Opportunity In The Early 2022 Sell-Off

Jan. 26, 2022 11:04 AM ETECL, MDT, TROW5 Comments
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Summary

  • The stock market sell-off in early 2022 has led to selective opportunities in quality dividend growth stocks.
  • Three stocks are outlined that have faced near-term challenges but have long-term growth prospects.
  • I discuss Ecolab (ECL), T. Rowe Price (TROW), and Medtronic (MDT).

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The stock market is down in early 2022. For perspective, the S&P 500 Index is down (-7.5%) year-to-date, the NASDAQ is in correction territory, and the Dow 30 is down (-5.4%) as of this writing. On the other hand, the CBOE VIX is up 4.6% to nearly

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SymbolLast Price% Chg
ECL--
Ecolab Inc.
MDT--
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TROW--
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

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