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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.

MCK
Mckesson Corp. (n
$41.32
0.00%
$41.87

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People owning MCK also tend to own: AA ALL APC BA BAC C CAT

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SRZ
Sunrise Senior Li
$2.93
0.00%
$2.79

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People owning SRZ also tend to own: AET AMAG ASPV BMRN CNC DGX DVA

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NOC
Northrop Grumman
$48.28
0.00%
$48.55

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People owning NOC also tend to own: ABM COST INFO JAS LMT Q RTN

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EDS
N/a
$24.96
0.00
$24.96

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People owning EDS also tend to own: A AAPL BMC CDNS CSCO EBAY FDS

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GTSI
Gtsi Corp.
$5.56
+6.10%
$4.95

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People owning GTSI also tend to own: AHO CAH EDS GE HPQ MCK MPZ

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PHG
Koninklijke Phili
$20.30
0.00%
$20.17

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People owning PHG also tend to own: SGTL BP CS RTP STD VE BA

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HPQ
Hewlett-packard C
$35.84
0.00%
$35.96

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People owning HPQ also tend to own: AAPL AIG APD BA BAC BAX C

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MPZ
$0.00
0.00%
$N/A

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People owning MPZ also tend to own: AHO CAH EDS GE GTSI HPQ MCK

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