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Biggest Money Makers and Losers Since 3/9/09

Oct 08, 2009 - 9:52 AM EDT

A lot has been said about the biggest percent gainers since the March 9th low, but what about the biggest money makers. Let's face it, when banks were at risk of government abduction and the market was blind sided by the January and February declines, it was tough to pull the trigger on big purchases of BAC at $3 or Citi below $1.

Below we look at the market from a different view, if you had bought 1,000 shares of any S&P 500 stock what would have been the big winner? It turns out that a purchase of 1,000 shares of Google (GOOG) at the 3/9 close has returned $226,650 through the 10/7 close; far and away the biggest winner. There are only seven S&P stocks that are down since the market bottomed.

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Source: Seeking Alpha (Oct 08, 2009 - 9:52 AM EDT)