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JULY 20, 2001

S&P SECTOR SCORECARD

Sector: Financial
Performances and investment outlooks for the Financial sector and its industries.

Sector/ Industry	Index Value	% of S&P 1500	% Price Change For					Rankings 5 (Best) – 1 (Worst)
Sector/ Industry	Index Value	% of S&P 1500	1 Wk	13 Wks	YTD	'00	5 Yrs.	Relative Strength	STARS
Financials	379.3	17.4	–1	2.1	–5.2	23.8	19.0	3	4.0
Banks	314.5	6.3	–0.3	5.5	3.2	16.1	13.6	3	3.6
Consumer Finance	673.7	0.8	–3.4	4.1	3.3	39.7	29.6	3	4.3
Diversified Financial Services	582.7	6.3	0.3	–2.2	–9.9	25.6	29.0	2	4.3
Insurance Brokers	328.3	0.3	–2.3	5.1	–12.3	13.0	20.5	3	4.0
Life & Health Insurance	238.0	0.9	–2.1	6.0	–2.1	14.1	11.6	3	3.6
Multi-line Insurance	482.9	1.9	–1.2	5.7	–13.7	37.5	27.2	3	4.0
Property & Casualty Insurance	217.9	0.8	–9.8	–2.8	–12.7	53.1	10.4	3	3.8
Reinsurance	170.5	N / A	–7.6	2.9	–8.5	119.5	N / A	3	N / A

Sector STARS: The weighted averages of company STARS in the sector or industry. A higher number is better: 5= Buy, 4= Accumulate, 3= Hold, 2= Avoid, 1= Sell.
Relative Strength: The index's 6-month price performance versus other sectors or sub-industries. 5=Top 10%, 4=Next 20%, 3=Middle 40%, 2=Next 20%, 1=Bottom 10%.

The Relative Strength Graph represents the sector's 52-week price performance vs. that of the S&P 1500 Super Composite. If the purple line moves below 100, the sector is underperforming the market, and if it moves above 100, the sector Is outperforming the market.

The S&P 1500 Super Composite normalized at 100

The sector's 52-week price performance

The relative-strength trend line over the last 200 days