In This Issue: •"Bernanke Put" with Currency Kicker: The Fed's bias shift is helping global markets. •STARS Status: Changes in S&P analysts' STARS rankings for March 19 through March 23. •China, Meet the Colonel and the Clown: International opportunities are huge for fast food chains •Smoother Sailing: In turbulent markets, look to these stocks for stability. •How Bad?: Subprime troubles will likely worsen. What does this mean for the economy? •Say Hello to Mobile Internet: Cell phones are the Web's new frontier. •Master List Stocks Update: Our three supervised Master List groups of stocks, recommended as core holdings for long-term investors, are regularly featured on these two pages. The Total Return Portfolio, highlighted this week, consists of stocks we like for income. •Top Ten Portfolio: This focused list, launched December 31, 2001, had a total return of 41.6% from inception through February vs. a gain of 34.4% for the S&P 500. Some of the Companies Featured:
Abbott Laboratories
Altria Group
Cardinal Health
Citigroup
Colgate-Palmolive
ExxonMobil
General Electric
McDonald's
MetLife
Microchip Technology
Novartis
Oneok
Procter & Gamble
Regions Financial
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