In This Issue:
• A Wobbly Start - The near term still remains uncertain, as stock market leadership has not rotated to fresh favorites.
• In the Limelight
• STARS Status - Changes in S&P analysts' STARS rankings for February 7 through February 11.
• The Market Last Week
• Beneficiaries of Acquisitions or Spin-offs - With merger-and-acquisition activity heating up, we look at three companies that have used purchases or spin-offs to fuel growth.
• Stocks Ranked Five STARS by S&P
• Favored A+ Stocks
• Recommended A+ Stocks
• 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. Group 1, highlighted this week, consists mainly of large-cap stocks.
• Group 1: Core Stocks For Long-Term Capital Appreciation (Table)
• A Closer Look at "Spiders" - An exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the S&P 500 index is the core holding in our recommended asset allocation portfolio. We examine this popular investment in detail.

Some of the Companies Featured:
Anheuser-Busch Cos.
Benchmark Electronics
Church & Dwight
Cintas Corp.
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Fifth Third Bancorp
Home Depot Inc.
International Speedway Corp.
Lubrizol Corp.
Premcor Inc.
Procter & Gamble Co.
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
U.S. Bancorp
Ugi Corp.
Weatherford International

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