Last year the longest recession in U.S. history turned extraordinary profits for investors who jumped on the stock market early in the year 2009.

The market value of 5 thousand U.S. companies from 1 January to 31 December 2009 increased by 27.09%, which amounted to about $ 3 TRIL. Told RIA Novosti with reference to the company Wilshire International, which deals with the statistics of the stock market. (more...)