 8.2%
UPS UN Equity United Parcel Service Inc 58.53 8.0%
FDO UN Equity Family Dollar Stores Inc 27.51 7.8%
PFE UN Equity Pfizer Inc 18.66 7.7%
FPL UN Equity FPL Group Inc 53.51 7.3%
BAX UN Equity Baxter International Inc 57.92 7.3%
PLD UN Equity ProLogis 13.94 7.2%
TSO UN Equity Tesoro Corp/Texas 14.42 7.0%
CVX UN Equity Chevron Corp 78.68 6.8%
R UN Equity Ryder System Inc 41.92 6.7%
XRX UN Equity Xerox Corp 8.67 6.1%
NOVL UW Equity Novell Inc 4.2 5.8%
SRCL UW Equity Stericycle Inc 55.71 5.8%
WM UN Equity Waste Management Inc 34.25 5.7%
SHW UN Equity Sherwin-Williams Co/The 61.57 5.3%
PFG UN Equity Principal Financial Group Inc 24.36 5.2%
AFL UN Equity Aflac Inc 46.94 5.0%
TEG UN Equity Integrys Energy Group Inc 42.76 4.7%
KFT UN Equity Kraft Foods Inc 27.35 4.7%
FO UN Equity Fortune Brands Inc 43.59 4.7%
BF/B UN Equity Brown-Forman Corp 53.86 4.6%
LOW UN Equity Lowe's Cos Inc 23.27 4.6%
HRB UN Equity H&R Block Inc 22.74 4.6%
ABT UN Equity Abbott Laboratories 54.2 4.5%
ITT UN Equity ITT Corp 49.98 4.5%
CPWR UW Equity Compuware Corp 7.37 4.1%
FLIR UW Equity FLIR Systems Inc 33.04 4.0%
ERTS UW Equity Electronic Arts Inc 18.1 3.8%
HSY UN Equity Hershey Co/The 35.89 3.6%
FTR UN Equity Frontier Communications Corp 7.93 3.5%
EXPD UW Equity Expeditors International of Washington I 35.04 3.0%
RTN UN Equity Raytheon Co 51.99 2.8%
NUE UN Equity Nucor Corp 48 2.6%
T UN Equity AT&T Inc 28.31 2.6%
MET UN Equity MetLife Inc 36.02 2.3%
GPC UN Equity Genuine Parts Co 38.34 2.1%
BBT UN Equity BB&T Corp 25.71 2.1%
CB UN Equity Chubb Corp 49.71 1.9%
MCD UN Equity McDonald's Corp 62.68 1.9%
AIZ UN Equity Assurant Inc 30.05 1.8%
VZ UN Equity Verizon Communications Inc 33.11 1.6%
BK UN Equity Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The 28.37 1.6%
POM UN Equity Pepco Holdings Inc 17.08 1.5%
ETR UN Equity Entergy Corp 82.44 1.3%
NTRS UW Equity Northern Trust Corp 52.5 0.8%
PG UN Equity Procter & Gamble Co/The 61.2 0.5%
PWR UN Equity Quanta Services Inc 21.03 0.5%
TMK UN Equity Torchmark Corp 44.19 0.0%
DV UN Equity DeVry Inc 56.6 -0.1%
CELG UW Equity Celgene Corp 55.94 -1.0%
FE UN Equity FirstEnergy Corp 46.76 -1.1%
COP UN Equity ConocoPhillips 51.87 -1.3%
PBCT UW Equity People's United Financial Inc 16.93 -1.3%
STZ UN Equity Constellation Brands Inc 16.16 -1.8%
CINF UW Equity Cincinnati Financial Corp 26.6 -2.0%
PTV UN Equity Pactiv Corp 24.47 -2.2%
AMGN UW Equity Amgen Inc 57.5 -2.6%
LXK UN Equity Lexmark International Inc 26.63 -2.6%
CMCSA UW Equity Comcast Corp 17.09 -2.8%
SAI UN Equity SAIC Inc 19.06 -3.1%
FLR UN Equity Fluor Corp 45.71 -3.3%
WMT UN Equity Wal-Mart Stores Inc 54 -3.5%
GME UN Equity GameStop Corp 22.39 -3.5%
GE UN Equity General Electric Co 15.44 -4.7%
NYX UN Equity NYSE Euronext 25.74 -4.8%
DF UN Equity Dean Foods Co 18.2 -4.8%
ALL UN Equity Allstate Corp/The 30.44 -5.2%
TAP UN Equity Molson Coors Brewing Co 45.88 -5.3%
LLY UN Equity Eli Lilly & Co 36.16 -5.8%
