Analyst Rankings: Taking a Look at Internet Software and Services

Today we begin the second part of our presentation of the results of our Analyst Rankings -- Equity 2000. Last week we highlighted the survey results and posted a series of stories about the state of the analyst industry.

This week we begin our weekly series spotlighting the winners of more than 40 industry categories as well as a handful of economics and strategy categories. Every Tuesday we will focus on a category -- e.g., retailing, oil services or biotechnology -- and present "report cards" on the winning analysts. We'll interview these top analysts for their industry outlook and favorite stock picks. Then we ask you, the reader, to vote on those picks in our weekly poll. ...