At the turn of the decade, SmartMoney provided a sampler of the past decade's winners and losers in the domestic equity market.
Some winners:
Goldman Sachs
Price per share on Dec. 31, 1999: $94.19
Price at Dec. 28 close: $163.76 | Net gain: 73.9%
Caterpillar
Price per share on Dec. 31, 1999: $25.53
Price at Dec. 28 close: $58.26 | Net gain: 148%
Google
Price per share on Aug. 19, 2004, its initial public offering: $85.00
Price at Dec. 28 close: $619.89 | Net gain: 521%
Apple
Price per share on Dec. 31, 1999: $25.70
Price at Dec. 28 close: $209.48 | Net gain: 723%
Southwestern Energy
Price per share on Dec. 31, 1999: 82 cents
Price at Dec. 28 close: $49.51 | Net gain: 5993%
ExxonMobil
Price per share on Dec. 31, 1999: $40.28
Price at Dec. 28 close: $68.85 | Net gain: 71.5%
And some losers:
General Motors
Price per share on Dec. 31, 1999: $72.69
Price today: Trading was halted on the GM ticker at 75 cents a share after bankruptcy declaration, June 1, 2009.
Lehman Brothers
Price per share on Dec. 31, 1999: $20.89
Price today: Trading on LEH halted at 15 cents a share as company collapses and is bought by Barclays Capital, Sept. 15, 2008.
Countrywide Financial
Price per share on Dec. 31, 1999: $31.00
Price today: Shares dropped to $1.04 each on Jan. 11, 2008, the day Bank of America announced its $4.1 billion acquisition.
Bank of America
Price per share on Dec. 31, 1999: $25.09
Price at Dec. 28 close: $15.18 | Net decline: 39%
Eastman Kodak
Price per share on Dec. 31, 1999: $66.25
Price at Dec. 28 close: $4.29 | Net decline: 93.5%
Your truly was burnt hard in financial stocks like BofA. Anyway had luck in having the crystal ball to pick the 60-bagger Southwestern Energy back in 1999?