Biggest Winners from the First Quarter

The first quarter of 2016 ended last Friday, and it was an up-and-down quarter for most investors: The major indexes were all down by around 10 percent as of mid-February, but rallied to post modest gains on the quarter.

The biggest winners of 2016 so far have also been on a roller coaster ride. Every single one of the S&P's biggest gainers in the first quarter had been down in 2015.  Those stocks:

1. Freeport McMoRan up 52.7% so far in 2016; down 71.0% in 2015
2. Newmont Mining up 47.7% so far in 2016; down 4.8% in 2015
3. Urban Outfitters up 45.5% so far in 2016; down 35.2% in 2015
4. Michael Kors up 42.2% so far in 2016; down 46.7% in 2015
5. Wynn Resorts up 35.0% so far in 2016; down 53.5% in 2015
6. PVH up 34.5% so far in 2016; down 42.5% in 2015
7. Range Resources up 31.6% so far in 2016; down 54.0% in 2015
8. Exelon up 29.1% so far in 2016; down 25.1% in 2015
9. EQT up 29.0% so far in 2016; down 31.1% in 2015
10. Cabot Oil & Gas up 28.4% so far in 2016; down 40.3% in 2015