Just One Man's Opinion - 07 September 2005

by JMac

On July 1, 2005, I reviewed some stocks with recommendations. Here are my recommendations at that time, the quotes as of September 3 and three-month changes.

Remember gains or losses DO NOT include dividends:

Altria - buy - 70.06 - up - 9.2% (4% dividend)

Boeing - buy - 64.34 - down - 0.5%

Coke - buy - 43.90 - down - 10.1% (3.8% dividend)

Pepsi - buy - 54.65 - up - 1.0%

Avon - buy - 32.69 - down - 10.2%

Procter & Gamble - buy - 55.99 - up - 9.4% (4% dividend)

J & J - buy - 62.90 - down - 3.0%

Wal-Mart - buy - down - 10.8%

Microsoft - buy - up - 8.8% (dividend increase coming)

Intel - buy - down - 1.0%

Weyerhouser - buy - up - 2.1%

St. Joes - buy - down - 14.9%

Target - buy - down - 0.1%

Ford - avoid - down - 4.3%

Chrysler - avoid - up - 26.5% (OOPS !!!)

Citigroup - buy - down - 4.9%

FedEx - buy - down - 2.0%

Exxon/Mobil - buy - up 4.0% (dividend increase may be coming)

Sysco - buy - down - 10.3% (a real bargain here)

Comcast - buy - down - 0.1%

Motorola - buy - up - 20.4%

Chevron/Texaco - buy - up - 9.3%

GE - buy - down - 3.8%

IGT - buy - down - 4.5%

Alcoa - avoid - up - 0.2%

Anhueser - buy - down - 0.1%

Colgate-Palmolive - buy - up - 4.9%

Iron Mountain - buy - down - 0.2%

WeightWatchers - buy - up - 8.9%

Walgreens - buy - down - 0.2%

Starbucks - buy - down - 6.5%

Burlington Resources - buy - up - 32.0% (WOW!!!)

REMEMBER - buy & hold for 3-5 years!