The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[DewDiligence]

My Top Picks for Long-Term Buy & Hold (updated)

Since the previous version of this list in mid 2012, I dropped two names
(AGN, CLB) and added two (ABBV, MDLZ). Below are a few sample
posts for each name. (Some sample posts are old but still a good read.)

 
 Biotech/Healthcare  
 ABT      #msg-75216470  #msg-62037218  #msg-50473238  
 ABBV     #msg-80347438  #msg-80545670  #msg-82505575 
 MNTA     #msg-82284707  #msg-81767077  #msg-70212854   
 PFE      #msg-82548993  #msg-78031598  #msg-81127453 
 PKI      #msg-80928807  #msg-78211878  #msg-66945279   
  
 Natural Resources 
 CLF      #msg-78795127  #msg-80894013  #msg-82088941 
 HES      #msg-78327155  #msg-78327528  #msg-75235512  
 PCL      #msg-73427089  #msg-79236812  #msg-43004163  
 RDS-A/B  #msg-82241687  #msg-81095059  #msg-76110453  
 VALE     #msg-78795127  #msg-77035338  #msg-73341305 
    
 Agriculture and Food 
 DE       #msg-79014125  #msg-78435398  #msg-61382266  
 HNZ      #msg-72326802  #msg-60572753  #msg-51552987 
 MDLZ     #msg-80352710  #msg-80158764  #msg-81443247 
 MON      #msg-79237993  #msg-60259277  #msg-41324910  
      
 Technology 
 IBM      #msg-67607838  #msg-80633719  #msg-79005759 
 MMM      #msg-60356285  #msg-81071714  #msg-71865338 

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