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Beer Sales Still Bubbly Says CEO: Peter Swinburn, CEO of Molson Coors Brewing Company, says Americans are still drinking beer despite the downturn. They are just doing it in different places.
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She mentioned Diageo(DEO), which she said has a good balance sheet, great cash flow, great brands and a 5.3% yield.

I always look at companies with business models that have predictable cash flows, explains Finerman. I like the tobacco names such as Reynolds [RAI], Altria [MO] and Philip Morris [PM] as well as companies in the liquor business such as Diageo [DEO].

Premium Spirits...always the perfect accompaniment.

From a recent Mad Money show:"This is another stock that's trading too low. Enough is enough, we're pulling the trigger!"

From a recent Mad Money show:"This is another stock that's trading too low. Enough is enough, we're pulling the trigger!"

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Quality products

Anothe buy was spirits producer and marketer Diageo (DEO), whose brands include Guinness, Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker and Captain Morgan. He added Diageo to his portfolio in October 2003, when it was changing hands at under 40 a share. It now is in the low 60s. "When we bought it, people regarded it as a hodge-podge of businesses with relatively poor management and no growth," Osterweis says. "What attracted us was that new management came in and essentially streamlined the company. They focused harder on the liquor and beer segments, dumped Burger King, and started buying back the stock pretty aggressively. It was subsequently cleaned up, polished and transformed into a terrific company with a global focus." He considers the stock, which is trading at about 15 times fiscal 2008 earnings and 13 times next year's predicted net, attractive.

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