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- From: floydb@rpi.edu
- Subject: Re: 10 Highest Yielding Dow Stocks
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:03:47 GMT
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- the 11/19 Wall Street Journal has an interesting
- article about the biggest companies in 1982 vs 1992.
- Many are not so big anymore (based on market cap.).
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- Their stock prices have either plummeted (e.g. IBM) or
- declined significantly or have not increased at or above
- market rates.
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- Their conclusion is that buying and holding todays
- darlings gives you a 60/40 chance of losing out.
-
- barry
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