Company / Symb |
Price* |
P-E Ratio ** |
Abbot Labs / ABT |
43.74 |
17 |
Affiliated Comp. Services / ACS |
58.98 |
19 |
Ameren / AEE |
48.57 |
16 |
Bank of America / BAC |
45.88 |
11 |
Dominion Resources / D |
67.50 |
13 |
Exxon Mobil / XOM |
50.15 |
15 |
Northrop Grumman / NOC |
55.95 |
16 |
Note: Panelists, or their firms, have financial interests in many of these stocks.
*Price as of Dec. 10
**Based on forecast earnings for fiscal 2005
Richard Bernstein, the chief U.S. strategist at Merrill Lynch & Co., a notorious worrywart, recommended stocks that could shelter investors from rising short-term interest rates and slowing earnings growth.