Once upon a time I looked at various financial ratios, trying to determine which of the DOW-30 would be the best bet for the near future.

>That was here, right?
Yes. So I figured I'd check in every once in a while ... and here's the latest:

Stock	P/E	PEG	M/E	1000gPEG	gNUM	gRANK		Stock	P/E	PEG	M/E	1000gPEG	gNUM	gRANK
GE	22.0	1.8	28.6	25.4	1343	2015		MSFT	27.2	1.8	17.9	25.6	4145	-2240
WMT	19.4	1.1	10.6	15.7	892	636		C	14.9	1.0	??	13.6	740	??
XOM	15.3	2.0	7.1	27.8	508	103		INTC	18.7	1.2	11.9	16.4	5140	1586
IBM	15.2	1.5	12.7	21.6	2026	1502		JNJ	24.2	1.8	12.7	25.6	997	386
PG	21.4	1.8	12.6	25.2	1925	544		KO	21.6	2.5	15.5	35.3	1611	870
MO	13.6	1.4	9.8	19.9	1794	-731		MRK	12.8	3.5	9.2	48.8	3005	-539
HD	16.0	1.0	8.6	13.7	1435	782		SBC	15.5	2.9	7.6	40.7	3449	-296
JPM	20.5	1.2	??	16.5	2169	??		HPQ	17.8	1.4	11.7	19.4	4483	1012
MMM	19.9	1.7	11.1	23.6	713	194		AXP	18.3	1.3	15.2	17.7	1069	852
DIS	24.0	1.6	12.1	22.2	1891	171		DD	27.2	1.7	25.4	24.6	1205	212
UTX	18.0	1.5	10.0	21.6	1865	672		MCD	16.7	1.8	9.7	25.3	1916	188
BA	25.8	1.9	16.4	27.3	3182	168		AA	N/A	1.5	??	20.9	2413	??
CAT	14.5	1.1	12.6	14.8	1226	172		HON	23.1	1.5	12.0	21.1	4309	-10818
GM	N/A	37.2	??	525.2	56200	??		IP	34.6	3.5	9.5	49.2	3591	-87
T	N/A	1.2	-3.4	16.4	4795	31		EK	97.7	2.3	10.4	32.8	4787	195

Rating	P/E	PEG	M/E	gPEG	gNUM	gRANK
Best	T	C	T	C	XOM	T

>As I recall, you pick the smallest values, not the biggest, right?
Well, the smallest positive values.

>So you're going to buy XOM or T?
Of course not! This is just entertainment  

>And T has gRANK = 31. That's the best, right?
Among the DOW 30. But other stocks may have smaller (positive) values.
For example, ATYT has gRANK = 28 (as of mid-May, 2005).

>And I suppose ATYT has been going up for months, like XOM and T, right?
Wrong: