MDT $82.21 My mother-in-law was a businesswoman. She was also really very smart. I remember sitting with her one day and she was talking about her Medtronic stock. She was very pleased with it and happy that she had it.…
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…
CVS $81.04 For the last 40 years of so that I have lived in New Jersey, I have gone to CVS as my drug store. It’s really close and convenient to get to so I find them very useful. CVS…
BMY $51.84 Looking at the side of my Eliquis prescription bottle (yeah, I have AFIB), I saw two names. Bristol-Myers Squib and Pfizer. When I was growing up there were two big companies that I passed by frequently. One was…
SOFI $25.86 I decided that to complete my diversification of industries, I had yet to own a fin stock. That’s what they call financial institutions. I know, I know. I could buy into a big-name bank like Bank of America…
EPD $27.03 With AI being the big buzzword around the stock market, I have found that there are many ways to be involved that isn’t buying the Magnificent 7 stocks or chips or computers at all. One of these is…
KHC $25.97 I think I have always used Heinz catsup. Having lived in Pittsburgh, the name Heinz was everywhere. I was not aware of the merger with Kraft that I guess Warren Buffet had something to do with, but I…
WMT $52.53 Anyone who doesn’t know Walmart has been living under a rock. When I was working, our company was a vendor at Walmart, so I had a lot of exposure. I even got to know Sam when I was…
PG $146.07 When I was growing up, Procter and Gamble provided many of the products that were always around my house. I used Head and Shoulders shampoo, shaved with Gillette razors, bought loads of Pampers when my kids were babies.…
KO $59.74 I got Coke as a stock that was a favorite of Warren Buffet, and I had Pepsi so I figured I should get some of this one too. I probably should have bought more, because it’s not just…