Forced to put all your assets in the common stock of one company...

Water Cooler Investing
#1

I’m thinking JNJ. Any other nominees?

#2

brka

#3

The Warren risk, historically high book value, and the financial exposure would scare me away. But many have definitely put eveything they had with Buffett and did, well, ok I would say.

#4

PG

#5

I would buy some butter factories in Bangladesh.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmarotta/2014/12/30/guess-what-statistic-has-the-highest-correlation-with-the-sp-500/

#6

i say etf spy. but if no etfs. then BLK. the market leader of etfs. hahaha

#7

Something with broad exposure to consumer staples. P+G, Kraft, Wal-Mart. Something like that would be safe-ish. But I’m going with Altria. Smoking and drinking only get cooler when the shit hits the fan.

#8

BRK-A, JNJ or MKL, assuming no ETFs.

Speaking of, why is JNJ looking so cheap (for them)? 17x P/E? Did they have windfall earnings or something, or is some great calamity going to befall Band-Aids and baby shampoo?

#9

nestle

#10

(Lol)^100

#11

Johnson & Johnson is the first one that came to mind.

#12

would not consider 17x as cheap

#13

I would put all my net worth into AMZN. If it drops below 350, I may do so in reality.

#14

I was honestly expecting you to say AAPL…

#15

Who, me? Why would you think that?

#16

i dont like apple cuz pineapple is betterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvMEA3FcPYk

comedic stuff

#17

If I’m betting all my money, i need my money to stick around for 50-60 years

I’d pick something stable that won’t get outdated with technology and wont die to cyclical trends. Walmart maybe?

#18

^ Retail is littered with corpses of giants. Not that Wal-Mart couldn’t be an exception, but you’d have to argue why it will fare better than say Sears.

#19

Looking at it from both a technical and fundamental perspective in today’s marketplace, the correct answer would be AAPL. (Bought it on 02/03/14 and have been doing well ever since.)

If I had anymore money to invest, I would double down on that company.

#20

AWK