International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM)

toaoyoda (20.85) Submitted: 2/10/2012 2:55:50 PM : Start Price: $190.89 IBM Score: +3.29

This stock has surmounted the Big Company Complacency period (thanks to Lew Gerstner ) and embarked on exploitation of its natural advantages ( culture of research combined with emphasis on marketing thanks to Sam Palmisano ). Better than GE its culture provides a successful succession plan so that future management promises to be as wise and flexible as the (post-Opel) era has been. They are big in the latest trends (e.g. cloud, linux, etc ) and are again the "go-to" choice for corporate deciders who want to play things safe and not be blindsided by better suppliers of services (and hardware.)
It is so close to 200 that passing this milestone seems inevitable.