I thought it would be interesting to take a look at what names have performed the best during that time frame.
As always, we'll exclude the smallest names (>$300M market cap), and illiquid (>200K shares traded), and stick to names over $10. There is a small sampling (71 stocks and ETFs) of names that returned at least 5%. I segregated the ETFs in their own area, as many of the best performers are of the 'inverse' variety.
Stocks
| Ticker | Company | Return | Mkt Cap | Industry |
| MMI | Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. | 66.74% | 11,209 | Diversified Communication Services |
| STMP | Stamps.com Inc. | 63.59% | 327 | Catalog & Mail Order Houses |
| EM | Emdeon Inc. | 41.62% | 2,185 | Business Services |
| ALXN | Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 33.53% | 11,941 | Drug Manufacturers - Other |
| HRBN | Harbin Electric, Inc. | 28.68% | 681 | Industrial Electrical Equipment |
| LQDT | Liquidity Services, Inc. | 26.12% | 883 | Internet Software & Services |
| GR | Goodrich Corp. | 25.57% | 15,041 | Aerospace/Defense |
| CALP | Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. | 25.48% | 569 | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| ATHN | athenahealth, Inc. | 24.50% | 2,043 | Business Services |
| ARJ | Arch Chemicals Inc. | 23.48% | 1,190 | Specialty Chemicals |
| NLC | Nalco Holding Co. | 22.69% | 4,967 | Synthetics |
| PANL | Universal Display Corp. | 22.01% | 2,066 | Computer Peripherals |
| VRUS | Pharmasset, Inc. | 22.01% | 5,752 | Drug Manufacturers - Other |
| CPHD | Cepheid | 21.96% | 2,549 | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| NETL | NetLogic Microsystems Inc. | 19.99% | 3,331 | Semiconductor- Memory Chips |
| SIMO | Silicon Motion Technology Corp. | 19.27% | 387 | Diversified Electronics |
| MXWL | Maxwell Technologies Inc. | 17.29% | 541 | Diversified Electronics |
| EVEP | EV Energy Partners LP | 16.63% | 2,315 | Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration |
| KCG | Knight Capital Group Inc. | 15.72% | 1,292 | Investment Brokerage - Regional |
| RGR | Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc. | 15.63% | 513 | Sporting Goods |
| GOLD | Randgold Resources Ltd. | 15.44% | 8,884 | Gold |
| NEM | Newmont Mining Corp. | 15.17% | 34,243 | Gold |
| JAZZ | Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 15.04% | 1,689 | Biotechnology |
| PPDI | Pharmaceutical Product Develop | 13.81% | 3,633 | Medical Laboratories & Research |
| SPRD | Spreadtrum Communications Inc. | 13.47% | 907 | Semiconductor - Broad Line |
| BMRN | BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 13.41% | 3,642 | Biotechnology |
| OPTR | Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12.85% | 634 | Biotechnology |
| REXX | Rex Energy Corporation | 12.70% | 532 | Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration |
| WMGI | Wright Medical Group Inc. | 12.58% | 695 | Medical Appliances & Equipment |
| THS | Treehouse Foods, Inc. | 12.29% | 2,163 | Processed & Packaged Goods |
| ELGX | Endologix Inc. | 11.74% | 613 | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
| VFC | V.F. Corporation | 11.72% | 13,843 | Textile - Apparel Clothing |
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | 11.44% | 55,827 | Drug Manufacturers - Major |
| AUY | Yamana Gold, Inc. | 11.17% | 10,237 | Gold |
| LOPE | Grand Canyon Education, Inc. | 10.98% | 721 | Education & Training Services |
| DG | Dollar General Corporation | 10.49% | 12,881 | Discount, Variety Stores |
| XRTX | Xyratex Ltd. | 9.30% | 331 | Data Storage Devices |
| PCYC | Pharmacyclics Inc. | 9.29% | 789 | Drug Manufacturers - Other |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | 9.07% | 9,344 | Discount, Variety Stores |
| PSMT | PriceSmart Inc. | 8.82% | 1,948 | Discount, Variety Stores |
| HITK | Hi Tech Pharmacal Co. Inc. | 8.74% | 406 | Drugs - Generic |
| BVN | Compania de Minas Buenaventura | 8.62% | 10,907 | Gold |
| BAP | Credicorp Ltd. | 8.60% | 7,258 | Money Center Banks |
| QCOR | Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8.59% | 1,828 | Biotechnology |
| RGC | Regal Entertainment Group | 8.23% | 1,951 | Movie Production, Theaters |
| MLNX | Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. | 8.07% | 1,174 | Semiconductor - Broad Line |
| ARCO | Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. Cla | 7.54% | 5,048 | Restaurants |
| CHL | China Mobile Limited | 7.18% | 197,656 | Wireless Communications |
| RNOW | Rightnow Technologies Inc. | 6.93% | 1,133 | Application Software |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | 6.53% | 27,559 | Personal Products |
| AZO | AutoZone Inc. | 6.38% | 13,192 | Auto Parts Stores |
| AAPL | Apple Inc. | 5.89% | 350,672 | Personal Computers |
| CHD | Church & Dwight Co. Inc. | 5.72% | 6,212 | Cleaning Products |
| IDCC | InterDigital, Inc. | 5.71% | 2,261 | Wireless Communications |
| CERN | Cerner Corporation | 5.63% | 11,480 | Healthcare Information Services |
| RRC | Range Resources Corporation | 5.50% | 9,693 | Independent Oil & Gas |
| EGO | Eldorado Gold Corp. | 5.47% | 9,241 | Gold |
| RGLD | Royal Gold, Inc. | 5.40% | 3,493 | Gold |
| NI | NiSource Inc. | 5.21% | 6,008 | Diversified Utilities |
ETFs
| Ticker | Company | Return | Mkt Cap | Industry |
| FAZ | Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X | 54.37% | 6,821 | Exchange Traded Fund |
| TZA | Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X | 53.67% | 1,812 | Exchange Traded Fund |
| SKF | ProShares UltraShort Financials | 41.77% | 2,351 | Exchange Traded Fund |
| SCO | ProShares UltraShort DJ-UBS Crude Oil | 39.20% | 74,583 | Exchange Traded Fund |
| TLT | iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treas Bond | 30.20% | 3,617 | Exchange Traded Fund |
| SDS | ProShares UltraShort S&P500 | 26.66% | 2,738 | Exchange Traded Fund |
| BAB | PowerShares Build America Bond | 12.51% | 3,346 | Exchange Traded Fund |
| QID | ProShares UltraShort QQQ | 11.28% | 3,100 | Exchange Traded Fund |
| IEF | iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury | 10.19% | 3,324 | Exchange Traded Fund |
| GLD | SPDR Gold Shares | 6.91% | 65,395 | Exchange Traded Fund |
| IAU | iShares Gold Trust | 6.89% | 6,184 | Exchange Traded Fund |
| TIP | iShares Barclays TIPS Bond | 5.09% | 21,171 | Exchange Traded Fund |
