Fortune's 40 Best Stocks to Retire On 6 comments

by: Value Expectations June 22, 2009 | about: AAON / ABT / ACN / BDX / BHI / BHP / BMY / CB / CSCO / CSL / DEO / EXPO / FPL / GILD / GIS / GWW / JNJ / KO / LINC / MA / MCD / MMSI / MSFT / NE / NEOG / NTRI / PBR / PG / PHG / POT / RBC / SYKE / TEVA / TMO / TOT / TSRA / VMI / WAG / WM

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Every year Fortune releases a list of the 40 best companies to invest in now to retire on. This long-term portfolio is designed to protect your hard-earned nest-egg as you approach retirement.

Last year Fortune’s portfolio of 40 best stocks to retire on returned -23.07% from 6-20-08 to 6-16-09, relative to the -30.8% returned by the S&P500 during the same time period. This year they are replacing 23 stocks to form the new portfolio.

Provided below are the 40 stocks recommended by Fortune as the best stocks to retire on in 2009 and our outlook of these companies from a valuation perspective based on The Applied Finance Group’s valuation model.

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Related Stocks:

AAON, ABT, ACN, BDX, BHI, BHP, BMY, CB, CSCO, CSL, DEO, EXPO, FPL, GILD, GIS, GWW, JNJ, KO, LINC, MA, MCD, MMSI, MSFT, NE, NEOG, NTRI, PBR, PG, PHG, POT, RBC, SYKE, TEVA, TMO, TOT, TSRA, VMI, WAG, WM

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- kenkim:
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Why bother to run an article stating that the best performers lost 23%, while the S&P lost 30 %- doesn't under the mattress seen like the better option
Jun 23 01:54 PM | Link | Reply
- pockyclips ...:
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Whoa! How are you supposed to retire on these 40 stocks if your replacing > 40 % of your portfolio yearly?
Jun 23 01:56 PM | Link | Reply
- pockyclips ...:
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Brain f**t. I meant > 50 %.
Jun 23 01:57 PM | Link | Reply
- Gravity404:
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Fortune is an ad rag now. I dont even use it to line my bird cage..I use TWJ.
Jun 23 02:45 PM | Link | Reply
- KJP712:
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Like the outlook on this list you have provided.Looking forward to more articles in the future.
Jun 24 12:14 AM | Link | Reply
- speculari:
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Utterly destructive - presumably, this is some form of a "buy and hold" strategy? Best re-title the magazine to "FAMINE".
Jun 24 07:10 AM | Link | Reply