(FORTUNE Magazine) – Look at those techies go! All five top sales gainers this year were in computers or electronics. For investors, though, what counts is money in pocket. Here turnaround steelmaker Wheeling-Pittsburgh led the pack, with a one-year total return of just under 200%. For those with longer-term horizons, biotech wunderwhiz Amgen was the place to sink your money. One share bought in 1983 for $2 was worth over $400 ten years later. Despite lower oil prices, Exxon still rules the total profits list. Ignore steelmaker LTV, most of whose $4.3 billion profit reflects a one-time credit from a bankruptcy reorganization. But Intel's 115% profit increase is real, and its $2.3 billion in earnings put it just behind GM and Ford. Like we said, watch out for those techies.

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