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December 31, 2005 The New Buy List

For 2006, I going to track the new Buy List based on Friday's closing prices. All 20 stocks will be equally weighted. I'm going to assume a portfolio of $1 million, $50,000 for each position. Just in case anyone in the middle of August questions where I get my track numbers from, here are the 20 stocks, with the starting prices and number of shares:

Company (Symbol)...................Price...............Shares

AFLAC (AFL)...............................$46.42..........1,077.1219

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY)........$36.15..........1,383.1259

Biomet (BMET)............................$36.57..........1,367.2409

Brown & Brown (BRO)...............$30.54..........1,637.1971

Donaldson (DCI)........................$31.80..........1,572.3270

Dell (DELL).................................$29.95..........1,669.4491

Danaher (DHR)...........................$55.78.............896.3786

Expeditors International (EXPD)..$67.51..........740.6310

FactSet Research Systems (FDS)..$41.16......1,214.7716

Fair Isaac (FIC).........................$44.17..........1,131.9900

Fiserv (FISV)..............................$43.27..........1,155.5350

Golden West Financial (GDW)...$66.00.............757.5758

Harley-Davidson (HDI)..............$51.49............971.0623

Home Depot (HD)......................$40.48..........1,235.1799

Medtronic (MDT)........................$57.57.............868.5079

Respironics (RESP)....................$37.07..........1,348.7996

SEI Investments (SEIC)............$37.00..........1,351.3514

Sysco (SYY)................................$31.05..........1,610.3060

UnitedHealth Group (UNH)........$62.14.............804.6347

Varian Medical Systems (VAR)..$50.34.............993.2459

The 20 stocks have a combined market value of $458 billion. The average dividend yield is about 0.5%. Twelve of the stocks are in the S&P 500, six are in the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index and two are in the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index. Home Depot (HD) is our only Dow stock.

Posted by edelfenbein at December 31, 2005 12:15 AM

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