Standard & Poor's 500 Guide 2002

The new edition of Standard & Poor's reports, analyses, and opinions on the 500 companies in the world famous S&P 500 Index (companies with average marketing capitalization exceeding $10 billion), one of the most watched financial indexes in the world. General Electric, Ford, McDonald's, IBM, Boeing, Microsoft, Exxon, and AT&T--it's companies like these with average market capitalization exceeding $10 billion that are in Standard & Poor's world famous 500 Index. Many of these are the bluest of the blue-chip stocks--stocks that grow and generate increasing dividends year after year. All 500 companies are scrutinized in this guide by S&P. It gives easy-to-understand data and analyses vital to successful stock selection.