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Never mind the rocky market. Mutual fund manager Ken Heebner is putting up the best numbers of his career.
Never mind the rocky market. Mutual fund manager Ken Heebner is putting up the best numbers of his career.
| 1 | Caterpillar | 50 | 44,958.0 | 8.3 | 3,541.0 | 0.1 |
| 2 | Deere | 102 | 24,082.2 | 5.8 | 1,821.7 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Illinois Tool Works | 155 | 16,278.9 | 15.8 | 1,869.9 | 8.9 |
| 4 | Cummins | 206 | 13,048.0 | 14.8 | 739.0 | 3.4 |
| 5 | Eaton | 207 | 13,033.0 | 5.4 | 994.0 | 4.6 |
| 6 | Trane | 241 | 10,915.1 | -2.6 | 286.3 | -47.1 |
| 7 | Parker Hannifin | 247 | 10,718.1 | 13.9 | 830.0 | 23.3 |
| 8 | ITT | 285 | 9,181.1 | 12.2 | 742.1 | 27.7 |
| 9 | Terex | 287 | 9,137.7 | 19.5 | 613.9 | 53.5 |
| 10 | Dover | 331 | 7,487.2 | 4.3 | 661.1 | 17.7 |
| 11 | AGCO | 359 | 6,828.1 | 25.6 | 246.3 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Black & Decker | 372 | 6,563.2 | 1.8 | 518.1 | 6.6 |
| 13 | Timken | 457 | 5,236.0 | -1.2 | 220.1 | -1.1 |
| 14 | General Cable | 502 | 4,614.8 | 25.9 | 208.6 | 54.2 |
| 15 | Harsco | 546 | 4,073.1 | 19.0 | 299.5 | 52.5 |
| 16 | Manitowoc | 551 | 4,005.0 | 36.5 | 336.7 | 102.6 |
| 17 | Flowserve | 576 | 3,762.7 | 22.9 | 255.8 | 122.4 |
| 18 | Lennox International | 579 | 3,749.7 | 2.1 | 169.0 | 1.8 |
| 19 | Nacco Industries | 591 | 3,602.7 | 7.6 | 89.3 | -15.9 |
| 20 | Pentair | 613 | 3,398.7 | 7.7 | 210.9 | 14.8 |
| 21 | Snap-On | 691 | 2,914.1 | 15.5 | 181.2 | 81.0 |
| 22 | Teleflex | 697 | 2,866.5 | 8.1 | 146.5 | 5.1 |
| 23 | International Game Technology | 748 | 2,621.4 | 4.4 | 508.2 | 7.3 |
| 24 | Crane | 749 | 2,619.2 | 16.1 | -62.3 | -137.6 |
| 25 | Joy Global | 761 | 2,547.3 | 6.1 | 279.8 | -32.8 |
| 26 | Kennametal | 792 | 2,400.5 | -0.8 | 174.2 | -32.0 |
| 27 | Nortek | 804 | 2,340.1 | 5.5 | 29.6 | -67.0 |
| 28 | Lincoln Electric Holdings | 820 | 2,280.8 | 15.7 | 202.7 | 15.8 |
| 29 | Pall | 826 | 2,249.9 | 11.6 | 127.5 | 144.5 |
| 30 | Briggs & Stratton | 848 | 2,157.2 | -15.1 | 0.1 | -99.9 |
| 31 | Sauer-Danfoss | 904 | 1,972.5 | 13.4 | 47.2 | -12.2 |
| 32 | Donaldson | 915 | 1,918.8 | 13.3 | 150.7 | 13.9 |
| 33 | Toro | 924 | 1,876.9 | 2.2 | 142.4 | 10.3 |
| 34 | Gardner Denver | 925 | 1,868.8 | 12.0 | 205.1 | 54.3 |
| 35 | Mueller Water Products | 928 | 1,849.0 | 0.0 | 48.2 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Dresser-Rand Group | 985 | 1,665.0 | 10.9 | 106.7 | 35.5 |
| 1 | Caterpillar | 9.4 | 14.2 | 20.5 | 101,333 | 7.1 |
| 2 | Deere | 7.9 | 14.5 | 98.9 | 52,022 | 11.8 |
| 3 | Illinois Tool Works | 11.2 | 7.3 | 17.9 | 60,000 | 9.1 |
| 4 | Cummins | 10.4 | 18.6 | 117.5 | 37,800 | 9.2 |
| 5 | Eaton | 9.7 | 12.0 | 31.5 | 64,000 | 6.7 |
| 6 | Trane | 12.8 | 18.4 | 46.9 | 29,600 | -52.5 |
| 7 | Parker Hannifin | 11.1 | 11.1 | 48.6 | 57,338 | 0.5 |
| 8 | ITT | 24.7 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 39,700 | 5.9 |
| 9 | Terex | 34.6 | 18.8 | 1.5 | 21,000 | 16.7 |
| 10 | Dover | 6.2 | 4.0 | -4.5 | 33,400 | 0.9 |
| 11 | AGCO | -0.6 | 8.9 | 119.7 | 13,700 | 7.0 |
| 12 | Black & Decker | 12.8 | 7.4 | -11.1 | 25,000 | -2.0 |
| 13 | Timken | -1.6 | 2.5 | 14.9 | 25,200 | -0.9 |
| 14 | General Cable | 10.2 | 12.8 | 67.7 | 11,800 | 53.2 |
| 15 | Harsco | 2.2 | 14.4 | 70.7 | 21,500 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Manitowoc | 22.5 | 25.6 | 64.7 | 10,460 | 10.1 |
| 17 | Flowserve | 13.5 | 13.9 | 91.8 | 15,000 | 7.1 |
| 18 | Lennox International | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37.4 | 15,000 | -6.2 |
| 19 | Nacco Industries | 3.6 | 0.9 | -25.8 | 9,300 | -5.1 |
| 20 | Pentair | 7.1 | 8.7 | 12.8 | 16,000 | 8.1 |
| 21 | Snap-On | 2.4 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 11,600 | -6.5 |
| 22 | Teleflex | 7.2 | 6.9 | -0.6 | 14,000 | -29.3 |
| 23 | International Game Technology | 18.4 | 22.2 | -3.7 | 5,400 | 3.8 |
| 24 | Crane | 0.0 | 6.1 | 18.9 | 12,000 | 4.3 |
| 25 | Joy Global | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37.8 | 9,200 | 3.4 |
| 26 | Kennametal | 5.1 | 5.8 | 30.2 | 14,000 | 5.3 |
| 27 | Nortek | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9,800 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Lincoln Electric Holdings | 10.5 | 17.3 | 19.3 | 8,992 | 6.7 |
| 29 | Pall | 6.8 | 9.2 | 18.2 | 10,700 | -1.2 |
| 30 | Briggs & Stratton | 0.0 | 2.0 | -13.3 | 7,260 | -16.6 |
| 31 | Sauer-Danfoss | 0.0 | 0.0 | -20.5 | 9,800 | 6.9 |
| 32 | Donaldson | 14.0 | 16.3 | 34.9 | 12,000 | 4.3 |
| 33 | Toro | 17.1 | 18.9 | 17.8 | 5,273 | 0.2 |
| 34 | Gardner Denver | 15.6 | 10.1 | -11.6 | 6,200 | 3.3 |
| 35 | Mueller Water Products | 0.0 | 0.0 | -32.7 | 6,800 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Dresser-Rand Group | 0.0 | 0.0 | 59.6 | 5,998 | 6.9 |
From the May 5, 2008 issue