Standard & Poor's Guide to Technology Stocks

Book excerpt: Standard and Poor's has been the leading brand in financial information and analysis around the world. Brokers, investment bankers, and other Wall Street professionals have relied upon S&P's unparalleled financial analysis for over 140 years. Their stock reports and ratings are among the most-respected in the industry. Now S&P's celebrated stock reports are collected for the top-rated stocks in the S&P 1500 composite index for each of today's five hottest stock sectors. Finance; Technology; Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology; Energy; Communications and Telecom; The industries in these sectors include some of the fastest growing stocks around, and each of them include stocks assigned the prestigious 5-Star rating by S&P's top analysts. 65 percent of the 5-Star rankings allotted to stocks in S&P's 1500 composite index were assigned to stocks in one these 5 sectors! Included in each book are S&P's exclusive stock reports for the top-rated companies in each industry in the sector. Each book will also contain S&P analysts' valuable analysis of the sector as a whole and exclusive advice on how to evaluate stocks in each industry in the sector.