Sam Stovall's Sector Watch September 18, 2007, 4:19PM EST

A Cautious Eye on Investment Banks

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52-Week Relative StrengthInvestment Banking & Brokerage

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Subindustry	Company	S&P STARS Rank	Price (9/14/07)
Auto Parts & Equipment	Johnson Controls (JCI)	3	$111
Commodity Chemicals	Lyondell Chemical (LYO)	3	$46
Computer Hardware	Apple Inc. (AAPL)	4	$139
Construction & Engineering	Jacobs Engineering (JEC)	5	$71
Construction & Farm Machinery	Trinity Industries (TRN)	5	$35
Diversified Metals & Mining	Freeport-McMoRan Copper (FCX)	3	$98
Fertilizers & Agr. Chem.	Monsanto (MON)	3	$74
Footwear	Nike Inc. (NKE)	4	$57
Integrated Oil & Gas	Exxon Mobil (XOM)	4	$89
Internet Retail	Amazon.com (AMZN)	2	$88
Oil & Gas Equip. & Svcs.	Schlumberger (SLB)	5	$100
Oil & Gas Refining & Mktg.	Valero Energy (VLO)	4	$69
Steel	Nucor Corp. (NUE)	4	$57
Tires & Rubber	Goodyear Tire (GT)	3	$26

Source: Standard & Poor's Equity Research

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