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Pretty interesting exercise I'm looking at now. I set up a google finance portfolio based on most of the stocks I've seen mentioned in this thread over the years so I could watch them for a while and get a feel for things as I venture back into this arena.

Given what has transpired the past few weeks, I'm looking at the portfolio now on the "fundamentals" tab, and what is most interesting to me is the current share price column, beside the 52 week high, and the 52 week low. This gives me a pretty good idea of how these stock's share price has reacted to the market conditions of the past year.

Granted, it doesn't take into consideration dividend payouts and I understand that, but this gives me a better roadmap of things I might be comfortable with to take and then go look at the dividend history of those same stocks.

The large majority of them are almost right in the middle of the 52 week highs and 52 week lows, there are some that are still hanging in pretty good though...and there are a few nearer to the 52 week low marks. It also gives a pretty good idea of how large of swings the particular stock may be more apt to go through which is a consideration for those that may not be willing to stomach the larger of the high and low swings of the market.