Filed under: Major movement , Walt Disney (DIS) , Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) , Chubb Corp (CB) , Economic data , Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA) , Serious Money , DJIA , Xcel Energy (XEL) I was out all morning and returned to my desk to find employment and retail numbers sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling down 345 points today . That made me think it was important to check out how stable my stable stocks -- stocks with the ability to ride out this bearish run -- were doing in bad times.
This update is a spot-check of my earlier post Serious Money: Five stable stocks for troubled times, to see how my picks are holding up so far. Closing prices are for today.
The standard for comparison will be the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, which closed on June 30, 2008 at 1,280.00. The S&P closed today at 1,236.82 down 3.37%. The percentage gains do not include dividends. Four out of five of my picks beat all the...
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Filed under: Politics , Presidential elections Maybe it took the prospect of going down to an inglorious defeat to a relative political novice to get Hillary Clinton to loosen up. In the last 72 hours, the New York senator has appeared on both "Saturday Night Live" and "The Daily Show." On both appearances, she was calm, relaxed and natural, qualities that have been decidedly lacking in her campaign. The question heading into today’s important Texas and Ohio primaries is whether this ... more
Filed under: Allergan (AGN) , Stocks to Buy The choppy/consolidating (or perhaps worse) market conditions sometimes give the impression that growth plays do not exist, but that is not the case, and one growth company worth reviewing is Allergan. Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN ) is a leading producer of ophthalmic, neuromuscular and skin care pharmaceuticals, and, via its March 2006 acquisition of Inamed Corp., aesthetic products. Analysts see 10-13% revenue growth... more
Filed under: Law , Scandals If you’ve read my posts on Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK ) CEO Patrick Byrne’s allegations of a vast conspiracy of market manipulation involving a character from Star Wars and crooked reporters, you know that I’m a bit skeptical. But for this post, let’s put all that aside and assume that Patrick Byrne’s whacked out conspiracy theory is right on: there is indeed a cabal of hedge fund managers and "captured journalists" ... more
Filed under: Mutual funds , Media World , Chasing Value , Stocks to Buy , NASDAQ People are always looking for the perfect investment that is going to be able to beat the market. I have been intrigued recently with the Ultra EFTs. For some investors Ultra ETF’s may be the magic bullet to beat the market over the very long term.
ETF’s such as SPY , QQQQ and DIA have become very popular tools for investors to mirror the indexes with minimal fees. The QQQQ has a man... more
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