The Bull Market's Big Winners

It was five years ago yesterday that the stock market hit bottom, and started on the bull run that we've been enjoying to this day. In the space of those five years:

• The Dow Jones industrial average has risen by 151.3 percent
• The S&P 500 has risen by 177.6 percent
• The Nasdaq has risen by 241.8 percent
• The Russell 2000 small-cap index has risen by 250.6 percent
• Apple has risen by 538.2 percent
• American Express - the biggest gainer among the Dow stocks - has risen by 782 percent
• General Growth Partners - the biggest gainer in the S&P 500 - has risen by 7,700 percent