As of yesterday's close, the Own Every Stock Portfolio now has 15 stocks posting positive returns since being started in September of 2007.  Surprising, the stocks come from a variety of different sectors and industries leading me to further believe it is very important to be patient and find good entry points when adding new stocks to the portfolio.  Of course, overall the portfolio is still down considerably but it always nice to take a look at the stocks earning the best returns since being added to the Own Every Stock Portfolio.  All of the following returns are the total returns (including all dividends, spinoffs, mergers, etc.) that have been earned by each respective stock.  Here is a look at the 15 top performing stocks in the portfolio as of yesterday's close.

Stock	Symbol	Date Added	Total Return Since Being Added
Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.	CPSI	1/31/2008	83.73%
Crane Company	CR	11/5/2008	44.90%
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.	PTEN	12/1/2008	40.54%
Biovail Corporation	BVF	3/17/2008	22.27%
Marathon Oil Corporation	MRO	12/30/2008	16.00%
Walmart Stores, Inc.	WMT	11/20/2007	13.96%
McDonald's Corporation	MCD	9/19/2007	12.07%
Qualcomm, Inc.	QCOM	3/31/2008	8.22%
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	9/18/2007	6.28%
Deluxe Corporation	DLX	9/16/2008	5.70%
Wells Fargo & Company	WFC	6/11/2008	5.18%
Bristol Myers Squibb Company	BMY	3/17/2008	4.67%
Aqua America, Inc.	WTR	6/17/2008	2.54%
Honda Motor Company	HMC	3/31/2008	2.07%
Telecomunicacoes De Sao Paulo	TSP	1/18/2008	0.72%

I wish I had more winners to report, but the overall market has not been kind to long investors over the past couple of years. The recent runup has been a nice change, but it remains to be seen if this is just a bear market rally or the beginning of something more promising such as a new bull market.  Also, as a side note, Mentor Corporation, formerly MNT, was also a positive returning stock in the portfolio, but it has since been bought out by Johnson & Johnson.  Moving forward I hope to be able to add many more stocks to the top performing returns list, but it may take some time for the current economic situation to be fully resolved.

The Own Every Stock blog is brought to you by 1Stock1, home of the Yearly Stock Returns Index and the Stock Performance Guide.