Stock Market Activity With Winners and Losers of The Bull Market

Winners and losers of the bull market

It's been five years since the stock market hit its low point of the financial crisis and Great Recession.

While the current bull market is already longer than average, most market strategists expect stocks to have another good year in 2014. Stocks gained last week, with the S&P 500 hitting new highs, despite the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. The Dow Jones industrial average is less than 1% away from its all-time high.

But with little economic and corporate earnings news on tap this week, it may be tough for stocks to move much higher. So instead of our usual preview of the days ahead, we've decided to take a look back at the best and worst performing S&P 500 stocks of the past five years.

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Online travel companies Priceline (PCLN, Fortune 500) and Expedia (EXPE) are two of the biggest winners of the bull market. Priceline shares have surged 1,646% and Expedia has soared 1,182% during the past five years.

Fast-growing consumer stocks have also done well, including Chipotle (CMG), Whole Foods (WFM, Fortune 500) and Starbucks (SBUX, Fortune 500). Wynn Resorts (WYNN, Fortune 500), the casino company, and Netflix (NFLX) were big winners as well. Those stocks also gained at least 1,000%.

Big tech companies Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) and Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500) had slightly less spectacular gains. also done well -- although not as well. They're in a group of stocks that have gained between 500% and 1,000% since March 2009. Ford (F, Fortune 500) and Delta Airlines (DAL, Fortune 500), two companies that were hit hard during the recession, are also among the companies that have far outpaced the S&P 500's gain of nearly 180%.  

Avon Products (AVP, Fortune 500), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ, Fortune 500) and Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF, Fortune 500) were big laggards. Best Buy (BBY, Fortune 500), which was one of the best performers in 2013, is still up only 4% in the past five years.

And a few stocks actually missed the rally entirely. Shares of Staples (SPLS, Fortune 500), which recently announced plans to close hundreds of stores, have fallen. First Solar (FSLR) shares are down 47% over the past five years, giving it the dubious distinction as the bull market's biggest loser. To top of page 

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