SO UN Equity Southern Co 33.37 -5.8%
HCBK UW Equity Hudson City Bancorp Inc 13.66 -6.1%
BCR UN Equity CR Bard Inc 78.71 -6.6%
WFC UN Equity Wells Fargo & Co 27.24 -6.9%
IRM UN Equity Iron Mountain Inc 22.95 -7.4%
MMC UN Equity Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc 22.16 -7.6%
LMT UN Equity Lockheed Martin Corp 76.35 -8.0%
PBI UN Equity Pitney Bowes Inc 22.81 -8.0%
SWY UN Equity Safeway Inc 21.51 -8.8%
PHM UN Equity Pulte Homes Inc 10.16 -9.0%
SVU UN Equity SUPERVALU Inc 12.91 -9.2%
USB UN Equity US Bancorp 22.68 -9.2%
EXC UN Equity Exelon Corp 49.04 -10.6%
FSLR UW Equity First Solar Inc 135.12 -10.9%
AIG UN Equity American International Group Inc 30.11 -10.9%
WFR UN Equity MEMC Electronic Materials Inc 13.78 -11.9%
AEE UN Equity Ameren Corp 28.1 -12.2%
XOM UN Equity Exxon Mobil Corp 68.84 -13.7%
AON UN Equity AON Corp 38.16 -14.2%
GILD UW Equity Gilead Sciences Inc 43.41 -16.8%
KIM UN Equity Kimco Realty Corp 13.81 -17.9%
CEPH UW Equity Cephalon Inc 62.74 -19.2%
KR UN Equity Kroger Co/The 20.59 -21.1%
APOL UW Equity Apollo Group Inc 61.67 -21.3%
VLO UN Equity Valero Energy Corp 17.6 -22.0%
VMC UN Equity Vulcan Materials Co 52.52 -22.1%
NDAQ UW Equity NASDAQ OMX Group Inc/The 20.17 -22.8%
JEC UN Equity Jacobs Engineering Group Inc 38.13 -24.4%
GENZ UW Equity Genzyme Corp 49 -28.0%
AYE UN Equity Allegheny Energy Inc 23.59 -29.4%
STI UN Equity SunTrust Banks Inc 20.49 -30.4%
KEY UN Equity KeyCorp 5.83 -33.4%
SUN UN Equity Sunoco Inc 27.35 -35.2%
RF UN Equity Regions Financial Corp 5.39 -35.3%
EK UN Equity Eastman Kodak Co 4.28 -37.7%
ZION UW Equity Zions Bancorporation 13.16 -47.0%
PCS UN Equity MetroPCS Communications Inc 7.87 -47.0%
HBAN UW Equity Huntington Bancshares Inc/OH 3.72 -52.6%
C UN Equity Citigroup Inc 3.36 -52.7%
MI UN Equity Marshall & Ilsley Corp 5.61 -59.1%
For the best performing stocks in 2010 out of the S&P 500, I would bet $2 on:
Goldman Sachs (GS)
I like the way they have handled the credit crunch crisis and how they manage through the storm. This is the perfect timing in 2010 to outperform their competitors and gain more market shares.
Walgreen (WAG)
I like pharmacy because of the population aging faster than a race car. We will obviously need more pharmacist and more medical products in the upcoming years. Recession or not, people needs to get treated. On the other side, I must admit that this is a more defensive stock pick than my other two.
Bank of America (BAC)
This would be my third stock picks when I think about the best performing stocks in 2010. After facing multiple problems and going through the purchase of Merrill Lynch, they seriously handicapped their balance sheet in 2008-2009. However, if they can show investor that they are able to integrate Merrill Lynch properly and excerpt the best of it, they will definitely be among the best performing stocks in 2010.
Best Performing Stocks 2010: The S&P 500
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