S&P Equity Research has Five Winners in The Wall Street Journal's 2010 'Best on the Street' Analysts Survey

NEW YORK, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's Equity Research has five winners in The Wall Street Journal's 2010 "Best on the Street" Analysts Survey of top ranking analysts, and was the top ranked independent research firm.  The Wall Street Journal's complete Best on the Street report was published on May 25, 2010*.  

According to The Wall Street Journal, the S&P equity analysts ranked in the top five in their category were:  Zaineb Bokhari (Business & Industrial Services); Jim Corridore (Airlines); Erik Kolb (Broadcasting & Entertainment); Robert McMillan (Real Estate); and Angelo Zino (Semiconductor-Equipment Manufacturing).  Jim Corridore won the award for the fifth time and for the third consecutive year.  Zaineb Bokhari and Erik Kolb won for the second consecutive year.  

"S&P Equity Research is pleased to be the top ranked independent equity research provider," said Stephen Biggar, Global Director of Equity Research for Standard & Poor's.   "In a particularly turbulent year for equity markets, the winning S&P equity analysts did well by gravitating toward early cyclical recovery stocks with the potential to benefit from signs the economy was bottoming."  

The Wall Street Journal survey identifies the top five analysts in each of 44 industries, based only on stock-picking skill.  The data were assembled by FactSet Research Systems Inc., a company that tracks analysts' recommendations and their earnings estimates.  FactSet surveyed more than 7,500 analysts at more than 530 firms, to come up with 2,059 analysts at 183 firms who qualified for inclusion in the survey.

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"Winners" are those analysts identified as among the five analysts with the best performance for the prior calendar year in The Wall Street Journal's "Best on the Street" Analysts Survey.  The Wall Street Journal survey identifies these analysts in each of 44 industries, based only on stock-picking skill.  The data were assembled by FactSet Research Systems Inc., a company that tracks analysts' recommendations and their earnings estimates.  FactSet surveyed more than 7,500 analysts at more than 530 firms, to come up with 2,059 analysts at 183 firms who qualified for inclusion in the survey.

"Independent research" is research produced by a person or organization that has no affiliation, business or contractual relationship with a broker or dealer that would be reasonably likely to inform its research conclusions or determine the content of its research reports.

Past performance is not indicative of future results and will vary from year to year.  Standard & Poor's equity research analysts have been included in The Wall Street Journal's "Best on the Street" equity research surveys since 2003.  In that time, the number of categories in which Standard & Poor's analysts have placed among the top five is: 2009—22, 2008—9, 2007—4, 2006—8, 2005—7, 2004—1, and 2003—14.

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