10 Stocks That Went Up During The 2008 Crash

9. Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CECO)

A dark entry perhaps in this list, Career Education Corporation was able to take advantage of the recession by offering education as a surety for jobs in uncertain times. People forked out tens of thousands of dollars on degrees in the hopes that they would guarantee them a job, despite the recession, which certainly shows where the US lacks when compared to other developed nations where for-profit schools are unfathomable.

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