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December 31, 2007 The 2008 Buy List

Here’s my 2008 Buy List. For tracking purposes, I assume it’s a $1,000,000 portfolio and each position is worth $50,000. Here’s each stock, ticker, starting price and number of shares. This is what I'm referring to when I discuss how well the Buy List is doing.

Company Ticker Price Shares
AFLACAFL$62.63798.3395
AmphenolAPH$46.371,078.2834
Bed Bath & BeyondBBBY$29.39 1,701.2589
ClarcorCLC$37.971,316.8291
DanaherDHR$87.74569.8655
DonaldsonDCI$46.381,078.0509
FactSet Research SystemsFDS$55.70897.6661
FiservFISV$55.49 901.0633
Harley-DavidsonHOG$46.71 1,070.4346
Jos. A Bank ClothiersJOSB$28.45 1,757.4692
Leucadia National LUK$47.10 1,061.5711
Lincare LNCR$35.16 1,422.0705
MedtronicMDT$50.27 994.6290
MoogMOG-A$45.81 1,091.4647
Nicholas FinancialNICK$7.23 6,915.6293
SEI InvestmentsSEIC$32.17 1,554.2431
Stryker SYK$74.72 669.1649
SyscoSYY$31.21 1,602.0506
UnitedHealthUNH$58.20 859.1065
WR BerkleyBER$29.81 1,677.2895

Fifteen stocks return from 2007. The five new stocks are Clarcor, Leucadia National, Lincare, Moog and Stryker. The sells are Fair Isaac, Graco, Respironics and Varian Medical Systems. Biomet was bought out for cash in September.

The total market cap of all the companies is $303 billion. UnitedHealth is the largest at $74 billion. Nicholas Financial is by far the smallest at $71 million. The average dividend yield is 0.63%.

That's it. The list is now "lock and sealed," and I can't touch it until next year.

Posted by edelfenbein at December 31, 2007 9:56 PM

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