Charles B. Carlson, CFA
The list below ranks the 30 Dow stocks on 12-month percentage price change, from the worst performer to the best. The 10 worst-performing Dow stocks over the last 12 months are highlighted. My Worst-To-First Strategies focus on creating portfolios from the 10 worst performers over the last 12 months (1-stock, 3-stock, 5-stock, or 10-stock portfolios). For example, if you want a 3-stock portfolio, buy the first three stocks in the list and hold for 12 months.
12-MONTH % PRICE CHANGE (Data as of: 8/19/2008)
Company NameTickerRecent Price $YTD % Price Change12Mo % Price Change
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUPAIG20.32-65.1-69.193
GENERAL MOTORS CORPGM9.95-60.0-67.430
CITIGROUP INCC17.19-41.6-64.782
BANK OF AMERICA CORPBAC28.08-31.9-45.750
AMERICAN EXPRESS COAXP36.73-29.4-37.629
BOEING COBA62.95-28.0-34.379
MERCK & COMRK35.25-39.3-28.960
GENERAL ELECTRIC COGE28.71-22.6-25.332
JPMORGAN CHASE & COJPM35.58-18.5-24.314
HOME DEPOT INCHD25.96-3.6-22.065
AT&T INCT30.80-25.9-21.127
PFIZER INCPFE19.34-14.9-19.215
3M COMMM71.31-15.4-18.809
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCVZ34.20-21.7-16.176
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPUTX64.95-15.1-12.016
EXXON MOBIL CORPXOM77.95-16.8-7.357
HEWLETT-PACKARD COHPQ43.69-13.5-7.338
ALCOA INCAA31.11-14.9-6.549
DU PONT (E I) DE NEMOURSDD44.230.3-6.510
CATERPILLAR INCCAT68.69-5.3-5.438
MICROSOFT CORPMSFT27.32-23.3-3.292
DISNEY (WALT) CODIS31.75-1.6-2.846
INTEL CORPINTC23.59-11.5-0.464
COCA-COLA COKO54.33-11.5-0.220
CHEVRON CORPCVX84.71-9.20.415
PROCTER & GAMBLE COPG70.72-3.78.217
INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPIBM122.5613.410.514
JOHNSON & JOHNSONJNJ71.156.714.721
MCDONALD'S CORPMCD62.466.031.301
WAL-MART STORESWMT58.2022.433.824