Veteran Affairs Index
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Date updated:03-24-2007

The Barron's 3-26-07 edition included an article about why it would be beneficial to buy shares in publicly traded companies that are major contractors for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

"In 2005, the latest year for which data are available, 13 of the top 20 contracts went to publicly traded outfits. If you had shares in the winners of those 13 at the start of that year and held them until last Tuesday, you would have seen this portfolio appreciate by 43%. That was more than double the 21.4% that the S&P rose in the same span... Our investment thesis is that the private sector will emulate some of the department's procedures to save money and, consequently, will hire some of its contractors."

Over the past two years, shares of these Veterans Affairs contractors rose twice as much, on average, as the overall market.

symbol name last price % change open
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  • MCK
    Mckesson Corp
  • $62.58
  • +0.98%
  • $61.74

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People owning MCK also tend to own: AAALLAPCBABACCCAT

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  • SRZ
    Sunrise Senior Lv
  • $4.31
  • -0.92%
  • $4.18

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People owning SRZ also tend to own: ORCHMHSASPVGENZEMSHNTRURL

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  • NOC
    Northrop Grum Hol
  • $52.37
  • +1.20%
  • $51.69

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People owning NOC also tend to own: ADMAIZALLCBCNICOPCSC

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  • EDS
    Exceed Company Lt
  • $9.87
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

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People owning EDS also tend to own: AAAPLBMCCDNSCSCOEBAYFDS

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  • GTSI
    Gtsi Corp.
  • $6.64
  • -0.13%
  • $6.65

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People owning GTSI also tend to own: AHOCAHEDSGEHPQMCKMPZ

TheStreet.com Rating: C What is this?

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  • PHG
    Koninklijke Phlp
  • $26.31
  • +1.27%
  • $26.13

No Analysis added

People owning PHG also tend to own: SGTLBPCSRTPSTDVEBA

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  • HPQ
    Hewlett Packard C
  • $49.16
  • +0.63%
  • $48.68

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People owning HPQ also tend to own: ACASCLPMRKPHISHFLVZAA

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  • SI
    Siemens A G Adr
  • $92.13
  • -0.45%
  • $91.16

No Analysis added

People owning SI also tend to own: AAPLAMDABBAMZNBPCNQDVN

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