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Financial Spread Trading Portfolios of stocks with high Standard & Poor's Quality Rankings significantly underperformed portfolios of stocks with low Quality Rankings as well as the S&P 500 Index in 2003.

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Online Spread Betting The authors found that the outperformance of lower-quality stocks in 2003 is consistent with previous periods of profit rebound - such as 1992-1993 and 1999 - when profits of lower-quality companies grew faster than those of higher-quality companies.

Stock Spread Trading Low Quality Ranking companies are defined in this study as those with the lowest Standard & Poor's Earnings and Dividend Rankings, commonly called Quality Rankings, of "B," "B-," or "C."

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Complete Guide Spread Trading These companies were helped largely by lower interest rates, which allowed a refinancing of their debt at lower cost and therefore reduced the interest burden as a proportion of profits after depreciation and amortization from 140% in 2002 to 40% in 2003. As a result, these three sectors were the best performing sectors in 2003. Higher Quality Ranking stocks generally reside in less economically sensitive sectors such as Consumer Staples and Health Care, which underperformed in 2003.

Sport Spread Betting "The link between profit rebound and relative outperformance of lower-quality stocks was re-established in 2003, as it was in 1991-1992,"says Massimo Santicchia, equity analyst and senior investment officer, Standard & Poor's, and co-author of the study. "Differences in returns among sectors can be traced to differences in sensitivity to profit cycles, and to differences in the Standard & Poor's Quality Ranking composition of the sectors."

Low Spread Forex Trading "This analysis shows that portfolios of stocks with high Standard & Poor's Quality Rankings exhibit a favorable risk-return profile for long-term investors, since they provide above-market absolute and risk-adjusted returns over the entire period under study, 1985-2003," says Sandeep Patel, managing director, Standard & Poor's, and co-author of the study. "High Quality Ranking portfolios, over time, achieve superior returns by losing less in down markets and participating in upward movements of the market."

Trading Spread And Seasonals The study, "Standard & Poor's Earnings & Dividend Ranking System: March 2004," is available at www.standardandpoors.com in the "Hot Topics" section on the homepage. It reviewed more than 3,400 U.S. stocks, based on the Standard & Poor's Earnings and Dividend Ranking System (commonly known as Quality Ranking) that tracks the long-term growth and stability of each company's earnings and dividends.

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