"During times such as these, I like to focus on big companies with clean balance sheets that pay decent dividends," says Glenn Rogers.
Here, the contributing editor to Internet Wealth Builder reviews his current stock holdings for a trio of global favorites offering upside potential while still allowing investors to "sleep well at night."
"Diageo Plc (NYSE: DEO) is well down from my original recommended price but compared to the overall market they have performed respec
The accompanying table includes an updated version of the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex of 40 companies based in the U.S., Canada, and Europe with market caps over $10B, which are the leaders by market cap in their defensive industry groups. The updates include removing retail exposure at CVS Caremark (CVS) and Tesco (TSCDY) in favor of keeping Wal-Mart (WMT) as the major beneficiary of a trade-down effect and mass merchant discounter, which integrates groceries, pharmacy, everyday clothing, c
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Last Thursday morning I had a coffee with William O'Sullivan, owner of O'Brians Pub in Santa Monica, Calif., and started quizzing him about how the recession might affect his bus
Investors that want to follow "my pal Warren" back into the market are searching for the best angles with the least risk. I have been doing the same and recently posted Fog clearing -- maybe. Clear skies -- no! GE, JNJ, MRK, PG, RTN, WFC, highlighting blue-chip dividend payers.
Last Thursday morning I had a coffee with William O'Sullivan, owner of O'Brians Pub in Santa Monica, Calif., and started quizzing him about how the recession might affect his business. He said it would probably improve. He exp
The accompanying table presents an updated version of the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex, which is expanded to 40 companies with market caps of at least $10B from the industry groups listed below. This defensive growth index is heavily weighted in consumer staples and healthcare and is now structured to include companies based in Europe, in addition to the United States and Canada.
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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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What's on Tap for Diageo? Posted: 7/14/2008 9:34:02 AM Barron's "What'll You Have Tonight?" Published: 7/14/2008 Brief Summary: This week's article takes a look at the maker of all beers dark, frothy, creamy, and delicious - Irish brewer Diageo (DEO: View sentiment for DEOsentiment, chart, options) . For the uninitiated, DEO brews Guinness, and markets Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Tanqueray, and Jose Cuervo. The author presents the belief that DEO's focus on premium spirits and its global distribution makes it recession-proof. However, the conclusion is that DEO's performance "has been...
Reference: Value Investor Insight: Spencer Davidson Venerable value hunter explains which financial and retail stocks are attracting his attention, the virtues of permanent capital, why defense stocks are appealing and why he sees mispriced value in Textron, Cemex, Diageo and MetroPCS. Star investors including Ricky Sandler, Steven Tananbaum and Carlo Cannell describe generally how they mitigate downside risk and specifically why they're betting on share-price declines in Zoltek, Leggett & Platt, Principal Financial, Urban Outfitters and Potash. Reason explained in Value Investor Insight l
"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.
Diageo said that it is very optimistic about its sales in the U.S., the distiller's most profitable market, which makes it the world's biggest importer of scotch.
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.
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Investors who want to follow "my pal Warren" back into the market are searching for the best angles with the least risk. I have been doing the same and recently posted 
The following two-part article puts forth ten stock ideas that I believe would be better off in your investment portfolio than one comprised primarily of Certificates of Deposits (CDs) or bonds, or even government treasuries. This is not to say that these do not have value or offer some level of security, but they are long term losers.
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