Top Stocks of the Decade

Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. 6,156%
Terra makes nitrogen-based fertilizers at a plant in Oklahoma. Each quarter the firm distributes all of its extra cash to shareholders, the sort of policy that boosts overall return. The firm's largest shareholder, parent company Terra Industries, also makes agricultural chemicals and has seen a decade-long return of more than 2,500%.

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