10 Stocks Taking Care of Investors 2009

These 10 stocks have been rewarding investors with share buybacks, strong dividends, sales/earnings and stock performance and are worthy cornerstones of any portfolio. You can track the entire series here.

Number 1. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)

Johnson & Johnson is a worldwide provider of products in the health care field. Johnson & Johnson's operating companies are organized into three business segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices and Diagnostics.

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These 10 stocks have been rewarding investors with share buybacks, strong dividends, sales/earnings and stock performance and are worthy cornerstones of any portfolio. You can track the entire series here.

Number 2. AutoZone (NYSE: AZO)

AutoZone is the nation's leading specialty retailer and a leading distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories. AutoZone has 4,172 stores in the US and Puerto Rico, and ...

These 10 stocks have been rewarding investors with share buybacks, strong dividends, sales/earnings and stock performance and are worthy cornerstones of any portfolio. You can track the entire series here.

Number 3: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)

Lockheed Martin is a global security company that is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products. In 2008, 84% of the company's net sales were made to the U.S. Government, either as a prime contractor or as a subcontractor. Sales to ...

These 10 stocks have been rewarding investors with share buybacks, strong dividends, sales/earnings and stock performance and are worthy cornerstones of any portfolio. You can track the entire series here.

Number 4: CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME)

CME Group is a leading futures exchange powerhouse created from the 2007 merger of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings and CBOT Holdings and the 2008 takeover of NYMEX Holdings. CME Group was the first U.S. financial exchange to become publicly traded in December 2002, when ...

These 10 stocks have been rewarding investors with share buybacks, strong dividends, sales/earnings and stock performance and are worthy cornerstones of any portfolio. You can track the entire series here.

Number 5: Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ)

HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, software, solutions and services to individual consumers, small-and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including the public and education sectors. The company sells PCs, printers, servers, and consulting services among other things. In 2008, HP announced a massive $14 billion acquisition of EDS. In April 2005, Mark ...