In This Issue:

•Seasonal Softness Ahead?: Sell in May then walk away? S&P says yes, with a caveat.

•Intelligencer: Headlines, Highlights, and What's on Our Minds

•The Observatory: Selected actions for April 30 through May 4.

•Financials: A Contrarian Call: Where the Street frowns, we smile.

•Like Money In the Bank: Financial sector mutual funds can be a good investment.

•Talking Technology Targets: Apple and IBM get a target-price boost from S&P.

•Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio: Relationships are the key for Jacobs.

•Industry Momentum Portfolio: This Standard & Poor's portfolio identifies industries with the potential for above-average price performance.

Some of the Companies Featured:

AMB Property
First Industrial Realty Trust
Home Properties
KeyCorp
Kite Realty Group
Landstar System
Macerich
Magellan Midstream Partners
National Realty Properties
PetSmart
ProLogis
SRA International
U-Store-It Trust
Wachovia
Wrigley (Wm.) Jr.

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