Tuesday, January 2, 2007

America Movile, S.A. de C.V. and Yahoo! Inc. added to The Innovation Index

America Movile, S.A. de C.V. (America Movil) (NYSE: AMX) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) have been added to The Innovation Index. With this addition, The Innovation Index now represents the top 20 Innovators in North America.

The Innovation Index will begin 2007 at 69.38 points with the addition of AMX and YHOO.

America Movile revenues have grown from 7.6 billion in 2003 to 16.9 billion in 2005; 2006 revenues are expected over 20 billion. America Movile net income has grown from 1.3 billion in 2003 to 2.9 billion in 2005; 2006 net income is expected over 4 billion. America Movile has a potential subscriber base of over 500 million users in Americas. AMX was up 56% last year, and is expected to repeat the performance this year.

Yahoo! revenues have grown from 1.6 billion in 2003 to 5.2 billion in 2005; 2006 revenues are expected to eclipse 6 billion. Yahoo! net income has grown from 296 million in 2003 to 1.1 billion in 2005 aided by one-time benefit; 2006 net income is expected above 600 million. Yahoo! is the worldwide online leader in page views and visitors, and is poised to grow in 2007 with new innovations through search, expansion of key properties, and focused leadership. YHOO was down 35% last year, however is poised to rebound in 2007.
The Innovation Index has returned 119% over the last five years along with the addition of these top two Innovators. $100 invested in The Innovation Index on December 31, 2001 returned $219 as of December 29, 2006. By comparison, $100 invested in S & P 500, NASDAQ and Dow Jones Index returned $124. The Innovation Index beats the S & P 500, NASDAQ and Dow Jones Index by 77% over the last five years. (click to see the comparison)




Summary of America Movil, S.A. de C.V. (from Google Finance):

America Movil, S.A. de C.V. (America Movil) (NYSE: AMX) founded in 2000, and headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico is a provider of wireless communications services in Latin America. The Company has subsidiaries in the telecommunications sector in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Paraguay and the United States. As of December 31, 2005, America Movil had 93.3 million subscribers in 14 countries. In August 2005, the Company acquired Smartcom, S.A. and America Movil Peru, S.A.C. In July 2005, America Movil acquired AMX Paraguay, S.A. In December 2006, Verizon Communications Inc. completed the sale of Verizon Canada Holdings Corp., to a subsidiary of America Movil, S.A. de C.V. As a result, the Company purchased Verizon Communications Inc.'s interest in Verizon Dominicana, which provides telecommunications services to more than 2.7 million wireless, wireline and broadband customers in the Dominican Republic.

Summary of Yahoo! Inc. (from Yahoo! Finance):

Yahoo! Inc. (Yahoo!) (NASDAQ: YHOO) founded in 1994, and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California provides Internet services to users and businesses worldwide. It offers online properties and services to users; and a range of tools and marketing solutions to businesses. The company’s search products include Yahoo! Search; Yahoo! Desktop Search; Yahoo! Toolbar; and Yahoo! Search on Mobile to navigate the Internet and searching for information; and local offerings comprise Yahoo! Local; Yahoo! Yellow Pages; and Yahoo! Maps. Its Marketplace products include Yahoo! Shopping; Kelkoo; Yahoo! Auctions; Yahoo! Real Estate; Yahoo! Travel; Yahoo! Autos; Yahoo! Personals; Yahoo! Personals Premier; Yahoo! HotJobs; and Yahoo! Small Business for users seeking to purchase products and services on the Internet. Yahoo! also offers information products, such as Yahoo! Front Page; My Yahoo!; Yahoo! News; Yahoo! Finance ; Yahoo! Health; and Yahoo! Education, as well as entertainment products, including Yahoo! Sports; Yahoo! Music; Yahoo! Movies; Yahoo! TV; Yahoo! Games; and Yahooligans!. In addition, the company offers communications and connected life products that provide a range of communication and content services to users and small businesses. Its communications products include Yahoo! Mail; Yahoo! Messenger with Voice; Yahoo! Photos; and Yahoo! Communities; and connected life products comprise Broadband; Yahoo! Mobile; and Yahoo! Go. Yahoo! has strategic alliances with Alibaba.com Corporation, AT&T Corp, BT Group plc, Rogers Cable Inc., Vodafone Group plc, and Verizon Communications, Inc.

About The Innovation Index

The Innovation Index introduced in December 2006 is a weighted stock price index of the top 20 Innovators in North America.

The alphabetical list of the top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index along with their stock ticker symbols are presented below:

3M Company - (NYSE: MMM)
Amazon.com, Inc. - (NASDAQ: AMZN)
American Movile - (NYSE: AMX)
Apple Computer, Inc. - (NASDAQ: AAPL)
Cisco Systems, Inc. - (NASDAQ: CSCO)
Dell Inc. - (NASDAQ: DELL)
eBay Inc. - (NASDAQ: EBAY)
General Electric Co. - (NYSE: GE)
Google Inc. - (NASDAQ: GOOG)
Hewlett-Packard Co. - (NYSE: HPQ)
Intel Corporation - (NYSE: INTC)
International Business Machines Corp. - (NYSE: IBM)
Microsoft Corporation - (NASDAQ: MSFT)
Research In Motion Limited - (NASDAQ: RIMM)
Southwest Airlines Co. - (NYSE: LUV)
Starbucks Corporation - (NASDAQ: SBUX)
Target Corp. - (NYSE: TGT)
The Proctor & Gamble Company - (NYSE: PG)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - (NYSE: WMT)
Yahoo! Inc. - (NASDAQ: YHOO)

The Innovation Index will analyze the positions and standings of the top 20 Innovators at the end of each year. For 2007, there will be no further changes in The Innovation Index. However, The Growth Innovation Index will be proposed that will include weighting based on market cap, past performance, and closing share price.
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