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COVER STORY Where To Invest 2007 COVER IMAGE: Where To Invest 2007 Markets: Where Optimism Reigns Most investment strategists remain high on stocks, especially American ones CHART: Who To Believe? The Bull Who Hit The Bull's Eye GRAPHIC: The Winning Prediction For 2006 Online Extra: Interactive Table: The Stock Market: Fearless Forecasts From The Pros Pundits: Where To Go For Growth in '07 Five pros with different perspectives and decades of experience handicap stocks Slide Show: Where's The Market Heading In '07 ONLINE EXTRA: A Winner Backs International Markets ONLINE EXTRA: BW 's Most Bullish Forecaster ONLINE EXTRA: Bear Necessities ONLINE EXTRA: Taking a Turn With Tech ONLINE EXTRA: Nailing the Shifts The Economy: Drawing A Bead On The Future We put four key economic questions to 58 experts for a sneak peek at the year to come He Nailed 2006—Then Went Fishing GRAPHIC: The Winning Forecast For 2006 Online Extra: Slide Show: Where Is the Economy Headed in 2007? The BusinessWeek Economic Forecast Survey For 2007 M&A: An Irresistible Urge To Merge The dealmakers will be working double time in '07, and in virtually every sector. GRAPHIC: Likely Targets IPOs Are Looking Tasty Again Financial sector offerings paid off big, tech stocks are back, and 2007 promises more of the same Who Says It's Not Easy Being Green? Investing in environmental technology may be more rewarding under the new Democrat-led Congress GRAPHIC: Places To Put Those Greenbacks Brands: The Mundane Never Looked So Good Stock of staple goods have already been bid up, but there are still some buys around Entertainment: Downloading The Video Windfall Broadband is making Internet video more compatible with other media Europe: Not Too Wild, Not Too Mild European stocks should see respectable growth -- and even outperform the S&P 500 Emerging Markets: Dipping A Toe In The Risk Pool The safest way to invest: Focus on companies that serve rising middle classes in maturing economies CHART: Top 10 Emerging Markets In 2006 Brazil: Where Consumers Are All Keyed Up Japan: Sit Back, Enjoy The Ride It looks like all the pieces are in place for a rebound in Japan Slide Show: Best Plays Income: Why Cash Could Be King Looking for the highest, safest yields? You may want to open a savings account GRAPHIC: Best Bets Portfolios: Expert Advice For Real-Life Finances We match four investors at different stages of life with financial advisers for some sound advice Currencies: Don't Let The Dollar Get You Down The greenback will probably stay anemic, but new ETFs and other instruments offer protection GRAPHIC: Betting Against The Greenback Mutual Funds: It's The Large Caps' Turn To Shine Forecasts of a slower-growing economy have more money managers thinking big GRAPHIC: The Giant Equity Funds GRAPHIC: Stock Funds GRAPHIC: Bond Funds When To Dump A Stock Four ways to tell if it's time to unload a past-its-prime stock -- however painful that may be. Playbook: Pull The Trigger If You See... Housing: Curb Your Enthusiasm About A Recovery Home prices still have room to decline, and it may take 15 years or more to reach new inflation-adjusted highs Art's New Frame Of Reference India, China, Russia... Collecting is going global, and prices have room to run ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: The Boom in the Emerging Art Market Working The Numbers There's no shortage of info -- and no shortage of ways to mine it GRAPHIC: Head Of The Pack GRAPHIC: Quality Yields GRAPHIC: Big Caps To Watch GRAPHIC: Mid-Caps To Watch GRAPHIC: Tech: 2007 Earners GRAPHIC: Tech: Long-Term Growth GRAPHIC: Underappreciated Stocks GRAPHIC: Low Price-to-Book Stocks Online Extra: Interactive Outlook Scoreboard 2006 SMALLBIZ -- WINTER 2006 BusinessWeek SmallBiz How to cultivate passionate customers, the best city for Black startups, getting the nod from celebs, and much more UP FRONT Talk Show Give-'Em-Hell Nancy? Paris' Perfumer Is Not So Hot Another Busy Day At The Home Office The Latest Must-Have: Designer Ice Tuning Into A Treatment For Ringing Ears The French Are Getting Personal Blogspotting My, My, My Is China Really No. 2 In R&D? 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