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Public Dashboard: Barron's (2008)

Barron's top (12) stocks for 2008. The starting value was $1000 on 1/4/2008.

Dashboard: Barron's (2008) Date: 05/13/2008
Company Symbol Shares Price Value % of Total Growth Proj P/E Proj Yield Fin Str EPS Stab Qlty PAR
Comcast (A) CMCSA 4.948 $22.04 $109 11.6% 8.0% 24.0 0.0% 37% 34 42.7 14.7%
Micron Tech MU 13 $8.32 $108 11.5% 11.4% 4.9 0.0% 8% 9 41.5 13.4%
Kohl's KSS 2.038 $49.07 $100 10.6% 12.0% 17.0 0.0% 97% 80 94.2 18.3%
Southwest Airlines LUV 7.3 $13.30 $97 10.3% 10.1% 19.0 0.1% 71% 61 65.2 9.9%
Time Warner TWX 5.238 $16.04 $84 8.9% 5.0% 22.0 0.5% 46% 32 46.0 14.8%
Comerica CMA 2.088 $39.69 $82 8.8% 5.6% 12.0 4.0% 94% 80 66.2 13.5%
Suntrust Banks STI 1.418 $56.77 $80 8.5% 9.9% 11.0 3.8% 99% 99 73.0 14.9%
Starbucks SBUX 4.6 $16.04 $73 7.8% 16.4% 29.0 0.0% 84% 96 81.6 26.1%
Gannett GCI 2.378 $30.07 $71 7.6% 6.9% 10.0 2.7% 94% 86 80.0 19.2%
Legg Mason LM 1.2 $55.86 $67 7.1% 9.1% 18.0 0.8% 88% 82 63.5 25.9%
American Intl Group AIG 1.506 $38.37 $57 6.1% 8.2% 13.0 1.0% 98% 66 70.0 27.1%
Bear Stearns* BSC 1.056 $10.38 $10 1.2% 2.0% 2.0 0.0% 1% 44 26.0 16.4%
Totals & Averages $942 100.0% 9.3% 16.2 1.1% 69% 62 64.1 17.2%

Portfolio Averages
PAR 17.2%
Quality 64.1
Growth 9.3%
Average P/E Ratio 16.2
Average Yield 1.1%
Financial Strength 69
EPS Stability 62
Quality Legend:
BlueExcellent with quality greater than 65.
GreenGood with quality between 55 and 65.
NeutralAverage or below average with quality between 35 and 55.
RedPoor with quality less than 35.
PAR Legend:
GreenPAR is within the target range of MIPAR +5-10%, currently 16.7-21.7%.
YellowPAR is above the target range of MIPAR +10%, currently 21.7%.
PARProjected Annual Return
MIPARThe Manifest Investing Median PAR of all stocks in the database.
MIPAR11.7%
*Not covered by Value Line Standard Edition.
bUses price-to-book value for valuation purposes.
~Exhibits cyclical tendencies.