In This Issue:

•Roller-Coaster Ride: What does recent commodity volatility mean for stocks?
•STARS Status: Changes in S&P analysts' STARS rankings for May 22 through May 26.
•Our "Best on the Street" Analysts: Here we look at the industries covered by S&P analysts who were cited for excellence in The Wall Street Journal's annual survey.
•Strong Momentum, Attractive Valuation: These stocks offer solid growth potential at a reasonable price - a winning combination, in our view.
•Women's Sports Apparel Showing Muscle: S&P believes Chico's FAS, Liz Claiborne, Nike, and Bebe Stores are most likely to benefit from shifting apparel trends.
•Sorting the Five-STARS: This table, which arranges five-STARS growth stocks according to capitalization and risk, can be used as a guide to determine which ones are best for you.
•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 High-Quality Capital Appreciation Portfolio, highlighted this week, consists mainly of large-cap stocks.
•Harness Our Quant Power: Standard & Poor's Neural Fair Value 25 Portfolio buys what are deemed undervalued issues with superior return potential.

Some of the Companies Featured:
Consol Energy
Linear Technology
Manitowoc
Southwest Airlines
Superior Energy Services
Trinity Industries
Wal-Mart
Weatherford International

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