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HOTTEST AND COLDEST SECTORS Three-month price change

S&P 500 RATIOS

BOND FUND AVERAGES

BEST-PERFORMING STOCKS

NOTES AND SOURCES: Unless otherwise noted, data as of Jan. 6 from Lipper, New York; 877-955-4773. Bond index data from Lehman Brothers. Market Measures index levels from Bloomberg. Hottest and Coldest Sectors and S&P 500 Ratios as of Jan. 5 from Standard & Poor's; ranking limited to sectors with at least three companies. Widely Held Stocks ranked by largest number of accounts at Merrill Lynch as of Dec. 31. Widely Held Stocks, Best-Performing Stocks P/E, and Highest-Yielding Dow Stocks data from Thomson/Baseline; P/E based on GAAP. Best-Performing Stocks data ranking limited to companies with market capitalization of at least $500 million. [1] Annualized. [2] Price change only. [3] Last month's rankings as of Dec. 5. [4] American Depositary Receipts. N.A.: Not available. Compiled by Tara Kalwarski (tkalwarski@moneymail.com)