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Serious Money: Spot-checking "stable stocks"

 Jul 11, 2008 01:11 PM UTC
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Symbol Sentiment Start Return Closed
DIS Positive 07/11/08 +9.68% 08/13/08
TEVA Positive 07/11/08 +11.22% 08/13/08
JNJ Positive 07/11/08 +7.77% 08/13/08
XEL Positive 07/11/08 +1.82% 08/13/08
CB Positive 07/11/08 +0.50% 08/13/08

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Filed under: Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Chubb Corp (CB), Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA), Serious Money, S and P 500, Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2008, Xcel Energy (XEL)

The market is looking sad again today, so I thought I would spot-check Serious Money: Five stable stocks for troubled times, to see if my picks were holding up...so far so good, sort of...

The standard for comparison will be the Standard & Poors 500 Index, which closed on June 30, 2008 at 1,280.00. The following are the five stocks with closing prices from July 1.


1) Johnson and Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) closed at $64.34 and pays a 2.89% dividend yield. NOW $66.53 - up 3.4%

2) Teva Pharmaceuticals ADR (NASDAQ: TEVA) closed at $45.80 and pays a 1% dividend yield. NOW 42.58 - down 7%


3) Chubb Corp (NYSE: CB) closed at $49.01 and pays a 2.64% dividend yield. NOW $47.51 - down 3%

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