Friday, April 18, 2014

04/18/2014 Top Ten

The market is closed today, giving us a chance to step back and think about what stocks would be the best to own for the next two to three months.

Forget what you already own for a moment, and think about what you would buy if all you had was cash and you dared venture into this market.

Here's my top ten (per the model):

TiVo Inc. TIVO ENTTECH
Blackstone Group LP BX PPEQ
Joy Global JOY COAL
Outerwall Inc. OUTR INDUSRV
Gannett Co. GCI NWSPAPER
First Niagara Finl Group FNFG THRIFT
Altria Group MO TOBACCO
CVS Caremark Corp. CVS DRUGSTOR
Edison Int'l EIX UTILWEST
Ethan Allen Interiors ETH FURNITUR

Kind of a homebody couch potato list, when I look at it.  You need electricity (JOY and EIX) to power your TV (TIVO) after you finish reading the news (GCI).

When it's time for a break you take a nice walk to the drugstore (CVS) for your blood pressure medicine, and then take a nice drag on a cigarette (MO) on your way back home.

Since cigarettes are so expensive now you'll have to cash in some of that loose change you have lying around (OUTR).

It's a long walk around the block, and you can't wait to plop back down on the couch (ETH) for some Oprah (TIVO, again).

Livin' the life, eh?

Kind of a depressing list for the economy as a whole, now that I think about it....

Tim


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