Total return for 1,000 shares bought on Sept 1, 1998 as at Nov 23,2007.
Company Sept 1, 1998 Nov 23,2007 Total return %
Public Bank RM0.363 RM 20.32 6,023%
Hap Seng Con 0.17 9.39 18,327%
IOI 0.10 4.52 27,082%
Nestle 5.089 91.98 1,707%
PBB 0.538 16.76 8,207%
KLK 1.191 24.26 2,955%
MBB 0.514 9.21 3,641%
Tenaga 0.933 14.84 2,385%
TM 0.384 6.00 5,484%
GEM 0.367 5.10 6,848%
BAT 3.76 38.06 912%
PetGas 1.853 16.54 793%
To know which blue chips to bet on for the decades to come, a key question to ask is if the company is future-proof and is likely to continue to have a stable and sustainable earnings stream for a long time to come.