Donald Yacktman Has Some Stock Recommendations for Us

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Mar 13, 2012
Yacktman has quite a track record, having beaten 95% of its peers over the past 5 and 10 years.


What does Yacktman think is currently attractive:


- If you look at high quality companies as bonds instead of stocks (I think he is simply referring to the size of the dividends) Yacktman thinks you will see a lot of value given the predictability of earnings.


- Pepsi (PEP, Financial), Proctor and Gamble (PG, Financial), Microsoft (MSFT, Financial) and Newscorp (NWS, Financial) make his attractive list.


- Microsoft (MSFT, Financial) and Cisco (CSCO, Financial) are cheap, which is why he now owns them and 30 years ago he wouldn’t have dreamed of it.


- Doesn’t own Apple (AAPL, Financial) because he doesn’t think it is cheap. He thinks that because the sustainability of Apple’s profit margins are a given.


- Pepsi has a dividend yield above a 30 year Treasury that is growing. To him that looks like a Triple-A bond.