15 S&P 500 Stocks Up Over 100% in 2009

With the S&P 500 solidly in the black in 2009, there are many more stocks in the index that are up year to date than down. It's been awhile since we could say that. The count is currently 369 up and 131 down. There are 73 stocks in the S&P 500 that are up more than 50% year to date, and there are 15 that are up more than 100%. Tenet Healthcare (THC), XL Capital (XL), and Ford Motor (F) are the only three stocks up more than 200% year to date.

Below are the 30 best performing S&P 500 stocks so far in 2009. Western Digital (WDC) ranks 4th behind THC, XL, and F with a gain of 168.5%. Goldman Sachs (GS) and Apple (AAPL) are probably the most popular names on the list with gains of 94% and 92.6% respectively. Other notables include Whole Foods (WFMI), Nordstrom (JWN), Starbucks (SBUX), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Corning (GLW), and Morgan Stanley (MS).

Comments

[TRENDS 5:]

These issues listed in this article are a forecast for the remainder of the year and beyond. If they attained these lofty heights at halftime, it makes sense they will continue upward for the next two quarters. I admit it would be unusual if the gains continued at these levels, but I can be confident they will at least be in this category (LARGE GAINS), in some order at the conclusion of the fiscal year. Chasing after these company's underlying price will be rewarded. They have all overcome all obstacles that have been presented to reach these levels.

Jul 31 04:10 PM

[Ames Tiedeman:]

Some of these look like shorts from a technical perspective. GT has run up huge on the Cash-for-Clunkers news. From essentially 10 to nearly 19. It can easily fall back to 15. GT hit a low of around 3 in March. Others look quite lofty as well.

Aug 09 05:48 PM