Company Name Ticker Recent Price 12 Month

% Price Change

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO GE 14.71 -47.966

PROCTER & GAMBLE CO PG 72.95 -15.361

MERCK & CO MRK 59.20 -6.874

DISNEY (WALT) CO DIS 102.92 -6.172

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES IBM 143.74 -4.409

COCA-COLA CO KO 41.72 -4.290

EXXON MOBIL CORP XOM 81.79 -0.921

JOHNSON & JOHNSON JNJ 125.13 1.205

3M CO MMM 202.41 2.971

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES UTX 124.55 3.079

These are the worst 10 performing Dow stocks over the past 12 months.Remember the Dogs of the Dow theory learns from behavioral economics to suggest people over correct when they see stocks doing better or worse then average i.e. they behave differently then an efficient market would dictate. There seems to be some evidence that buying the dogs of the Dow, holding them for 12 months, and then selling them delivers market out performance.

As you know I added GE to the portfolio this week. Next week I am going to have a look at Procter and Gamble (PG) and will let you know what I find.

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