But if you bought some of the stocks below on Dec 31st, 2008 - went off on the long planned tripped to Tahiti (hence, not panicking in the dark days of February through early March) and just showed up today - congrats! I've pulled a group of stocks with the following criteria:
Criteria
- Market capitalization $500M+
- Average trading volume 200K+
- Stock price $10+
- Return year to date 100%+
With the market capitalization requirement I mostly pulled in the larger "small caps", mid cap, and large cap stocks; this generated 83 ways for you to of doubled your money. At the very bottom of the post I pulled another 23 names of the smaller cap variety - that group are names smaller than $500M in market cap but larger than $200M. Below that $200M level it really starts to get speculative.
These names are not sorted by return but by market capitalization, from largest to smallest - as always it is easier to make big bucks (or lose them) in the smaller names. Of course some of these stocks will continue to do great things in the 2nd half of 2009, others will "revert to the mean" and be major under performers. If you can tell which goes in which of those 2 categories, you will have a very enjoyable second half of the year. I asked my trusty Magic 8 Ball, and unfortunately this is what she said.
Blog readers will find many familiar names.... I've highlighted names we own, have once owned, or have talked about in the blog in light blue.
| Symbol | Company Name | % Price | Mkt Cap |
| BCS | Barclays ADR | 109.5 | 38,496 |
| FCX | Freeport McMoRan Copper/Gold | 117.5 | 20,724 |
| WFT | Weatherford International Ltd | 100.3 | 13,986 |
| BIDU | Baidu Inc | 144.7 | 10,303 |
| SLT | Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd | 144.8 | 9,330 |
| TCK | Teck Resources Ltd | 240.3 | 7,820 |
| WDC | Western Digital Corp | 141.0 | 5,904 |
| STX | Seagate Technology | 151.6 | 5,057 |
| MDR | McDermott International Inc | 131.5 | 4,692 |
| EXPE | Expedia Inc (Del) | 112.3 | 4,589 |
| XL | XL Capital Ltd | 238.9 | 3,931 |
| TX | Ternium SA | 123.8 | 3,508 |
| CE | Celanese Corp | 112.3 | 3,424 |
| NAV | Navistar International Corp | 144.5 | 3,252 |
| AN | Autonation Inc | 104.8 | 3,108 |
| CTRP | Ctrip.com | 108.4 | 3,001 |
| RS | Reliance Steel & Aluminum | 101.3 | 2,826 |
| GT | Goodyear Tire & Rubber | 110.3 | 2,757 |
| WFMI | Whole Foods Market Inc | 107.9 | 2,639 |
| CREE | Cree Inc | 100.5 | 2,624 |
| DNDN | Dendreon Corp | 457.8 | 2,571 |
| ARO | Aeropostale Inc | 119.7 | 2,313 |
| WYN | Wyndham Worldwide Corp | 104.5 | 2,210 |
| PALM | Palm Inc | 402.2 | 2,210 |
| GMCR | Green Mountain Coffee Roasters | 128.9 | 2,200 |
| AKS | AK Steel Holding Corp | 125.6 | 2,118 |
| ASH | Ashland Inc | 194.1 | 2,076 |
| BGC | General Cable Corp | 136.4 | 1,976 |
| WLT | Walter Energy Inc | 129.5 | 1,948 |
| CTCM | CTC Media Inc | 154.1 | 1,879 |
| VPRT | VistaPrint Ltd | 161.7 | 1,821 |
| ACF | AmeriCredit Corp | 110.3 | 1,798 |
| SIG | Signet Jewelers Ord Shs | 146.7 | 1,776 |
| STAR | Starent Networks Corp | 133.1 | 1,737 |
| RAX | Rackspace Hosting Inc | 152.2 | 1,717 |
| YGE | Yingli Green Energy Holding | 146.4 | 1,677 |
| JCG | J Crew Group Inc | 136.4 | 1,666 |
| RVBD | Riverbed Technology Inc | 132.9 | 1,623 |
| PAG | Penske Automotive Group | 151.7 | 1,569 |
