As chief investment strategist at Standard & Poor's, Sam Stovall serves as
analyst, publisher and communicator of S&P's outlooks for the economy, market,
sectors and stocks. He is a member of the S&P Investment Policy Committee, where
he focuses on market history and valuations, as well as sector and industry recommendations.
Sam is also the author of The Standard & Poor's Guide to Sector Investing and
"Stovall's Sector Watch," a page on businessweek.com, that identifies sector top-outs
and turnarounds. Sam joined Standard & Poor's (S&P) in April 1989. Prior to S&P,
he served Editor In Chief at Argus Research, an independent investment research
firm in New York City. He is a Certified Financial Planner.
