Date updated:01-17-2009
Talking With Julie Lang Kirkpatrick, Portfolio Manager, Lang Asset Management

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ADBE
Adobe Systems Inc - $35.81
- -0.83%
- $35.71
She likes: Adobe Systems (ADBE); people need its product to share files, and it has had years of solid earnings growth. Plus, at a recent $20.83, the stock is down sharply from its 52-week high near 46. Earnings per share are an estimated $1.80 for '09 and $1.99 for '10.

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SY
Sybase Inc - $39.92
- -1.04%
- $40.20
Mobile-software maker Sybase (SY) also makes her cut. "The stock is down big-time, the P/E is low at 13 and the price of sales is low for a growing mobile-software industry," she notes. The stock was recently at 24.86, down from a 52-week high near 37. Thomson Reuters puts earnings at $2.03 for '09 and $2.15 in '10.

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JNJ
Johnson And Johns - $62.31
- +0.60%
- $61.82
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is a similar story. "It's very inexpensive at 58. The P/E is 14 on trailing 12 months. They are relatively immune to the slowdown because of their wide range of products," she says. Earnings per should could climb to $4.64 a share in '09 and $5.05 in '10.

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IJR
Ishare Sp Sc 600 - $51.12
- -0.12%
- $50.77
As for short-selling picks, she is looking at some index exchange-traded funds: iShares S&P Small Cap 600 Index (IJR), SPDR-Utility (XLU), iShares Dow Jones Transportation (IYT), S&P Midcap(MDY).

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XLU
Utilities Sel Spd - $29.25
- +0.45%
- $29.05
As for short-selling picks, she is looking at some index exchange-traded funds: iShares S&P Small Cap 600 Index (IJR), SPDR-Utility (XLU), iShares Dow Jones Transportation (IYT), S&P Midcap(MDY).

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IYT
Ishares Dj Trans - $70.81
- -0.17%
- $70.61
As for short-selling picks, she is looking at some index exchange-traded funds: iShares S&P Small Cap 600 Index (IJR), SPDR-Utility (XLU), iShares Dow Jones Transportation (IYT), S&P Midcap(MDY).

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MDY
S&p Mid Deposit R - $125.09
- -0.60%
- $125.07
As for short-selling picks, she is looking at some index exchange-traded funds: iShares S&P Small Cap 600 Index (IJR), SPDR-Utility (XLU), iShares Dow Jones Transportation (IYT), S&P Midcap(MDY).
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A. Here's another one:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/173986-s
hipping-three-high-risk-high-reward-opti
ons
Also, DSX, for instance moved up after
hours.
It might depend on your timeframe. The
related indexes appear to be trending
up. (this is not a recommendation).
A. The only one I own : SLX,
too hard pick a winner out all of them
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