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Diageo's (DEO) stock has struggled along with the overall market this year.

The concerns surrounding the stock (strong GBP, weak consumer, and rising input costs) should have been eased after last week’s conference call. If anything, Diageo’s H2 earnings reaffirmed the long case for investors.

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"Diageo (NYSE: DEO) is the world's biggest spirits company with operations in over 180 countries," notes Alexander Green. The contributing editor to The Money Map Report explains, "Diageo is a non-cyclical, recession-proof
stock we can count on to deliver solid results no matter which way the global economy heads."

The advisor explains, "The company's brands are some of the oldest and most successful: Smirnoff vodka, Guinness stout, Bailey's Original Irish Cream, J&B and Johnnie Walker Scotch whiskies, Jose Cuervo tequila, Captain

"Diageo (NYSE: DEO) is the world’s biggest spirits company with operations in over 180 countries," notes leading growth stock expert Alexander Green.

The contributing editor to The Oxford Club explains, "Diageo is a non-cyclical, recession-proof stock we can count on to deliver solid results no matter which way the global economy heads."

"The company's brands are some of the oldest and most successful: Smirnoff vodka, Guinness stout, Bailey’s Original Irish Cream, J&B and Johnnie Walker Scotch whiskies, Jose Cuervo tequila, Captain Morgan rum and Tanqueray gin – among others.

"For the first si

This company maintains a good set of hard liqour brands for broke folk.

This is a recession and depression proof stock. %32 proof to be precise.

As jobs are lost and people lose there retirement accounts they will always have cheap hard drinks to look forward to at the end of a long hard days work in day wage slave labor.

P Diddy is supporting the Ciroc brand vodka and so are we.

I have been in and out of DEO for years now and it always stays within a 20 dollar range it seems. I do not own tons of shares of it, so my price margin wasn't that high.  It is a great company and its Asia Growth is just really starting to take off with premium whiskey in China, as one example.  with Guinness, Smirnoff Johnnie Walker and many others in their arsenal, it is already a good stock and a good company, I believe.

@ things make this real interesting.  as far as I know, no decision has been made By Sweden's government as to who to sell Absolut to.  Sure they have a p