Sam Stovall

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  Top Performing Sector ETFs of 2011

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  December 9, 2011

  Sectors, dividends and ETFs could be the new gold, frankincense and myrrh based on performance over the past year.

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  Sam Stovall Sees a 13% Advance in S&P 500 for 2012

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  December 9, 2011

  S&P Capital IQ’s Investment Policy Committee cites jump in corporate earnings, recession in Europe and ‘half-speed’ recovery in U.S.

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  S&P 500 Sinking to 900 if Recession Comes: S&P’s Stovall

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  August 22, 2011

  If history is a guide, the S&P 500 stock index may have another 8% to 20% to fall from the current level in the event of a recession, according to an equity research report issued Monday by Standard & Poor’s.

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  6 Sectors Hit by Downgrade: S&P Analysis—Slideshow

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  August 11, 2011

  Maybe you heard? Our partners at Standard and Poor’s caused a bit of a stir by downgrading U.S. debt from AAA to AA+. Though they’re quick to note the equity research team is separate and distinct from the ratings arm, we went to the source for their view on the...

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  S&P’s Sam Stovall: Gridlock in Congress Harms, Not Helps, Stocks

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  July 29, 2011

  While many people believe that gridlock is good for the stock market, reasoning that Washington would then not get in the way of capitalism, history shows that the opposite is true, says Stovall in a U.S. sector watch for S&P’s Equity Research unit.

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  S&P’s Stovall Predicts Weak Q2 for Stock Earnings

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  June 27, 2011

  S&P chief investment strategist Sam Stovall predicts that second-quarter stock earnings will show a weak performance across all U.S. sectors.

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  Standard & Poor’s Stovall: S&P 500 Index Will Reach 1,400 Target Over 12 Months

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 29, 2011

  If previous bull-market cycles are a sign of what’s to come, the S&P 500 Index will reach a 12-month target of 1,400, says S&P Chief Investment Strategist Sam Stovall.

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  As Markets Crawl Out of 2-Year Pit, What's Next? Fisher, Sonders & Others Respond—a Slide Show

  By Editorial Staff  |  March 8, 2011

  Two years after the S&P 500 fell to what proved to be the nadir in the markets of this financial crisis, the critical question is where are the markets now, where are they going and what should advisors and their clients take away from the crisis?

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  S&P Picks 3 Best Large-Cap Value Funds for 2011 Outperformance

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2011

  This year is a good one to invest in large-cap value funds, says a Standard & Poor’s Equity Strategy Group report that picks the three top funds in a field of nearly 500.

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  S&P Picks 2 Top Mutual Funds Using Stovall’s Sector Strategy

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 12, 2011

  S&P's mutual fund team has picked Delafield Fund and Royce 100 Service Fund as two excellent sector-focused funds to invest in based on a study by S&P Chief Investment Strategist Sam Stovall.