Thread: Investing 102
View Single Post
  #11  
Old 01-26-2012, 11:06 PM
GregWeld's Avatar
GregWeld GregWeld is offline
Lateral-g Supporting Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Scottsdale, AriDzona
Posts: 20,741
Thanks: 504
Thanked 1,080 Times in 388 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Woody View Post
Greg,

I haven't been posting much lately, but I still check this thread several times a day. I think you are providing some great information which has really got me more interested in researching individual stocks.

One of the sectors that I have not seen mentioned yet is alcohol. I figured it should rank up there with tobacco. I was doing some research on alcohol stocks and came across DEO. The dividend is slightly less than 3.0, but the stock has a pretty good growth record over the last 10 years. It looked to me to be one of the better choices in this industry. Any thoughts about the alcohol industry. I also took a look at BUD, TAP, SAM,HINKY, & PDRDF. SAM has had phenominal growth, but does not pay a dividend.

Thanks
I haven't had a drink in 27 years -- so I really don't know much about the brands etc -- but I have looked at Diageo (DEO) and have considered buying it. My personal problem is --- with beers and alcohol is that I personally don't track with what is popular... so I stay away from what I don't know. Remember I'm always preaching to buy things you know and understand... so from a purely personal perspective I have to follow my own advice. That is not to say Budweiser (BUD) would't be a good fit for someone else's portfolio - or any of the other brewers or alcohol firms. So with that
Reply With Quote