International Tower Hill Mines (THM) had the highest return in August 2002 by a US stock, returning 197.5%.

ASSET	MONTH	% RETURN
International Tower Hill Mines (THM)	August 2002	197.47%
DSS (DSS)	August 2002	185.6%
Soligenix (SNGX)	August 2002	160%
Oblong (OBLG)	August 2002	118.18%
Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL)	August 2002	100.83%
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR)	August 2002	100%
Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI)	August 2002	99.34%
Universal Security Instruments (UUU)	August 2002	95%
Savara (SVRA)	August 2002	89.66%
Amarin (AMRN)	August 2002	85.68%
US Energy (USEG)	August 2002	77.45%
Soluna (SLNH)	August 2002	77.01%
Genesis Energy (GEL)	August 2002	76.26%
NetEase (NTES)	August 2002	74.63%
Diamond Hill Investment (DHIL)	August 2002	71.53%
Silicom (SILC)	August 2002	68.3%
Emerson Radio (MSN)	August 2002	67.67%
Alkermes (ALKS)	August 2002	67.21%
Crown (CCK)	August 2002	66.29%
MicroStrategy (MSTR)	August 2002	63.86%
Service Corporation International (SCI)	August 2002	63.16%
Precipio (PRPO)	August 2002	62.45%
Aethlon Medical (AEMD)	August 2002	61.54%
Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA ADR (TGS)	August 2002	57.63%
Heritage Global (HGBL)	August 2002	57.14%