Barrick Gold (GOLD) had the best month in January 2016 by a large-cap US stock in January 2016, returning 28.9%.

ASSET	MONTH	% RETURN
Barrick Gold (GOLD)	January 2016	28.87%
Burlington Stores (BURL)	January 2016	28.42%
Antero Resources (AR)	January 2016	24.92%
Super Micro Computer (SMCI)	January 2016	24.71%
Gold Fields Ltd ADR (GFI)	January 2016	24.54%
Waste Connections (WCN)	January 2016	21.06%
EQT (EQT)	January 2016	19.3%
Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP ADR (SBS)	January 2016	17.74%
Contura Energy (CTRA)	January 2016	17.55%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)	January 2016	17.13%
Lululemon Athletica (LULU)	January 2016	15.57%
Banco Bradesco S/A ADR (BBDO)	January 2016	15.46%
Tapestry (TPR)	January 2016	14.53%
Coherent (COHR)	January 2016	13.72%
Diamondback Energy (FANG)	January 2016	13.69%
Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS)	January 2016	12.65%
Kinder Morgan (KMI)	January 2016	11.46%
Verizon Communications (VZ)	January 2016	10.76%
Johnson Controls International (JCI)	January 2016	10.12%
Facebook (META)	January 2016	10.06%
MakeMyTrip (MMYT)	January 2016	9.97%
Atmos Energy (ATO)	January 2016	9.84%
Walmart (WMT)	January 2016	9.69%
CGI (GIB)	January 2016	9.66%
Fortis (FTS)	January 2016	9.58%

Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.