To thread, MB, putters and all, here is this week's tally of the top 50 bloated hogs, numbered by market cap *mortgage and credit cards* 3 WMT, 10 KO, 16 C, 21 BAC, 23 MO, 24 AIG, 30 HD, 43 Fannie *Bathroom stocks* 5 mrk, 9 pfe, 15 bmy, 19 glx, 20 pg, 22 jnj, 26 lly, 38 sph, 41 ahp, 44 sbh, 27 abt *car and gasoline* 7 xon, 28 toyot, 28 daimler, 34 BP, 35 RD, 45 F, 48 mobil *boxmakers and software* 2 ge, 6 noka, 8 ibm, 39 hp, 37 cpq, 17 dell, 4 csco, 3 intc, 1 msft *telecom and content* 11 t, 12 lu, 13 wcom, 50 gte, 49 dis, 46 ait, 42 twx, 36 aol, 33 bls, 32 fte, 31 bel, 27 bty, 25 sbc, 18 dt, 14 ntt It's an interesting list, both by the narrowness of the list and the stuff that's missing. BTW this list amounts to 6.2 T dollars in market cap. |