After a 60,000% rally, America's top stock now running into headwinds

Monster Beverage up against Amazon, Coca-Cola and Vital's Bang

Who’s the biggest winner in the stock market this century? Amazon maybe? Or perhaps Apple? Up 2,300 per cent and 5,300 since January 2000, respectively, they’re both good guesses.

It turns out, though, that they’re not even close to the actual No. 1 stock in that period -- Monster Beverage. That’s right, the energy-drink company with the black and neon green label has dominated all other stocks in the index, returning almost 60,000 per cent over the period.
 

It’s a historic rally by nearly any measure, one that was fueled by Monster growing earnings in every year since 2008, and