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Safest Stocks As The Market Goes To Hell (PG)(WMT)(CL)(MSFT)(MO)(XOM)

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Angrybear_2It appears that every stock in the market is being crushed, but that is not entirely so. Several companies in industries not likely to be badly by a deep recession are doing well, and should continue to do so.

Most of these companies also carry reasonable dividends.

As panic races through the markets, save yourselves if you can.

Procter & Gamble (PG) is not down that far from its 52-week high. It has a yield of 2.3% and people will buy razors and soap even if they are standing in bread lines.

McDonald’s (MCD) Where else can people eat for $1. Sports a 3.3% yield.

Wal-Mart (WMT) Everyday low prices now that the middle class have become poor.

Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Same reasons as PG. Yield at 2.1%.

Microsoft (MSFT) Near its lows, but a cash flow giant. Safest balance sheet in the world. Yield at 2% and CEO Steve Ballmer still wants to buy shares back.

Altria (MO) Market for coffin nails is not going away. Great balance sheet. Extraordinary cash flow. Yield over 6%.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) Shares may be low because of oil prices, but Exxon makes money even if crude hits $60. Yield at 2.1%

Douglas A. McIntyre

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

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McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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