Watch List: 12/11/09

At the end of the week, my watch list contains 16 companies, same as the previous week. Here are the companies on my watch list as of December 11, 2009.

Symbol	Name	Price	P/E	% Yr Low	Yield	EPS	Div/Shr	Payout Ratio
WTR	AQUA AMERICA INC	17.02	22.37	10.59%	3.41%	0.76	0.58	76%
NTRS	Northern Trust Corp.	48.12	12.70	11.08%	2.33%	3.79	1.12	30%
SVU	SUPERVALU INC	13.39	-0.96	11.40%	5.23%	-13.99	0.70	-5%
CWT	CALIFORNIA WATER	37.60	18.80	12.27%	3.14%	2.00	1.18	59%
THFF	First Financial Corp.	30.13	16.46	13.57%	2.99%	1.83	0.90	49%
UMBF	UMB Financial Corp.	38.59	18.38	14.68%	1.92%	2.10	0.74	35%
UGI	U G I CP	24.33	10.31	15.09%	3.29%	2.36	0.80	34%
WGL	WGL HOLDINGS INC	33.27	13.92	16.37%	4.42%	2.39	1.47	62%
SYBT	S.Y. Bancorp, Inc.	21.40	15.85	17.00%	3.18%	1.35	0.68	50%
XOM	EXXON MOBIL CP	72.83	16.96	17.73%	2.31%	4.29	1.68	39%
WMT	WAL MART STORES	54.65	15.82	18.16%	1.99%	3.45	1.09	32%
WEYS	Weyco Group, Inc.	23.80	23.80	18.35%	2.52%	1.00	0.60	60%
NWN	NORTHWEST NAT GAS	44.84	15.52	18.91%	3.70%	2.89	1.66	57%
BRO	BROWN & BROWN INC	17.79	15.48	19.00%	1.74%	1.15	0.31	27%
HSY	THE HERSHEY CO.	36.02	21.06	19.00%	3.30%	1.71	1.19	70%
BCR	BARD C R INC	83.05	16.64	20.47%	0.82%	4.99	0.68	14%
16 Companies

The new addition to this week list is SUPERVALU (SVU) which got hammered after Kroger (KR) plunged on Tuesday after they reported earning. Removed from this list is Piedmont Natural Gas (PNY), one of my holdings.

Market Commentary

It's been a week since the non-confirmation in the Industrial. Today's closing was an exciting one with both indexes, Industrial and Transport, closing fractionally below its high. I said last week that I need to see the Industrial close above 10,471.58. The index fell short of that by 0.08 today!

It's foolish to call the market direction so we'll have to wait and see.

Some investment opportunities may be in the heavily sold names like SUPERVALU, Kroger, or Fred.

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