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St. Patrick’s Day Stock Portfolio (AIB, IRE, IRL, RYAAY, ELN, WCRX, SAM, TAP, BUD, MO)

Kiss me, I’m Irish!  That is what you’ll be hearing a lot of after work if you go out for the St. Patrick’s Day festivities after work (or during work) today.  We wanted to take a look to see how…

By Jon C. Ogg
Published March 17, 2011, 9:29am ET · 2 min read

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Kiss me, I’m Irish!  That is what you’ll be hearing a lot of after work if you go out for the St. Patrick’s Day festivities after work (or during work) today.  We wanted to take a look to see how the Irish stocks are doing, as well as a few of the non-Irish stocks that may just get wrapped up in the celebration theme as well.  So far it looks like the Japan-themed rally is giving the Irish and just about everyone else a boost.  At 1:12 PM local time in Dublin, the Irish Stock Exchange’s ISEQ Overall index is up 50.43 points at 2,763.43.  We are taking a look at the Irish ADRs and funds that would be exposed to Ireland here in the U.S. today.

Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) is up 2% at $2.98 and the Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) is up 2.5% at $2.00.

The New Ireland Fund, Inc. (NYSE: IRL) closed at $6.99 on Wednesday and we have yet to see formal trading indications in the pre-market.

Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ: RYAAY) is up 2.9% at $27.37.

Elan Corp. PLC (NYSE: ELN) is up 1.6% at $6.33.  Warner Chilcott plc (NASDAQ: WCRX) has yet to show formal trading indications in the pre-market trading.

Boston Beer Co. Inc. (NYSE: SAM) and Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP) are both Irish for a day… shares have not traded pre-market but are indicated higher.  Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) is up 2.15% at $55.07 in pre-market trading.

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) is up 1.2% at $24.59.  If people are drinking more today, chances are that they are smoking more and probably bringing in a few non-smokers as well.  It’s just a day thing!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

JON C. OGG

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Jon C. Ogg

Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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