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July 18, 2008
Investing Intelligence Insights and analysis from BW and Standard & Poor's

NEWS  THIS WEEK'S TOP STORY SAM STOVALL'S SECTOR WATCH • From S&P Stocks: The Dividend Defense Finding smart stocks with fat yields can help investors through a down market   MORE TOP STORIES INSIDE WALL STREET Sempra Keeps the Power On Also featured: Western Digital and Acacia Research-Technologies GENE MARCIAL'S STOCK PICKS Marcial: Making the Best of a Bad Market Investors should keep a cool head and carefully scan for bargains among the wreckage. One promising opportunity: JPMorgan Chase S&P STOCK PICKS AND PANS • From S&P S&P Picks and Pans: Citigroup, Google, Merrill Lynch, IBM Analysts' opinions on stocks in the news Friday THE WEEK AHEAD Vital Signs: Earnings Winners and Losers On deck: leading indicators, home prices, home sales, durable goods orders, and a ton of earnings reports How Bad Will It Get on Wall Street? As the credit crisis grinds on, the prospects for a quick recovery darken INVESTING Finding Strong Stocks in a Sickly Market Red ink is spurting everywhere. Here are five ways investors can find financially robust companies to ride out the current downturn INVESTING Commodities: Uncertain Futures Commodity indexes are pulling in triple-digit returns. But the slight differences in performance offer clues to their potential volatility STOCK SCREENS • From S&P Stocks: Top Scores in Quality and Value S&P's latest list finds seven names that earn the highest rankings under its measures of fair value and 10-year earnings and dividend growth NEWS ANALYSIS Food Companies: Recipes for Tough Times Faced with rising costs and pickier customers, processed foodmakers find ways to boost their products' appeal—and make price hikes stick TOP NEWS The End of Oil's Boom? A 10% correction over the past week could signal the end of a long bull run for crude oil   INVESTING TOOLS MUTUAL FUND SCOREBOARD How's Your Fund Doing? Our Interactive Scoreboard has complete results for some 2,500 equity funds, hundreds with BW's exclusive risk-adjusted ratings This newsletter is a FREE service provided by BusinessWeek.com. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or change your e-mail address, please go to our Newsletter Preferences page. If you need other assistance, please contact Customer Service or contact: Wanda Cooper BusinessWeek Customer Rights Communications Data Services 1995 G Avenue Red Oak, IA 51566 Phone: 1-800-635-1200 View our corporate privacy policy here. To learn more about how BusinessWeek.com applies this policy, you can contact our Marketing Department. Copyright 2008, by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Notice  BW MALL   SPONSORED LINKS Mutual Funds at Fidelity  Benefit from over 50 years of fund management experience. Build Your Employees' Skill Sets With SkillSoft  Integrate Learning Into Business With SkillSoft's Learning Solutions. Sign Up & Get Full Access. Buy Foreclosures & Use Our Money.  Split Big Profits! You Find it & We Fund it! Co-Own Or Cash Out! Get Free Info Now! Car Insurance  Are You Paying Too Much For Auto Insurance. Compare Top Auto Insurance Companies and Start Saving. Press release distribution from $49  Add images, links, and access to your statistics. Includes search engine optimization. Only $49. Buy a link now!

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