Friday, September 18, 2009

The Top 10 Recession Stocks

Over a year ago, when signs were starting to point to a recession, my colleague John Reeves and I compiled a list of the previous recession's top 10 stocks to discover any patterns that would help our investing this time around. That list provided a number of fascinating insights, some of which we had expected, while others surprised us.

I recently updated the list, and while the names may have changed from a year ago, the general lessons remain the same.

Our screen looked for domestic and Canadian stocks that were valued above $250 million and traded on major exchanges -- stocks the individual American investor would have been likely to actually buy. (more)

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