In This Issue:
• The 3% Solution - Dividends are rising rapidly, but still have a long way to go to match historical payouts.
• In the Limelight
• STARS Status - Changes in S&P analysts' STARS rankings for March 14 through March 18.
• Five -Stars Stocks In The News
• Some Tech Firms See Boon from Compliance - IT spending is back for tech companies that help corporations comply with the record-keeping requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley and other compliance laws.
• Stocks with Low P/Es, High Projected Profit Gains: We looked for stocks that trade at price-to-earnings multiples below the market average and that are expected to produce above-average earnings growth in 2005.
• Selected Stocks With Low P/E Multiples, High Expected Earnings Gains
• Stocks Ranked Four STARS by S&P
• Master List Stocks Update - Our three supervised Master List groups of stocks, recommended as core holdings for long-term investors. Group 2, highlighted this week, consists of stocks we like for total return.
• "Five by Five" Stocks - These stocks carry both a five-STARS ranking for expected outperformance over the next 12 months and a fair value ranking of five, indicating that we think they are undervalued. Some of the Companies Featured:
Abbott Laboratories
Beazer Homes Usa Inc.
Chubb Corp.
Computer Sciences Corp.
Elbit Systems
EMC Corp.
Exxonmobil Corp.
Fiserv Inc.
Fortune Brands
Gap Inc.
Genentech
Int'l Business Machines
Ivax Corp.
New York Community Bancorp
Powerwave Technologies
Rayovac Corp.
Skywest Inc.
Storage Technology Corp. | 
