As a follow-up to the top rated companies highlighted from the ETF Innovators [ETFI] healthcare and transport indexes, below are some top rated companies from other sectors and industry groups.
From the Global Tobacco Index , Altria Group (MO) is a top rated stock with a dividend yield near 8% which is set to acquire smokeless tobacco maker UST Inc. (UST) early next year and is poised to capitalize on a strong U.S. Dollar (UUP) compared to the international operations of Philip Morris (PM).
MCD..............CEO increased stake by 14% Friday... this while everyone getting liquidated. Buy it, and toss it in the time capsule.
McDonald's (NYSE: MCD ) Vice Chairman and CEO, James Skinner, disclosed, after the close Friday, an insider purchase of 20,000 shares executed on 10/23 at prices from $54.62-$55.65, which brings his direct stake in the fast food giant to 166,238 shares.
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.
Compared to the previous version, this index has a lower beta and higher average market cap and adds European companie
THe breakout of 8000 has failed and the DJIA has printed 4 consecutive up closes. We should expect a longer rebound toward the 9500 level. Pullbacks and dips if prices remain above supports should be used to accumulate positions. I am far from saying that the worst is over, but I would expect some relief to the upside at this stage. Some stocks have manged to print their 20 day highs. They are 3M Company (MMM), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM), Chevron Corp. (CVX). THere are others which are very close to their 20-day highs, such as McDonald's Corporation (MCD)...
THe breakout of 8000 has failed and the DJIA has printed 4 consecutive up closes. We should expect a longer rebound toward the 9500 level. Pullbacks and dips if prices remain above supports should be used to accumulate positions. I am far from saying that the worst is over, but I would expect some relief to the upside at this stage. Some stocks have manged to print their 20 day highs. They are 3M Company (MMM), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM), Chevron Corp. (CVX). THere are others which are very close to their 20-day highs, such as McDonald's Corporation (MCD)...
Top 50 Givers in America Many of America's ultra-rich continued to give big donations to charity in 2008, despite the worst financial crisis in decades. In...
With the end of the year fast approaching, it's time to start putting together "best of" and "worst of" lists for 2008. This entry is a little bit of both, but it's admittedly heavy on the "worst of." Among the current members of the S&P 500 Index (SPX), just 11 were sitting on a year-to-date gain as of the close of trading on Monday, November 24. Since Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) is unchanged, that means we ha
Of course they slipped in an SEC filing and did not actually say it out loud. There have been few companies that I have covered that have been either as clueless as to their business environment or dishonest about it with shareholders than Starbucks (SBUX) had over the past almost two years now.
Back in Feb. 2007 the CEO Jim Donald claimed that McDonalds (MCD) then new entry into premium coffee would be a benefit to Starbucks as McDonalds' customers would then trade up to him. At the...
people need to eat
- MCD posted an 8.2% rise in US and Europe based on growth in 1 dollar menu items, besides wal mart what are some plays that will benefit from super cost
ETFC MCD PEP BDK "HUH?"
- E*Trade (Nasdaq: ETFC) got upgraded while companies like Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) uh ... didn't, and lest you get stuck wondering whether you should p...
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With the end of the year fast approaching, it's time to start putting together "best of" and "worst of" lists for 2008. This entry is a little bit of both, but it's admittedly heavy on the "worst of." Among the current members of the S&P 500 Index (SPX), just 11 were sitting on a year-to-date gain as of the close of trading on Monday, November 24. Since 
