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Basic Materials Sector

Hot Stocks in This Sector	Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, AptarGroup, Tupperware, Constar International, L.B. Foster Company, Macquarie Infrastructure Company Trust, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Castle (A.M.) & Co..
Related Sectors	Capital Goods, Chemicals, Metals and Mining, Energy.
Hot Sectors	Investing, Healthcare, Services, Banking, Energy.
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Industries in the Basic Materials Sector

• Packaging & Containers

• Rubber & Plastics

• Basic Materials Wholesale

Basic Materials Upgrades

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
11/06/2009	MYE	C.L. King	Neutral	Accumulate
10/06/2009	PTV	Goldman Sachs	Neutral	Buy
09/14/2009	PKG	BMo Capital	Underperform	Market Perform
09/14/2009	SEE	Bank of America	Neutral	Buy

Basic Materials Downgrades

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
10/29/2009	GT	Bank of America	Buy	Underperform
07/30/2009	SEE	Barclays	Equalweight	Underweight
07/29/2009	CAS	Davenport	Buy	Neutral
07/29/2009	CAS	Next Generation Equity Research	Buy	Neutral

Basic Materials New Coverages

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Rating
10/30/2009	FSTR	DA Davidson	Neutral
10/30/2009	FSTR	DA Davidson	Neutral
10/08/2009	BWY	Baird	Neutral
09/30/2009	PKG	Soleil Securities	Buy

Basic Materials Earnings

Date	Ticker	Actual	Expected	Prev Yr Qtr
10/14/2009	ATR	0.51	0.47	0.57
10/14/2009	CCK	0.81	0.80	0.71
09/10/2009	DSWL	-0.02		0.08
09/02/2009	GEF	0.88	0.86	1.18
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Stock of the Day

The Basic Materials Sector's Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (GT) was InvestorGuide.com's Stock of the Day on 4/25/2008.
Goodyear, Even Better Quarter
America's largest tiremaker, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, posted record-breaking sales and reported the best profit it's seen during the first-quarter in several years, thanks to a shift in strategy that is really paying off. Goodyear's timing in changing its production focus has proven to be quite advantageous, leading to higher margins while industry rivals and other players in the auto sector struggle under economic pressures. With the company's automaker customers cutting their tire orders, will this quarter's winning formula keep the good times rolling? Read more

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