Best and Worst Performing Stocks Year to Date

The table below lists the best and worst performing stocks on the Russell 2000 year to date. We also list the top and bottom 20 stocks from mid-year 2005 to see how they fared for the remainder of the year:

Overall, the top 20 stocks averaged a gain of 9.15% for the second half of 2005 with the top three continuing significantly higher. The bottom 20 stocks continued their slides, going down another 16.12% on average. It's interesting that the top performing stock this year is Medifast (MED), a weight-loss company similar to Nutri/System (NTRI) - the top performing stock at the midway point last year: