Tom B

Picking Some Stocks to Survive This Market

To "Socialism": I'm with you on DUK and INTC; I have big wads of them in my portfolio.

I don't like MRK as a long-term play. They are trimming R&D to save money for the short term, at the cost of further the diminishing the chances that their thin product pipeline will fill up anytime soon. I'd go Abbott or JNJ.

T might be good; they are SPENDING money subsidizing the iPhone now, and this will reap lots of expensive voice/data plans. I like TEF and FTE as well.

Picking Some Stocks to Survive This Market

Agree with Jon T. MSFT = GM. ZERO execution under Ballmer. And, since Win 7 won't even be UNIX based, like EVERY other commercial OS, it'll still be pretty worthless, with regards to performance and security.

Microsoft's a Buy, Especially Without Yahoo - Barron's Interview

"Gates" helped out Jobs a few years back with a cash infusion into AAPL"

They ended up reaping Office sales.

The key was-- they bought non-voting shares and did not interfere with the company. You can bet they'd interfere with Yahoo.

Microsoft's a Buy, Especially Without Yahoo - Barron's Interview

PFE's made many mistakes lately. I'd go JNJ over PFE at this time, too.

Microsoft's a Buy, Especially Without Yahoo - Barron's Interview

"Shares ($28) could hit $80 in a few years, especially if Yahoo falls through."

He's correct about Yahoo, but $80 is insane; this is a company in decline, with no room left for growth.