Expected Returns, March 2007 -- Manifest Investing

Early spring and another baseball season reminds us that investing results, like baseball, can be improved with effective practice and discipline.

Early spring and another baseball season reminds us that investing results, like baseball, can be improved with effective practice and discipline.

ORCL ranks 31st in the MANIFEST 40 and several Groundhoggers chose the company among their five selections for the Groundhog Challenge Cup.

VGT is an extremely low cost way to provide balanced exposure to the market sector.

RS Small Cap Core A leads the list this month.

The highest rated companies are Fastenal, NAVTEQ, Select Comfort and Oracle.

Accumulate Navteq.

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.