Blue Chip Stocks - think again!
Blue chip stocks - part of every good portfolio. Right? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A blue chip stock is the stock of a well-established company having stable earnings and no extensive liabilities . The term derives from casinos, where blue chips stand for counters of the highest value. Most blue chip stocks pay regular dividends , even when business is faring worse than usual. GM Daily Chart On the other hand, GE bagholders are looking at this plunge GE Daily chart Norton's comment: there was a time when these would have been considered the foundation of a conservative investment portfolio. Now, they are not fitting the definition we had expected. Now it would seem that risky commodities in agriculture and precious metals and taking a bearish bet on the good old US dollar are sounder investments.