SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2005

BARRON'S COVER Week of December 19 Flight Plan by Jay Palmer Boeing and EADS, Airbus' European parent, have vastly different views on the future of air travel. But both stocks could pay off. Keep on Truckin' by Sandra Ward A Happy Ending for AIG? by Jonathan R. Laing MORE THIS WEEK'S MAGAZINE THE TRADER  Too Rich, Too Narrow? by Michael Santoli As indexes hit four-year highs, fewer stocks do the lifting. INTERNATIONAL TRADER - ASIA Grade Inflation by Leslie P. Norton INTERNATIONAL TRADER - EUROPE Timing Is Everything by Vito J. Racanelli MORE MARKETS TECHNOLOGY TRADER  Will Microsoft Take on the iPod? by Michael Santoli Microsoft may be gearing up to produce its own digital media player. PLUGGED IN Blasting "The Scott McNealy of Storage" by Mark Veverka ELECTRONIC INVESTOR A Promising Newbie by Kathy Yakal MORE TECHNOLOGY In Pursuit of Opportunity by Neil A. Martin Oppenheimer money managers Nikolaos Monoyios and Mark Zavanelli see the tide shifting in favor or large and mega-cap stocks, such as Exxon, General Electric and Citigroup. FUND OF INFORMATION Energy Plays Power Ahead of Global Picks by Lawrence C. Strauss

UP AND DOWN WALL STREET  Up & Down Wall Street by Randall W. Forsyth Greenspan needn't worry about being too clear. How Bernanke could do better: Don't be afraid of us. The yen-carry trade will carry on. Buy a used fund from these guys? Just not a new one. D.C. CURRENT The Great Divide by Jim McTague SPEAKING OF DIVIDENDS Green Thumbs by Shirley A. Lazo