Procter & Gamble
New York symbol PG, is one of the world's largest makers of household and personal care products.
Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on specific stocks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions.
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WINDSTREAM CORP. $12 (Nasdaq symbol WIN; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 515.8 million; Market cap: $6.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 8.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.windstream.com) has completed its purchase of PAETEC Holding Corp., which sells telecommunication services to businesses in 46 states. Windstream paid $891 million in stock and assumed $1.4 billion of PAETEC’s debt. That gives …read more »
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. $64 (New York symbol PG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 2.8 billion; Market cap: $179.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.pg.com) is one of the world’s largest makers of household and personal-care products. Some of its top brands are Tide detergent, Crest toothpaste, Head & Shoulders shampoo and …read more »
These consumer-product makers continue to face strong competition from cheaper generic brands. However, all three are doing a good job of cutting costs and expanding internationally. Even so, only two are buys right now.
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. $64 (New York symbol PG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 2.8 billion; Market cap: $179.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend …read more »
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. $57 (New York symbol PG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 2.9 billion; Market cap: $165.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; WSSF Rating: Above Average) is one of the world’s largest makers of household and personal-care products. Some of its top brands are Tide detergent, Head & Shoulders shampoo, Pampers diapers and Crest toothpaste.
Procter is selling …read more »
GANNETT CO. INC. $8.10 (New York symbol GCI) expects that its revenue for 2008 will fall 8% from 2007, as lower advertising and circulation revenue at its newspapers more than offset gains at its TV and Internet businesses. The company will continue to cut costs at its newspaper operations, and use the savings to expand its faster-growing online operations. Lower …read more »
DIAMONDS TRUST SHARES $86.04 (American Exchange symbol DIA; buy or sell through brokers) hold the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Currently, the fund’s top 10 holdings are IBM, Exxon Mobil, Chevron Corp., 3M, Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s Corp., Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart Stores, United Technologies and Coca- Cola. Expenses are about 0.18% of assets.
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S&P DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS $87.32 (American Exchange symbol SPY; buy or sell through brokers) are commonly called ‘Spiders’. The fund holds the stocks in the S&P 500 Index. This index is comprised of 500 major U.S. stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation.
The 10 highest weighted stocks on the index are Exxon Mobil, Procter & Gamble, General Electric, …read more »
We still think high-quality mutual funds with a long-term focus will beat indexes over long periods. If funds invest as we advise — sticking with well-established companies and spreading their assets out across the five main economic sectors — they will tend to lose a lot less than the market indexes in periods when the indexes fall sharply.
That’s because big …read more »
DIAMONDS TRUST SHARES $112 (American Exchange symbol DIA; buy or sell through brokers) hold the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Currently, the fund’s top 10 holdings are IBM, 3M, Boeing Co., United Technologies, Caterpillar, McDonald’s Corp., Chevron Corp., Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble and Exxon Mobil. Expenses are about 0.18% of assets.
Diamonds Trust Shares are …read more »
