Dell's not too far from 30.Let's finish the top 20 list. #4 EMC (EMC) digital storage 5181%, #5 Kanas city southern (KSU) rail transportation, also the owner of Janus Funds 4401%, #6 HBO rocked by accounting scandal after McKesson (MCK) bought it in 1999, 4315%, #7 Maxim intg products (MXIM) semiconductors 3925%,#8 Cisco systems (CSCO) computer/network hardware 3836%,#9 Oracle (ORCL) software 3757%, #10 Investment tech (ITG) investment management 3543%, #11 Applied material (AMAT) semiconductor equipment 3540%,#12 Qualcom (QCOM) wireless equipment 3245%, #13 Concord efs (CEFT) computer services 2858%,#14 Robert Half Int'l (RHI) employment staffing 2748%, #15 Analog devices (ADI) semiconductor equipment 2704%,#16 Paychex computer services (PAYX) computer services 2667%, #17 Eaton Vance (EV) investment management 2296%, #18 Deklab (DKB) bought by Monsanto (MON) in 1998 2224%, #19 Lowe's cos (LOW) speciality retailer 2206% #20 Micron technology (MU) semiconductors 2127%. In those 10 years the S&P 500 was up 178%, and the Whishire 5000 167%. |