When the going gets tough, the tough get going

Do you think you are better off staying out of the stocks during the last four years of turmoil? Think Again. While the Sensex itself gained just 36 per cent since the Lehman collapse, 10 of its components would have doubled your money if you had bought them on September 15, 2008. If you had bought Bajaj Auto stock worth Rs 1 lakh then, today it would be worth Rs 5.69 lakh. Here are the stars of the crisis:
 

Name	Share price in Rs on BSE		Your 1 lakh  would be (Rs)
	Sep 15, ‘08	Sep 14, ‘12
Bajaj Auto	306.00	1743.70	5,69,837
TCS	373.62	1411.95	3,77,911
Tata Motors	78.12	270.30	3,46,006
Dr Reddy's Labs	561.00	1745.95	3,11,221
ITC	92.28	268.10	2,90,529
Mahindra & Mahindra	267.78	777.05	2,90,182
HDFC Bank	240.81	612.10	2,54,184
Hero MotoCorp	793.65	1858.65	2,34,190
Sun Pharma	294.36	677.85	2,30,279
Hindustan Unilever	242.80	547.40	2,25,453
Source: BS Research Bureau                     Compiled by N Sundaresha Subramanian