DaVita HealthCare Partners (DVA) had the highest return in October 2000 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 51.3%.

ASSET	MONTH	% RETURN
DaVita HealthCare Partners (DVA)	October 2000	51.26%
Honeywell International (HON)	October 2000	49.48%
Packaging Corp of America (PKG)	October 2000	33.52%
BlackRock (BLK)	October 2000	32.17%
Rockwell Automation (ROK)	October 2000	30.77%
Steel Dynamics (STLD)	October 2000	30.18%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)	October 2000	27.62%
Danaher (DHR)	October 2000	27.53%
NVR (NVR)	October 2000	27.26%
Estee Lauder Companies (EL)	October 2000	27.23%
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)	October 2000	27.22%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)	October 2000	26.62%
Omnicom (OMC)	October 2000	26.37%
STERIS (STE)	October 2000	26.32%
International Paper (IP)	October 2000	25.11%
Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM)	October 2000	24.82%
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)	October 2000	24.76%
Edison International (EIX)	October 2000	24.57%
Equifax (EFX)	October 2000	24.32%
Altria (MO)	October 2000	23.63%
O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY)	October 2000	22.81%
Verizon Communications (VZ)	October 2000	22.68%
Henry Schein (HSIC)	October 2000	22.64%
Parker-Hannifin (PH)	October 2000	22.59%
Rollins (ROL)	October 2000	21.94%