Stay on the defense! Stock prices floundered this week, with the blue chip indexes now edging toward their fourth down-month in a row. This kind of action is almost unprecedented at the turn of the year, having last been seen in late 1940 and early 1941.

In this month’s visit, I’ll introduce you to a select handful of stocks that I’m counting on to lead the market in 2007 and beyond. All of these businesses are riding a powerful demographic tailwind that should propel their growth for many years, perhaps decades, to come. Yet the stocks have only begun to move. We’re five minutes into a transcontinental flight.

“Why do you own that weird stock?”
Over the past two years, I’ve had a rash of skeptical (or worse) messages from subscribers who couldn’t see the point of owning life insurer Jefferson-Pilot. I’ll admit it. JP is kind of a dull, plodding outfit. But it’s a steady, safe grower with a generous dividend.