The S&P PowerPicks 2008 Portfolio represents the collective "best ideas" by the Standard & Poor's analyst team.
The S&P PowerPicks Portfolio 2007 generated a total return of 8.75% vs 5.49% for the S&P 500 Index.
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Benefits
Showcasing the collective "best ideas" in their respective coverage areas by members of Standard & Poor's U.S. analytical team, the S&P PowerPicks Portfolio 2008 report offers you:
Access to Standard & Poor's select list of 40 top stock recommendations for 2008, made by S&P's highly regarded team of independent equity analysts
Research reports highlighting stocks in the portfolio
A portfolio that includes stocks from a variety of industries across all 10 S&P economic sectors comprising the S&P 500 Index
Features
S&P PowerPicks Portfolio 2008 comprises 40 stocks that represent the views of contributing equity research analysts as to the stock within each of their respective coverage areas that they believe is best positioned for superior growth over the coming year.
The S&P PowerPicks Portfolio 2008 is a "frozen" model portfolio which will undergo no changes in 2008. The portfolio's objective is to exceed the total return (capital returns plus dividends paid) generated by the S&P 500 Index during 2008.
On an annualized basis through December 31, 2007, S&P PowerPicks Portfolio total return since inception on January 1, 1997 is +225.8% vs. +136.80% for the S&P 500.*
Availability
S&P's top stock picks for the next 12 months are available here.
*"Standard & Poor's", "S&P" and "S&P 500" are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. PowerPicks 2008 and the PowerPicks portfolios of earlier years are model portfolios only; they are not collective investment funds. The model performance shown has inherent limitations. Such results do not represent actual trading and thus do not reflect the impact that material economic and market factors might have had on decision-making if actual assets had been managed. In addition, these results do not take into account timing differences between the security selections made by S&P and purchases that would have been made by individuals or their advisors based on those selections. The performance shown takes into account the reinvestment of dividends and distributions, but does not take into account brokerage commissions, fees or other charges. Inclusion of such commissions, fees and charges will cause results to be lower than those shown. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. The S&P 500 index is designed to measure performance of 500 leading large-capitalization US companies. This index is unmanaged, includes a different number of holdings, and has different risk characteristics than the PowerPicks stocks, does not reflect expenses or fees or take into account the reinvestment of dividends. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Stocks included in a PowerPicks portfolio may or may not also be included within the S&P 500. The value of the stocks may fluctuate, and an investment based upon PowerPicks may lose money. The equity research reports and recommendations provided by Standard & Poor's Equity Research are performed separately from any other analytic activity of Standard & Poor's. Standard & Poor's Equity Research has no access to non-public information received by other units of Standard & Poor's. Standard & Poor's does not trade for its own account.
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