Charles B. Carlson, CFA
The list below ranks the 30 Dow stocks on the ratio of stock price to 200-day moving average price, from the lowest ratio to the highest ratio. The 10 Dow stocks with the lowest ratios are highlighted. A variation of my Worst-To-First Strategies focuses on creating portfolios from the 10 Dow stocks with the lowest ratio of current stock price to 200-day moving average price (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.
FURTHEST FROM 200-DAY MOVING AVERAGE (Data as of: 7/1/2009)
Company NameTickerRecent Price $YTD % Price ChangeClose Ratio
GENERAL ELECTRIC COGE11.78-27.30.827
CATERPILLAR INCCAT33.19-25.70.914
PROCTER & GAMBLE COPG52.00-15.90.936
WAL-MART STORESWMT48.37-13.70.936
CHEVRON CORPCVX66.52-10.10.957
PFIZER INCPFE14.90-15.90.967
EXXON MOBIL CORPXOM70.56-11.60.972
AT&T INCT25.07-12.00.973
DU PONT (E I) DE NEMOURSDD25.802.00.976
BOEING COBA42.23-1.01.001
JOHNSON & JOHNSONJNJ57.07-4.61.008
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCVZ30.82-9.11.017
BANK OF AMERICA CORPBAC13.05-7.31.021
KRAFT FOODSKFT26.61-0.91.023
MCDONALD'S CORPMCD58.22-6.41.025
THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES INCTRV41.13-9.01.026
MERCK & COMRK28.05-7.71.034
HOME DEPOT INCHD23.713.01.036
ALCOA INCAA10.35-8.11.057
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPUTX52.28-2.51.060
DISNEY (WALT) CODIS23.453.31.067
JPMORGAN CHASE & COJPM33.777.11.077
3M COMMM60.745.61.079
CISCO SYSTEMS INCCSCO18.8015.31.083
COCA-COLA COKO49.188.61.097
HEWLETT-PACKARD COHPQ38.686.61.100
AMERICAN EXPRESS COAXP23.0024.01.103
INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPIBM104.8424.61.117
INTEL CORPINTC17.0416.21.147
MICROSOFT CORPMSFT24.0423.71.190