Date updated:01-03-2007
These are the stocks that are down since January, 2000. 20 of the 30 stocks are down this century. So why is the Dow at all time highs? MO, up 237%. CAT up 130%.
The Dow is in purple. This is a chart of WMT, INTC, PFE, VZ, MSFT vs the Dow.

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MCD
Mcdonalds Cp - $61.72
- +0.39%
- $61.05
down 1% this century and yet P/E ratio is 15 now as opposed to 30 at the turn of the century. Book value / share is $12 now as opposed to $7 in December, 1999.

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AA
Alcoa Inc - $12.89
- 0.00%
- $12.71
down 28%.

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AIG
Amer Intl Group N - $35.48
- -9.67%
- $35.44
down 11%. 15 P/E now versus 27 in December, 1999. Book value / share is $33 now as opposed to $14 then.

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PFE
Pfizer Inc - $16.96
- -0.35%
- $17.01
down 27%. P/E ratio now of 23 as opposed to 50 at the turn of the centure. Price / book is only 2.6 now as opposed to 18 at the turn of the century.

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VZ
Verizon Commun - $29.56
- +0.85%
- $29.26
down 34%. P/E of 12 now as opposed to 20 at turn of the century. Price over book is 2.1 now as opposed to 6.38.

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WMT
Wal Mart Stores - $51.25
- -0.06%
- $51.03
down 26% this century so far. WMT had a P/E of 40 in 2000. 17 right now. Book value was $5.80 in 2000, $12.77 now.

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INTC
Intel Corporation - $18.93
- +0.21%
- $18.82
down 60% despite book value per share going from 5.55 to 6.11 and P/E going down from 32 to 17.

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MSFT
Microsoft Corpora - $28.52
- +0.18%
- $28.32
down 48%. P/E ratio has gone from 53 to 21. P/Book has gone from 10 to 5.
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too hard pick a winner out all of them
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01/20/2007 15:47 PM CST Asked by Brimstone
The worst stocks of the 21st century ?
Well, the century is only 7 years old, so the title is a little misleading - and for a number of other reasons as well: 1) 2000 was one of the worst years in the stock market as the "century" started us off with the dot bomb crash. 2) 2001 followed up with the WTC terrorist attack on 9/11 which resulted in the Dow losing about 4,000 points (trading was halted for a week to prevent further losses) and if it wasn't for the government pumping tons of money back into the Dow to help bring it back up and restore confidence, who knows where we'd be.
So as far as the stocks listed, you may want to check out the following growth numbers for 2006 before you write off these stocks for the 21st century:
2006 Price Growth:
GM +58%
T +46%
HPQ +44%
DIS + 43%
MRK +37%
MCD +31%
VZ +23%
JPM +21%
HON + 21%
KO +20%
IBM +18%
DD +14%
MSFT +14%
PFE +11%