THE IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE P...

THE IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE PUBLIC builders in 2001 despite the downturn, surprised skeptics and believers alike. The hearth building sector was the No. 1 performer in the Dow Jone Industry cluster last year as well as in the S&P 500 Industry clump The builders' composite shareholder reply for the year was 275 percent compared with the S&P's negative 12 percent In a disturbance of fourth-quarter activity, the builders' go [i]or[/i] come back of 43 percent earned them a ranking as the third best performer in the S&P 500

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