Long-Term Q-100 Gains Top S&P's by more Than 10 percent

摘要

The Q-100 Index long-term performance continues to shine compared to the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 (see chart). Since its inception Sept. 30, 1998, Q-100 gains were at more than 41 percent on Dec. 31, 2004, while the S&P showed 30 percent. Short-term, the percentages are closer: For the 12 months preceding Dec. 31, both indexes were near 11 percent in gains, while for the preceding quarter, both had gains of about 9 percent. Companies new to the Q-100 are Noble, Williams, Allstate, Equity Office Properties, First Horizon, PNC Financial, State Street, Dominion Resources and Keyspan. Companies recently dropped from the list are Bank of America, BellSouth, Chevron Texaco, JP Morgan, MBNA, Lockheed Martin, Gillette, Hew Packard and BankOne.