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Easy-to-use and packed with market intelligence on all the companies listed in the S&P 500 Index, this handy reference includes:
-- Buy, sell, or hold recommendations for every stock
-- A summary of each company's business activity, recent developments, and sales history
-- Company addresses, telephone numbers, and names of key corporate officers
-- Earnings, dividends, and 3-year price charts
-- Key income and balance sheet statistics
-- Exclusive Standard & Poor's rankings (from A+ to D)
In addition, unique at-a-glance charts highlight:
-- Stocks with A+ earnings and dividend rankings
-- Companies with five consecutive years of earnings increases
-- Rapid growth stocks
-- Companies with fast-rising dividends
-- Companies with higher dividends in each of the past 10 years
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