I am looking for the 3 top stocks in the s&p 500 with the greatest
percentage gains the last 10 and 15 year periods.

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Clarification of Question by jason1212-ga on 27 Mar 2006 23:43 PST

I am looking for the three stocks that from 1991 and 1996 onward to
2006.  Had the compounded single greatest returns.

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Clarification of Question by jason1212-ga on 28 Mar 2006 21:20 PST

I am narrowing the question now only looking for the 3 sets of stocks,
from 1996 to 2006 with the highest compounded rates of return.

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Request for Question Clarification by leapinglizard-ga on 02 Apr 2006 14:32 PDT

I have recently answered your question for the 10-year span.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=714213

Do you still need a similar data set for the 15-year span?

leapinglizard

Ranked by total return against other companies w/in S&P for the year.

2005
Company
Symbol     Company Name

AAPL       Apple Computer Inc.                       123.3
ESRX       Express Scripts Inc.                      119.3
VLO        Valero Energy Corp.                       128.1


2004
Company
Symbol     Company Name                               2004

AAPL       Apple Computer Inc.                       201.4
ADSK       Autodesk Inc.                             209.3
SHLD       Sears Holdings Corp.                      313.2

2003
Company
Symbol     Company Name                               2004

AV         Avaya Inc.                                428.2
DYN        Dynegy Inc.                               262.7
WMB        Williams Cos.                             265.2


2002
Company
Symbol     Company Name

AMZN       Amazon.com Inc.                            74.6
BSX        Boston Scientific Corp.                    76.3
COH        Coach Inc.                                 68.9

2001
Company
Symbol     Company Name

JCP        J.C. Penney Co. Inc.                      152.0
NVDA       NVIDIA Corp.                              308.4
ODP        Office Depot Inc.                         160.2


2000
Company
Symbol     Company Name

LH         Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings      377.3
DGX        Quest Diagnostics Inc.                    364.6
XTO        XTO Energy Inc.                           359.9


1999
Company
Symbol     Company Name

JDSU       JDS Uniphase Corp.                        830.1
QCOM       QUALCOMM Inc.                           2,619.4
VRSN       VeriSign Inc.                           1,191.8

1998
Company
Symbol     Company Name

AMZN       Amazon.com Inc.                           966.4
TWX        Time Warner Inc.                          585.6
YHOO       Yahoo! Inc.                               584.3

1997
Company
Symbol     Company Name

BBY        Best Buy Co. Inc.                         247.1
DELL       Dell Inc.                                 216.2
YHOO       Yahoo! Inc.                               511.0

1996
Company
Symbol     Company Name

DELL       Dell Inc.                                 206.9
JBL        Jabil Circuit Inc.                        255.6
QLGC       QLogic Corp.                              237.7


1995
Company
Symbol     Company Name

APOL       Apollo Group Inc.                         558.9
AN         AutoNation Inc.                           818.1
BIIB       Biogen Idec Inc.                          817.6


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