In this Issue:

•Riding the Roller Coaster: Standard & Poor's revaluation of risk continues.

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

•The Observatory

•Rising & Falling Stars

•College

•Economic Stability Delights Turks, Investors:Turkey's stocks are appreciating at a rapid clip.

•Travel the World: And stay at home while you do it.

•Low-Beta Buys:Standard & Poor's recommends shifting to defensive issues.

•Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio: We expect Harris' sales to advance in 2008 with help from the Multimax acquisition.

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

Some of the Companies featured:
Anheuser-Busch
Aqua America
Boston Beer
CHEESECAKE FACTORY
Citrix Systems
Coca-Cola
Entergy
HARRIS
Jacobs Engineering
Lehman Brothers
Lincoln Electric
Marathon Oil
PepsiCo
PMI Group

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