Expected Returns, January 2007 -- Manifest Investing

A company can't be best-of-breed without a high relative financial strength.

A company can't be best-of-breed without a high relative financial strength.

What are your sleep-at-night numbers.

VUG's PAR, minuscule expense ratio and broad diversification make it an appropriate core holding in any equity-oriented portfolio.

T. Rowe Price Science & Technology tops the list this month.

The highest rated companies are Oracle, Fastenal, Maxim Integrated Products and Wellpoint Health.

Accumulate more Paychex.

Quality Legend:
Blue	Excellent with quality greater than 80.
Green	Good with quality between 60 and 80.
Neutral	Average or below average with quality between 20 and 60.
Red	Poor with quality less than 20.
Companies with less than 10 years of history are penalized by 5 points per year.
PAR Legend:
Green	PAR is within the target range of MIPAR +5-10%, currently 5.1%-10.1%
Yellow	PAR is above the target range of MIPAR +10%, currently 10.1%
PAR	Projected Annual Return
MIPAR	The Manifest Investing Median PAR of all stocks in the database.
Company Name Legend:
*	Not covered by Value Line Standard Edition.
b	Uses price-to-book value for valuation purposes.
P/CF	Uses price-to-cash flow for valuation.