At this year’s NEC, Sam Stovall was one of three of our honorary speakers. As chief investment strategist of Standard and Poor’s, Sam Stovall serves as analyst, publisher and communicator of S&P’s outlooks for the economy, market, sectors and stocks. He is a member of the S&P Investment Policy Committee, where he focuses on market history and valuations, as well as sector and industry recommendations. Stovall is also the author of The Standard & Poor’s Guide to Sector Ivestiong and “Stovall’s Sector Watch,” a page on businessweek.com, which focuses on market/sector history and sector/industry momentum.