http://www.istockblog.com/what-are-a-few-stocks-that-are-old-and-have-beaten-the-stock-market.php Your Guide to Stock Market Investing Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:51:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.istockblog.com/what-are-a-few-stocks-that-are-old-and-have-beaten-the-stock-market.php/comment-page-1#comment-572 Mark L Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:04:41 +0000 http://www.istockblog.com/what-are-a-few-stocks-that-are-old-and-have-beaten-the-stock-market.php#comment-572 IBM, ExxonMobil, Johnson & Johnson and Walmart all come to mind, but even those stocks have had periods where they underperformed the market. Past performance is not necessarily a predictor of future stock performance. You mentioned just one company ATT that is no longer the leader that it once was, but there are several former great companies whose stocks no longer perform as well as the market as a whole. IBM, ExxonMobil, Johnson & Johnson and Walmart all come to mind, but even those stocks have had periods where they underperformed the market. Past performance is not necessarily a predictor of future stock performance. You mentioned just one company ATT that is no longer the leader that it once was, but there are several former great companies whose stocks no longer perform as well as the market as a whole.

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