Heat Up Your Portfolio with Growth Stocks

The Outlook

As the weather gets warmer, growthstocks are leaving value stocks in the cold.Standard & Poor's states thatgrowth stocks have outpaced value stocksover the past several months, a trendthat's likely to continue. Analysts say thatgrowth stocks have shown strong 5-yearprofits, sales, and internal growth rates. In2006, they predict a strong earnings gainfor growth stocks, while they expect valuestocks to dip slightly. Standard & Poor'sgives their strong buy recommendation tothe following growth stocks: Capital One(COF), Coach (COH), Colgate-Palmolive(CL), Danaher (DHR), Electronic Arts(ERTS), Eli Lilly (LLY), Home Depot (HD),Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Kohl's (KSS),Microsoft (MSFT), Mylan Labs (MYL),Nabors Industries (NBR), PepsiCo (PEP),Procter & Gamble (PG), UnitedHealthGroup (UNH), Valero Energy (VLO), Wal-Mart (WMT), and Wrigley (WWY).