Richard Drew / AP
Trader Peter Tuchman smiles as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Five and a half years after the start of a frightening drop that erased $11 trillion from stock portfolios and made investors despair of ever getting their money back, the Dow Jones industrial average has regained all the losses suffered during the Great Recession and reached a new high.
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The stock market hit its lowest point during the Great Recession in March 2009. Companies around the globe struggled, and many in Las Vegas teetered on the edge of bankruptcy or collapsed.
Residents faltered, too, but people with foresight and money to invest saw opportunity in the pain. And their gamble paid off.
If you had invested $1,000 in the following companies at the lowest dip of the recent stock market crash, you'd have, at worst, booked a nearly 70 percent gain and, at best, realized profits of more than 4,000 percent.
| Company | Return | Final amount |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) | 4,445% | $45,452 |
| Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN) | 1,277% | $13,765 |
| American Express (AXP) | 861% | $9,613 |
| Ford Motor (F) | 833% | $9,327 |
| MGM Resorts International (MGM) | 773% | $8,725 |
| Southwest Airlines (LUV) | 698% | $7,984 |
| Home Depot (HD) | 557% | $6,565 |
| Walt Disney (DIS) | 545% | $6,447 |
| Nike (NKE) | 434% | $5,343 |
| Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) | 396% | $4,958 |
| Allegiant Travel Co. (ALGT) | 333% | $4,325 |
| General Electric (GE) | 315% | $4,149 |
| Southwest Gas Corp.(SWX) | 293% | $3,925 |
| Boyd Gaming Corp. (BYD) | 280% | $3,795 |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 265% | $3,647 |
| Kroger Co. (KR) | 262% | $3,615 |
| International Game Technology (IGT) | 167% | $2,667 |
| McDonald’s (MCD) | 114% | $2,144 |
| Wal-Mart (WMT) | 107% | $2,072 |
| ExxonMobil (XOM) | 68% | $1,683 |
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