The best (and worst) performing FTSE shares over ten years

The winning stock over the ten years to 3 March 2012 was African focused gold mining and exploration company Randgold Resources. Last week Randgold plunged more than 10% in a single day after a military coup in Mali threatened to impact its gold production. But if you had ridden the dips, a £100 investment in the stock in 2002 would have produced a return of £2,438 by 2012. Commodities and resources stocks are notoriously volatile, but a look at the best performing stocks over the last decade reveals more than of these firms in the winners’ list. Mining giant BHP Billiton also feat...