Standard & Poor's 500 Guide, 2004 Edition - Softcover

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Standard & Poor's, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, is the nation's leading securities information company. It provides a broad range of services, including their respected bond and stock ratings, advisory services, and data guides. It's S&P 500 stock index is among the most closely-watched and widely-reported gauges of stock market activity. S&P products are marketed around the world and are used by both financial professionals and individual investors.

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From the information source trusted by more than one million investors-- vital facts and figures on today's corporate giants

The Standard & Poor's 500 index is the most watched index in America--if not the world! Microsoft ... McDonald's ... Wal-Mart Stores ... these are the largest of the large-cap stocks, the true anchors of the American economy.

Whether you're an individual investor looking to make a smart stock purchase, an executive researching corporate competitors, or a job seeker looking for concise and up-to-the-minute overviews of potential employers, you'll find the critical, often hard-to-find information you need in Standard & Poor's 500 Guide, 2004 Edition. Easy-to-use and packed with market intelligence on all 500 of the companies listed in the S&P 500 Index, this authoritative reference includes:

• Well-researched buy, sell, or hold recommendations from S&P's analysts
• Summaries of each company's business activity, sales history, and recent developments
• Company addresses, telephone numbers, and websites
• Names of key corporate directors
• Earnings and dividends data, with three-year price charts
• Important income and balance sheet statistics
• Exclusive Standard & Poor's Quality rankings (from A+ to D)

In addition, unique at-a-glance charts detail:

• Stocks with A+ earnings and dividend (Quality) rankings
• Companies with five consecutive years of earnings increases--a key bellwether of strong long-term performance!
• Companies with 10 consecutive years of increasing dividends
• Low-priced stocks poised to break out
• Stocks that couple low P/Es with high growth rates

Put the comprehensive, updated data and analysis expertise of the world's premier securities information firm at your fingertips, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Guide, 2004 Edition.