Weekly Market Wrap
02/25/2006
It was a busy week, especially
with several companies from our High-Dividend Portfolio releasing
quarterly results and with DIRECTV holding its annual analyst
meeting (see our Subscriber's
Weekly Update for more details).
Oil prices closed the week
at $62.26, up approximately 2% this week on news of the thwarted
attack on a Saudi Arabia oil facility. In 2004, two other
attacks on the Saudi oil supply also failed due to highly-effective
Saudi security. Assuming no more geopolitical crises occur,
it's likely that oil prices will dip in the near-term due
to increasing inventories and continued mild winter weather.
Several of our monthly Cornerstone
Growth Stock Screens received significant boosts due to Flow
International's 21% gain this week (ticker FLOW). In our Subscriber's
Weekly Update we discuss the results of different methods
of using the monthly Cornerstone screens.
For the full weekly update, including our
leading gainers for the week, subscribers can go here.
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