| DRQ | Dril-Quip Inc | 102.3 | 1,498 |
| BEAV | BE Aerospace Inc | 123.3 | 1,433 |
| TIN | Temple-Inland Inc | 204.8 | 1,366 |
| LCAPA | Liberty Media Corp | 229.2 | 1,351 |
| SYNA | Synaptics Inc | 156.6 | 1,314 |
| TC | Thompson Creek Metals Co Inc | 157.9 | 1,301 |
| EJ | E House China Holdings Ltd | 112.3 | 1,288 |
| FCL | Foundation Coal Holdings Inc | 123.6 | 1,281 |
| TSRA | Tessera Technologies Inc | 126.0 | 1,233 |
| TRW | TRW Automotive Holdings Corp | 279.6 | 1,151 |
| STEC | STEC Inc | 484.9 | 1,142 |
| ASCA | Ameristar Casinos Inc | 154.6 | 1,124 |
| GFA | Gafisa ADR | 100.5 | 1,073 |
| IOC | InterOil Corp | 169.0 | 1,072 |
| MWE | MarkWest Energy Partners L P | 137.1 | 1,041 |
| BWEN | Broadwind Energy Inc | 128.1 | 1,035 |
| NEU | NewMarket Corp | 103.5 | 1,032 |
| TNDM | Neutral Tandem Inc | 108.3 | 1,024 |
| TPX | Tempur Pedic International Inc | 104.2 | 1,014 |
| WXS | Wright Express Corp | 113.8 | 962 |
| PEGA | Pegasystems Inc | 128.5 | 947 |
| GRA | W.R. Grace & Co | 162.4 | 937 |
| JNY | Jones Apparel Group Inc | 132.5 | 904 |
| SVNT | Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc | 194.3 | 881 |
| CAB | Cabela's Inc | 146.0 | 820 |
| BRY | Berry Petroleum Co | 185.1 | 820 |
| SNX | SYNNEX Corp | 128.1 | 808 |
| TSL | Trina Solar Ltd | 206.4 | 710 |
| BCSI | Blue Coat Systems Inc | 106.2 | 673 |
| NTG | NATCO Group Inc | 140.1 | 667 |
| DIOD | Diodes Inc | 186.6 | 662 |
| NGLS | Targa Resources Partners LP | 110.2 | 661 |
| SVVS | SAVVIS Inc | 100.9 | 633 |
| GPI | Group 1 Automotive, Inc | 156.7 | 618 |
| MTH | Meritage Homes Corp | 100.4 | 604 |
| TLEO | Taleo Corp | 176.1 | 581 |
| APKT | Acme Packet Inc | 123.4 | 580 |
| VIT | VanceInfo Technologies Inc | 221.0 | 579 |
| ARST | ArcSight Inc | 164.9 | 574 |
| DIN | DineEquity Inc | 211.7 | 535 |
| OVTI | OmniVision Technologies Inc | 121.8 | 534 |
| PBY | Pep Boys-Manny Moe & Jack | 176.9 | 527 |
| HGG | hhgregg Inc | 107.2 | 519 |
| TEN | Tenneco Inc | 308.4 | 507 |
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Now for the names in the small(er) cap category: $200M to <$500M; I've sorted these names from highest return to lowest.
| Symbol | Company Name | % Price | Mkt Cap |
| VNDA | Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2,244.2 | 325 |
| DTG | Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group | 1,201.0 | 293 |
| ISLE | Isle of Capri Casinos Inc | 370.4 | 429 |
| KIRK | Kirklands Inc | 360.5 | 234 |
| KONG | KongZhong Corp | 239.9 | 394 |
| FUQI | Fuqi International Inc | 222.8 | 435 |
| SAH | Sonic Automotive Inc | 195.9 | 405 |
| COMV | Comverge Inc | 187.2 | 282 |
| MXWL | Maxwell Technologies Inc | 185.9 | 348 |
| SPAR | Spartan Motors Inc | 154.3 | 371 |
| FIRE | Sourcefire Inc | 150.3 | 333 |
| CLMS | Calamos Asset Management Inc | 149.6 | 278 |
| ABG | Asbury Automotive Group Inc | 148.1 | 353 |
| DM | Dolan Media Co | 137.9 | 393 |
| LXU | LSB Industries Inc | 127.1 | 343 |
| BGFV | Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp | 120.7 | 236 |
| TNS | TNS Inc | 117.2 | 473 |
| ORN | Orion Marine Group Inc | 114.4 | 428 |
| SFLY | Shutterfly Inc | 112.0 | 364 |
| MYRG | MYR Group Inc (Delaware) | 110.2 | 414 |
| SAIA | Saia Inc | 109.3 | 252 |
| CHIC | Charlotte Russe Holding Inc | 108.0 | 267 |
| CSIQ | Canadian Solar Inc | 104.6 | 444 |
