About 8 months ago there was an article in BARRON'S in which two prominent Futurists picked 10 stocks that would be outstanding in the next decade or longer. The following chart lists each stock, the price per share when the article was published, and the gain (+) or loss (-) in value of 100 shares to date:
Allied (ALD), 42.00, -275 dollars
Ballard (BLDPF), 32.75, +7675
Chiron (CHIR), 22.12, - 128
Daimler-Benz (DAI), 76.25, +1256
Hewlett Packard (HWP), 61.25, +50
Motorola (MOT), 75.33, -1908
Royal Dutch (RD), 51.88, +243
Sony (SNE) 89.50, -413
Texaco (TX), 58.50, -125
Xerox (XRX), 75.50,+1900
Remember one of James Dines' rules for investing: Look, don't think, in buying stocks.
Bill McE |
