The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG)

with a solid dividend yield and relatively decent (above S&P 500) earnings growth, they will manage generate returns above the benchmark over next 5 years and beyond.

The Greece and Euro woes only drove the Dow down about 200 pts. It was a mass sell-off (possibly computer glitch) of Proctor & Gamble that hit the Dow so hard all of a sudden.

PG went from $60/share at 2:45pm down to $39 two minutes later and then back up to 58 another 2 minutes after that! It literally dropped 35% in 2 minutes and then gained 74% in the same amount of time. But those 4 minutes of high volatility showed up in the Dow 30 and caused a Domino effect of other selling (like Dow Index funds) causing everyone else to take a hit.

This makes PG WAY too unstable to keep shareholders in the short-term.

dawn diswashing detergent will be used to clean the birds in La.... gonna be a run on it!

Nearly everyone who's looking at PG is calling it an outperform stock so it may seem like crowd following for me to join them. I believe it's currently (early May 2010) lagging the S&P because of crowd following in the other direction and that management's rather boring stick-to-the-knitting activity will bring that crowd back around.

Passes Dogs of the Dow screen.

Staples. Dividend. What else do you need when this market rests
/ retracts?

Too big to fail.... duh

Solid base.

Such strong headwinds with currency, taxation, globalization, population increase and otherwise have a beta of 0.5. They have almost zero legislative risk, competition, or business risk. Besides being one of the easiest companies to run and maintain, they will out pace the S&P by the sheer fact that industries shift over time, but everyone needs their ever increasing product line. Hold period time frame: 5-10 generations.

company may be considering a split to adjust price to a lower base to attract more buyers

Company performance has been moving forward while market performance has slipped a little. Due for a correction.

We will continue to see a rotation out of defensive issues into economic cyclicals as more people realize that the economy is strengthening. Generally speaking, many of the big/mega-caps are not the place to be....yet!

Similar idea as EL, I believe their strength in "affordable luxuries" will pay off big especially in developing economies like China, where a shift to a domestic focus will occur soon.

A solid company, with good cashflow. Pity it doesn't report sales by region to understand the emerging markets growth and profitability.

55 years of increased dividends

PG has a broad customer fan base whether they like it or not. A cash machine month by month.

having been built from a business founded in 1837. The Company's business is focused on providing branded consumer packaged goods that sells !

the international business will help to outpace the current US market

Well managed market leader in a conservative sector (consumer staples)