The stock “market” has been on a sugar-high for some 14 months now, but a few stocks—Deere & Company (NYSE:DE), Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX), SLM Corp. (NASDAQ:SLM)—have exploded with such shameless verve that they merit special attention.
What’s especially interesting about these nearly vertical ascents is that these aren’t $5 million start-ups; these are gargantuan, lumbering, very old companies. Do with these what you will—jump aboard the bull train, sell options against them, short them, whatever you like. I simply offer them here because they are extraordinary.