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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Adam J. Wiederman :: Townhall.com Columnist
These Stocks Can Easily Double Your Money
by Adam J. Wiederman
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Believe it or not, some investors were able to boast about their 2008 stock returns.

Who are these people, you ask? Investors in these top-performing stocks of 2008:

Company

Dividend-Adjusted Percent Increase From 1/1/2008-12/31/2008

Market Capitalization on 1/1/2008

Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS)

416.0%

$150.5 million

Star Scientific (Nasdaq: STSI)

381.2%

$64.9 million

Crawford & Company

250.4%

$210.1 million

American Italian Pasta (Nasdaq: AIPC)

219.1%

$129.0 million

Mexco Energy Corporation (AMEX: MXC)

211.3%

$7.0 million

Data from Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.

Notice anything about those companies? They're small. They're very small. Now compare their performance to the top performers of the S&P 500 Index:

Company

Percent Increase From 1/1/2008-12/31/2008

Wrigley (acquired)

36.6%

Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) Continued...
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Adam Wiederman is a Motley Fool contributor.

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