10 companies that control everything.

[Concasto]

Well not everything, but almost. They all pay a dividend. Getting into a basket of these stocks when div yields creep up may be a good idea.

[Dividend Watcher]

Too bad Mars is a private company. There's only two types of food, Snickers & everything else.

[rnsmth]

I own 6 of them

[Roadmap2Retire]

I'd like to get my hands on them too. I just own one from the list (JNJ).

[DRILLINDK]

Wow, great infographic. Marking for future reference.

[EricL]

I thought this article on Seeking Alpha was interesting as well.

The Only 20 Companies That Matter.

"The most profitable 20 companies represent 20% of total U.S. profits."

[NilesMike]

Unfortunately a portfolio of those 10 underperform the S&P.

http://low-risk-investing.com/

[Concasto]

(04-14-2014, 07:56 PM)NilesMike Wrote: Unfortunately a portfolio of those 10 underperform the S&P.

http://low-risk-investing.com/

On the way up, sure.

My blackjack play over the last 3 months has out performed these stocks.

[Dexter]

Cool, I own 7 of these, nuts!

PG, YUM, KO, K, GIS, PEP, and UL

KO being my largest position but it's still relatively small.

I've been watching KRFT and MDLZ, might buy some later this year.

[NilesMike]

(04-14-2014, 08:43 PM)Concasto Wrote:

(04-14-2014, 07:56 PM)NilesMike Wrote: Unfortunately a portfolio of those 10 underperform the S&P.

http://low-risk-investing.com/

On the way up, sure.

My blackjack play over the last 3 months has out performed these stocks.

Too true, over the long term it is a sound portfolio.

[rnsmth]

(04-14-2014, 07:56 PM)NilesMike Wrote: Unfortunately a portfolio of those 10 underperform the S&P.

http://low-risk-investing.com/

No, they do not underperform if your metric is current dividend yield. They outperform by a lot.

[NilesMike]

(04-15-2014, 08:18 AM)rnsmth Wrote:

(04-14-2014, 07:56 PM)NilesMike Wrote: Unfortunately a portfolio of those 10 underperform the S&P.

http://low-risk-investing.com/

No, they do no underperform if your metric is current dividend yield. They outperform by a lot.

I was referring to total return in the last bull run. IMO, measuring anything else doesn't make a lot of sense.