The information you need to steer your investment decisions--from the world's most respected financial index

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is the most watched index in America--if not the world. Whether you're an individual investor looking to make a smart stock purchase, an executive researching corporate competitors, or a job seeker looking for concise and up-to-the-minute overviews of potential employers, you'll find the critical, often hard-to-find information you need in Standard & Poor's 500 Guide, 2009 Edition. Easy to use and packed with market intelligence on all 500 of the companies listed in the S&P 500 Index, this authoritative reference includes:

* Information on the bluest of blue chip stocks, from Abbott Labs and GE to Microsoft and Yahoo!
* Summaries of each company's business activity, sales history, and recent developments
* Earnings and dividends data, with three-year price charts
* Exclusive Standard & Poor's Quality Rankings (from A+ to D)
* New introduction by David M. Blitzer, Ph.D., Managing Director & Chairman of the Index Committee, Standard & Poor’s

In addition, unique at-a-glance charts detail:

* Stocks with A+ Quality Rankings
* Companies with five consecutive years of earnings increases--a key indicator of strong long-term performance!
* Companies with 10 consecutive years of increasing dividends

Put the comprehensive, updated data and analysis expertise of the world's premier securities information firm at your fingertips, with Standard & Poor's 500 Guide, 2009 Edition.