12/10/07

Economics

Forget oil, the dollar and sub prime, household wealth is at record high:

http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2007/12/us-household-net-worth-at-record-high.html

Politics

Domestic

International War Against Radical Islam

The Market

Technical

Fundamental

The Dividend Growth Buy List

Company Close 12/7 Buy Value Range

Johnson & Johnson $67.68 $60-69

Abbott Labs 58.22 51-59

Illinois Tool Works 56.81 53-61

MDU Resources 27.31 25-29

Canon 52.87 47-54

3M 86.82 81-92

Eli Lilly 54.30 49-56

Graco 39.13 37-41

Commerce Bancshares 45.34 43-48

Paychex 40.10 38-42

Sysco 32.43 30-33

Chevron 90.96 79-91

Linear Technology 31.30 29-32

Marathon Oil 59.23 56-62

Automatic Data Processing 45.55 44-49

American Int’l Group 61.45 57-63

VF Corp 72.20 72-79

General Electric 37.23 35-39

Wells Fargo 31.71 30-34

News on Stocks in Our Portfolios

Graco (Dividend Growth Portfolio) increased its quarterly dividend per share from $.165 to $.18.

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