In this Issue:
• Let The Bears Sleep: We Think That The Current Shape Of The Yield Curve Has More To Do With Overseas Investors Than Imminent Recess
• In The Limelight
• STARS Status: Changes In S&P Analysts' STARS Rankings For December 19 Through December 30.
• Five-Stars Stocks In The News
• The Market In The Last Two Weeks
• S&P Analysts' Top Picks For 2006: We Believe These Stocks Have The Greatest Potential For Superior Returns In The Coming Year.
• Ingram Micro Feeds An Insatiable Market: We Believe This Global Supplier Of Information Technology Products And Services Is On Track For Continued Growth.
• 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 2, Highlighted This Week, Consists Of Stocks We Like For Total Return.
• S&P's Platinum Portfolio

Some of the Companies Featured:
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Best Buy
Exxonmobil
General Mills Inc.
Herman Miller
Texas Instruments
Wilmington Trust Corp.

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