"Outlined against a blue gray October sky the Four Horseman rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Stuhidreher, Miller, Crowley, and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice."

With apologies to Grantland Rice, their tickers are AAPL, GOOG, RIMM and AMZN. They form a fearsome foursome that has gained gobs of ground since that cold gray day of November 20, 2008...up an average of $83.74 per share, 97.46%. Watch these amazing runners carefully. With an average price of $187.89 per share and AvgVol of 12.6 million shares per day, they're big, fast, and the darlings of the big boys.

GOOG didn't join the team until August 20, 2004 when it was only $108.31 a share. It grew up fast. But all of them did. AAPL was only $15.40 a share, RIMM $20.59 and AMZN was $39.51. Their average Price was $45.95 per share. They peaked at $287.97 on November 6, 2007, three trading days after we got the C/Dn signal on November 1, 2007. Yes, they got thrown for big losses by the Bear, down 63.83%, to close with an average loss of $183.82 by the time they hit bottom on that cold gray day of November 20, 2008.

Now they're gaining ground again and have recovered 84 bucks of that huge loss back. Can they get the next hundred? You bet they can. They're all running well and steadily going higher. As long as this rally continues, you may want to own some of The Four Horseman.

P.S. If you don't want to pay the high prices of these stocks, consider buying Call Options. Personally, I have Synthetic Long positions, wherein I bought at-the-money Calls and sold at-the-money Puts on these stocks. My net cost is only a few dollars per share. See my essays of 12/17/04 and 04/01/05.