Tier A stocks in our space: Here are 3 lists of "Tier A" or "safe stocks" to own in 2011 (and beyond?) I have compiled from recent posts on this board :
It all of course depends on which criteria/preferences a person is using to define "quality" or "safe" stocks. Rato's article gives a review of criteria that I find excellent but there may be more depending on personal preferences. Quality is obviuosly a "gray" word.
My own list of "Tier A" CGS stocks for 2011 is:
CCME, YONG, UTA, CCCL, TRIT, CHBT, TSTC (debatable but I trust Bank of Beijing's $40MM LOC and I don't see their high A/R nor recent secondary as a red flag, again it's a very personal preference imo).