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| Charles B. Carlson, CFA | ||
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| The stocks below were the 10 worst-performing Dow stocks in 2009. (The stocks are listed in order starting with the worst performer for 2009.) These stocks represent the Dow Underdog selections at the beginning of 2010. Stock symbols are in parentheses. | The close ratio represents a stock's price to its 200-day moving average price. A variation of my Worst-To-First Strategies focuses on portfolios from the 10 Dow stocks with the lowest ratio of current stock price to 200-day moving average price. | |||
| Price Change Portfolio | Data as of: | Close Ratio Portfolio | ||
| 12/31/09 | ||||
| Exxon Mobil (XOM) | -14.6% | Exxon Mobil (XOM) | 0.971 | |
| General Electric (GE) | -6.6% | Kraft Foods (KFT) | 1.036 | |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | -4.7% | Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 1.053 | |
| Verizon Communications (VZ) | -2.3% | JPMorgan Chase (JPM) | 1.070 | |
| Procter & Gamble (PG) | -1.9% | Bank of America (BAC) | 1.073 | |
| AT&T (T) | -1.6% | McDonald's (MCD) | 1.081 | |
| McDonald's (MCD) | 0.4% | Verizon Communications (VZ) | 1.081 | |
| Kraft Foods (KFT) | 1.2% | General Electric (GE) | 1.084 | |
| Pfizer (PFE) | 2.7% | AT&T (T) | 1.086 | |
| Chevron (CVX) | 4.1% | Chevron (CVX) | 1.087 | |