In This Issue: •The Wages of Fear: Bearish sentiment suggests another run to the upside. •STARS Status: Changes in S&P analysts' STARS rankings for March 26 through March 30. •Investing - Italian Style: This market is misunderstood, and that's a good thing. •Contrarian Bets: Stocks we like - that Wall Street doesn't. •The Long and Unwinding Road: If the yen carry trade loses steam, the Japanese currency could take off. •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 Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio is highlighted this week. •S&P's Platinum Portfolio: This portfolio offers the best of both worlds: S&P's STARS ranking system, based on fundamental analysis, and Fair Value, S&P's proprietary quantitative model. Some of the Companies Featured:
Abercrombie & Fitch
Arkansas Best
Career Education
Citrix Systems
FirstMerit
Hologic
Jacobs Engineering
KeyCorp
Landstar System
Movado
Nucor
NYSE Group
PetSmart
QLogic
Superior Energy | 
