Investors who have owned stocks in the past year have generally experienced some big gains. But there is no question some big-name stocks performed better than others along the way.
GE’s Bumpy Ride
One company that has been a disappointing investment in the past year has been industrial giant General Electric Company.GE has been one of the blue-chip stocks in the U.S. market for more than a century and was one of the original Dow Jones Industrial Average components. But a difficult energy environment coupled with some questionable accounting, ill-timed investments and poor balance sheet management created a perfect storm for GE investors in recent years.
