Every January, I track down the list of the top-performing stocks from the previous year. I like to figure out the stories that catapulted these stocks to such strong performances. And yes, I like to torture myself with the possibility that there was an opportunity there that I might have been able to grab a piece of. The list for 2009 is a powerhouse; just to make the top 15 in performance terms took a price advance of more than 1,000%! The number one stock of 2009 (the rules require that the stock currently sell for more than $2...