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Best Performing Stocks Between Election Day 2008 and 2012

The Parks Wealth Report is a short weekly newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on the market and other interesting non market-related info. Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC

 

THE BEST PERFORMING STOCKS BETWEEN ELECTION DAY 2008 AND ELECTION DAY 2012 in the S&P 500 index are quite a varied group. It’s interesting to see what companies performed well during this time because it encompassed a good chunk of the Great Recession and the stock market recovery that ensued. Without naming names, here are the industries represented by the top 12 performing stocks, according to a list from MarketWatch:

1)     Leisure

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2)     Grocery Stores

3)     Auto Dealers

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4)     Leisure

5)     Lodging

6)     Computer Systems

7)     Restaurants

8)     Auto Manufacturers

9)     Footwear and Accessories

10)   Software

11)   Residential Construction

12)   Data Storage

 

The cumulative return during the 4-year period for these companies ranged from 373 percent for company #12 to 1,107 percent for company #1. By contrast, the S&P 500 index rose 47 percent during the period, according to data from Yahoo! Finance.

Notice that only one industry – leisure – is represented by two different companies on the list. This suggests the top performers were indeed a diversified group.

 

Are you ready for a quiz? See if you can name three companies on the list given the following hints:

Company #1 on the list: Their spokesperson has gone “where no man has gone before.”

Company #2 on the list: It’s sometimes referred to as “whole paycheck.”

Company #6 on the list: Their commercial, which aired only once on TV in 1984, was rated the 12th best ad campaign of the 20th century by Advertising Age.

Stumped? See below for the answers. Let us know how many you got right!

 

Weekly Focus – Think About It…

“(Holiday) gift suggestions:

To your enemy, forgiveness.

To an opponent, tolerance.

To a friend, your heart.

To a customer, service.

To all, charity.

To every child, a good example.

To yourself, respect.”

--Oren Arnold, novelist, journalist, and humorist

 

Answers to quiz:

Company #1 is Priceline.com

Company #2 is Whole Foods Market

Company #6 is Apple

 

The rest of the commentary can be found here.

Please be sure to visit the Parks Wealth Management website at www.parkswm.com.

 

Best regards,

James T. Parks, CFP®, AEP, AIF
President and Wealth Advisor

 

 

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