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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Adam J. Wiederman :: Townhall.com Columnist
These Stocks Can Easily Double Your Money
by Adam J. Wiederman
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Many investors are gloating pretty loudly about their investment performance over the past year.

Who are these people, you ask? Shareholders of these 10 top-performing stocks:

Company

Dividend-Adjusted Increase
From Oct. 1, 2008, to Sept. 30, 2009

Market Capitalization
on Oct. 1, 2008

Opexa Therapeutics (Nasdaq: OPXA)

2,056%

$2.0 million

Dollar Thrifty Automotive

1,148%

$42.6 million

Vanda Pharmaceuticals

1,113%

$25.6 million

Diedrich Coffee

1,103%

$10.9 million

Speedus

877%

$2.1 million

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals

800%

$8.2 million

Astrotech (Nasdaq: ASTC)

706%

$5.7 million

VocalTech Communications

597%

$2.1 million

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: KERX)

588%

$15.3 million

Kirkland's

531%

$44.3 million

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

Notice anything about those companies? They're small. Verysmall. Now compare their performance with the top 10 stocks of the S&P 500 index over the same time period:

Company

Dividend-Adjusted Increase
From Oct. 1, 2008, to Sept. 30, 2009

Micron Technology

91%

Western Digital

77%

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Adam Wiederman is a Motley Fool contributor.

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