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How last year's Fortune 40 did

Each year since 1992, Fortune Magazine has been selected its picks for stocks that could provide market-beating returns over the long run. Last year's Fortune 40 turned in a banner year, trouncing even the S&P's glitzy performance. From June 2, 2006 to June 1, 2007, our diversified group returned 27.4%, compared with 21.5% for the S&P. Since its inception in 2002, the Fortune 40 has delivered an 18.3% annualized return, easily besting the S&P's 14.7%.

See the 2007 list
Company
(Ticker symbol)		 Performance
6/2/2006 - 6/1/2007
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 33.8%
Altria (MO) 37.0%
Coca-Cola (KO) 23.7%
Colgate-Palmolive (CL) 14.3%
General Mills (GIS) 21.3%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 6.9%
Procter & Gamble (PG) 20.1%
Wyeth (WYE) 29.6%
Accenture (ACN) 49.6%
American International Group (AIG) 20.0%
Chubb (CB) 12.1%
ConocoPhillips (COP) 25.1%
EOG Resources (EOG) 17.5%
McKesson (MCK) 28.5%
Progressive Corp. (PGR) -15.9%
Zimmer Holdings (ZMH) 43.9%
Banta 6.4%
Crane (CR) 9.1%
Curtiss-Wright (CW) 37.0%
Liz Claiborne (LIZ) -8.8%
Loews (LTR) 46.8%
Lubrizol (LZ) 66.7%
VF Corp (VFC) 50.6%
UST (UST) 28.7%
Adtran (ADTN) 3.0%
Chattem (CHTT) 81.9%
Emulex (ELX) 17.1%
Heidrick & Struggles (HSII) 39.3%
Helen of Troy (HELE) 42.0%
Navigant Consulting (NCI) 0.3%
Penn Virginia Resource (PVR) 19.2%
Worthington Industries (WOR) 20.8%
AstraZeneca (AZN) 0.3%
Diageo (DEO) 32.0%
Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR) 29.3%
Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) 2.3%
Telefonos de Mexico (TMX) 103.5%
Total (TOT) 19.2%
Unilever (UL) 38.9%
Vodafone (VOD) 42.0%
Average of all securities 27.4%
S&P 500 Index 21.5%



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