Pick-of-the-Month Stock ~ Dec. 2005

Pick-of-the-Month Stock (December 2005)
Stock Name	SYM	Exch.	Sector	Industry	Date Picked	Pick Price (per share)
Cemex, S.A. de C.V.	CX	NYSE	Capital Goods	Construction - Raw Materials	12/12/05	$58.75

Cemex, S.A. de C.V. is a leading global producer and marketer of quality cement and ready-mix concrete products. The company has operations in North, Central, and South America; Europe; the Caribbean; Asia; and Africa.

CEMEX is a large-cap value company in the Capital Goods sector. The Company has a market capitalization of $22,739.91M with outstanding shares of 383.80M. The Company's corporate addresses are: 590 Madison Avenue, 41st Floor; New York, NY 10019 (U.S.); and Av. Constitucion 444 Pte., Apdo. Postal 392, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon MX C.P. 64000 (Mexico). The company was founded in 1906 and has 53,242 employees.

Sector: Capital Goods; Industry: Construction ~ Raw Materials; Ticker: CX; Exch: NYSE; 12/12/05 Price: $58.75.

STOCK GRADE (ASG: 53.85)
BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SUMMARY (Yahoo)
EXPANDED BUSINESS DESCRIPTION (Reuters)
STOCK INFO/RESEARCH (MSN)
OWNERSHIP (MSN)
KEY DEVELOPMENTS & RECENT NEWS (MSN)
COMPANY'S WEB SITE
STOCK'S CORE STRENGTHS (SEE: Table Below)

Management's Effectiveness (12 Mo.) . . . Return on Equity:     31.36%

Profitability (12 Mo.) . . . Profit Margin:     16.66%

Stock's Growth Record (12 Mo.) . . . Revenue:        6.91%

. . . EPS:     77.55%

. . . Price:     75.56%

. . . Dividend:        NA

PE & EPS (12 Mo.) . . . Price/Earnings:        7.74

. . . Earnings/Share:        7.66

Price / Share . . . As of 12/12/2005:    $58.75

CEMEX SA de C.V. (CEMEX) - EVALUATION

CEMEX's stock emerged as an ACE'S selection based on the evaluation results of the criteria listed below. The evaluation results are encapsulated as one value in ASG (short for ACE'S Stock Grade). ASG is proprietary variable that was devised by ACE'S to measure the quality of a stock for investment. CEMEX's ASG value of 53.85 is EXCELLENT.

A. MANAGEMENTS EFFECTIVENESS - EXCELLENT
B. PRODUCTS & SERVICES, SET OF - EXCELLENT
C. SALES - EXCELLENT
D. CASH FLOW, FREE - GOOD
E. PROFITABILITY - EXCELLENT
F. PRICE-EARNINGS RATIO (P/E) - EXCELLENT (LOWER THAN INDUSTRY'S AVERAGE)
G. FINANCIAL HEALTH - EXCELLENT.
H. MARKET CAPITALIZATION - AVERAGE
I. TRADED VOLUME - EXCELLENT
J. PRICE GROWTH - EXCELLENT

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