Saturday, March 04, 2006

shooting stars

Since inception at the end of 1986 through 2005, S&P’s top-ranked 5 STARS portfolio posted a cumulative increase of 1,687.8%, versus 415.5% for the S&P 500 (both excluding dividends); last year, the 5 STARS rose 15.0%, compared with 3.0% for the S&P 500.

The following seven five star stocks all rose 25% or more last year, and S&P thinks they will continue their upward climb: AET, XEC, CVD, HOLX, JEC, NBR, VLO.

Just glancing at the numbers, I would probably discard XEC (flat earnings) and HOLX (high p/e of 71).

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