JNJ $156.06
My dad worked at Cook Campus of Rutgers University. On the way to his job I passed two big businesses. One was Squibb and the other was Johnson and Johnson. I always thought one of them would be a nice place to work.
When I was in High School, we had a family friend that worked at J and J and he got me a job doing product pictures for a catalog that they put out. So, I did kind of do work for them.
Around the house, we always had Band-Aids and other J and J products which as a young tree climber and bike rider, I needed from time to time.
Having an opportunity to own a little bit of the company really appealed to me, so I bought some. I was pretty disappointed when I found out that they had sold the consumer portion of the company (that sold the Band-Aids) to another company called Kenvue. But I already owned the stock by then!
To my surprise, the stock has done really well. They were the developers of Tylenol which came under attack by the current president’s administration, but it didn’t affect their stock since the Tylenol was now being sold by Kenvue who’s stock was affected.
I own both stocks so it kind of balanced out for me. J and J also pays a nice dividend, so I know it’s a keeper for me.
