How many of us carry dead meat in our portfolios? I bet we all do to some extent right? I mean it?s always tempting to go after stocks that already offer a high dividend yield. So I did some more screening and came up with the worst of the worst:
- Weyerhaeuser Co (WY)
- Altria Group Inc (MO)
- Masco Corp (MAS)
- Nicor Inc (GAS)
- Sempra Energy (SRE)
- Northeast Utilities (NU)
- CenterPoint Energy Inc (CNP)
- H&R Block Inc (HRB)
- NiSource Inc (NI)
- Constellation Energy Group Inc (CEG)
- Molson Coors Brewing Co (TAP)
Why are these companies hard to sell and how did I come up with them?
First off, I simply took all companies in the S&P500 that pay a dividend of 2% or more. From there, it was quite simple. Do any of these companies have sales declining by 5% (or more) on average over five years? I mean you have
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