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Markos N. Kaminis worked as a sell-side analyst over a seven-year period at Standard & Poor's. After spending the first two years of his career on Wall Street following diversified financial services firms, he was promoted into a special role as an idea generator, supporting the portfolios of institutional clients as well as playing a significant role in driving performance within S&P's recommended lists and portfolios. He followed a group of 30-40 Small and Mid-Cap firms and was charged with finding new buy and sell candidates while operating without restriction regarding industry or business sector. He also authored IPO research, and wrote for S&P newsletters, "The Outlook", "Equity Insights" and "Emerging Opportunities", as well as for "Business Week Online". Mr. Kaminis generated a 23% average annual return over five years on his "Strong Buy" recommendations, and 26% over three years ended 2004. He was ranked internally as the best "strong buy" stockpicker over the four-year period ended 2004 and second over five years, among a group of approximately 60 domestic and 90 global analysts. Mr. Kaminis is currently building his own financial advisory business and invites you to continue to enjoy his insights Go here to see his entire blog. Links to today's headlines appear below.