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Top Stocks is written for every investor who has ever thought,?here are 1700 companies on the stock exchange?where do I start??This is the twelfth year of publication for this essential reference for Australian sharebuyers. As always, in preparing his independent and objective evaluation of leading companies, popular finance author Martin Roth runs the Top 500 companies through exhaustive selection criteria and subjects each stock to rigorous analysis. This year? Top Stocks includes:* individual analysis of the latest results from 112 top Australian companies (23 of which are new to the book)* comparative sales and profits data and in-depth ratio analysis* five-year price charts and shareholder return figures* comprehensive research detailing each company? overall outlook* 19 tables that rank all of the companies according to financial data.If you seek quick and easy access to vital information and statistics on top Australian companies, all presented in an easy-to-read format, then Top Stocks 2006 is a must-read.