THE “GET TAKE STOCK FREE” EDITION
16 SEPTEMBER 2010
MAKE THAT A DOUBLE LATTE
Did These Three Stocks Beat the Recession?
Your bean-counting reporter admits it too her awhile to get used to the idea of ordering a fancy-schmancy specialty coffee in the Mickey-D's drive-thru — but once she realized the burger joint does indeed have what it takes to pull off a double latte, it became a habit. She's actually sipping a Café Mocha as she writes. Apparently, she's not the only one.
CNN names the Golden Arches, along with Campbell Soup Co. and Pacific Gas & Electric, as three companies that not only braved the economic downturn — but came out of it near the top of their game.
"No restaurant has played the recession better than McDonald's," CNNMoney.com reported Wednesday. "It entered the downturn with a host of ideas to boost profitability, including healthier menus and high-margin drinks like the McCafe Frappe."
What's your take on McDonald's? Has the company’s stock — up a whopping 36 percent in the last year — reached its peak for now? Or is there still room to grow?
What of Campbell Soup Co. — which also owns V8, Pepperidge Farm, and Swanson — and profits when recession-weary consumers stay home with a bowl of tomato rice? Or PG&E's stock, which was cruising along quite nicely before one of the utility's natural-gas pipelines exploded last week in San Bruno, Calif.?
Be sure to sound-off in the McDonald's forum — and be the first to post your pearls of wisdom in the newly-created forums for Campbell Soup and PG & E . You can also check out the link to the CNN article in The Exchange.
On to this week's headlines . . .
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NO TOPIC OFF LIMITS!
Investment Club Webinar Features Interactive Q&A
Speaking of your investment club, if you or any of your club’s members have a question about anything club-related, next Tuesday's New Investment Club Orientation is where you'll want to be.
But don't be fooled by the name. This Webinar — held on the third Tuesday of each month — is geared toward both new and experienced investment club members. What's more, no topic about starting or running a club is off limits!
Join SC Founder Doug Gerlach for an interactive Q&A session Tuesday, Sept. 21 from 9 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Eastern time. Registration is free.
But don't wait! Space is limited!
TODAY'S ENTIRELY RELEVANT QUOTATION
"I don't think we have time to wait. Our choice is not between good and bad, it's between terrible and worse."
— Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan,
on his stance that the government needs to raise taxes to bring the ballooning U.S. fiscal deficit under control.