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Serious Money: 'Stable stocks' update - CB, DIS, JNJ, TEVA & XEL

 Aug 13, 2008 01:00 PM UTC
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-13.76% LOW
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Symbol Sentiment Start Return Closed
DIS Positive 08/13/08 -34.91% --
TEVA Positive 08/13/08 -6.64% --
JNJ Positive 08/13/08 -14.27% 10/13/08
XEL Positive 08/13/08 -1.16% 08/25/08
CB Positive 08/13/08 -2.84% --

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

Well, the market was in the dumps yesterday and is even worse today. So this may be a good time to check on my list of stocks for those looking for equities that are stable enough to ride out this bearish storm.

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 August 12, 2008.

The standard for comparison will be the Standard & Poor's 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) -- when recommended the stock closed at $64.34 and paid a 2.8

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