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Sam Stovall's Sector Watch March 26, 2008, 12:01AM EST

Stocks: The Third-Year Turnaround

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Subindustries with successive down years 1990-2007

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Third Year Charm List

Subindustry Company Ticker S&P Stars Rank Price (3/20/08)
Coal & Consumable Fuels Peabody Energy BTU 3 47

Computer Hardware IBM IBM 5 118

Construction & Engineering Fluor FLR 4 131

Diversified Metals & Mining Freeport-McMoRan Copper FCX 3 87

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals Monsanto MON 3 97

Industrial Gases Air Products APD 3 90

Integrated Oil & Gas Exxon Mobil XOM 5 85

Internet Retail Amazon.com AMZN 3 73

Marine Kirby Corp. KEX 4 54

Oil & Gas Drilling Noble Corp. NE 5 47

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Baker Hughes BHI 5 66

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Swift Energy SFY 5 43

Railroads CSX CSX 4 55

Soft Drinks Coca-Cola KO 5 61


Source: Standard & Poor's Equity Research

Stovall is chief investment strategist for Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services .

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