It seems that lately, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) hits record high after record high. That has a lot of people wondering if we're entering bubble territory. While trying to time the market is always a bad idea, investors should be checking to see if the stocks they're buying are too expensive right now.
A great metric to help investors see whether a stock is expensive is its price-to-earnings ratio. This tells you how much a stock is worth, relative to how much money its company made over the past year. Right now, the average Dow stock trades for a P/E of 16.7.�
For comparison's sake, the Dow's five most expensive stocks -- all listed below -- have P/Es well above this average. But as you'll see, that doesn't necessarily mean they should be avoided at all costs.
5 Best Stocks To Own For 2014: Fulton Financial Corporation (FULT)
Fulton Financial Corporation operates as a multi-bank financial holding company that provides various banking and financial services to businesses and consumers. It offers various deposits, such as checking account and savings deposit products, certificates of deposits, and individual retirement accounts. The company also provides consumer lending products, including commercial and industrial, financial, agricultural, and real estate loans; secured consumer loan products comprising home equity loans and lines of credit; fixed and variable-rate products, including construction loans and jumbo loans; residential mortgages; and consumer loan products consisting of automobile loans, automobile and equipment leases, personal lines of credit, and checking account overdraft protection. In addition, it offers equipment leasing, letters of credit, cash management services, and traditional deposit products; and investment management, trust, brokerage, insurance, and investment advis ory services. Further, the company is involved in reinsuring credit life, and accident and health insurance; and sells various life insurance products. As of March 19, 2013, Fulton Financial Corporation operated 267 branches in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Virginia. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
5 Best Stocks To Own For 2014: Oneida Financial Corp.(ONFC)
Oneida Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for The Oneida Savings Bank that provides community banking services primarily in Madison and Oneida Counties in New York, and surrounding counties. Its deposit products include savings accounts, interest-bearing demand accounts, non interest-bearing checking accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company?s loan products portfolio comprises one-to-four family residential and commercial real estate loans, consumer loans, and commercial business loans. It also offers trust and investment services, including fiduciary services for trusts and estates, money management, and custodial services. In addition, the company sells insurance; provides employee benefits consulting services; and offers risk management services to help mitigate and prevent work related injuries. It operates through 10 full service branch offices in Madison and Oneida Counties; and 1 full service branch office in Onondaga County in New York. The company was founded in 1866 and is based in Oneida, New York. Oneida Financial Corp. is a subsidiary of Oneida Financial MHC.
Top 5 Insurance Stocks To Buy For 2014: CoreSite Realty Corporation(COR)
CoreSite Realty Corporation operates as real investment trust in the United States. The company engages in the ownership, acquisition, construction, and management of data centers. It provides data centers that optimize, secure, and interconnect the mission-critical IT assets of the organizations. The company offers private data centers and suites, cage-to-cabinet colocation, and interconnection services, such as Any2, CoreSite's Internet exchange. Its data centers are located in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay and Northern Virginia areas, Chicago, and New York City. The company provides its data centre services to enterprises, cloud providers, financial firms, and Government agencies. As of March 31, 2011, its property portfolio included 11 operating data center facilities, 1 data center under construction, and 1 development site. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
5 Best Stocks To Own For 2014: China Wind Power Intl Corp (CNW.V)
China Wind Power International Corp. focuses on development and operation of wind farm power plants in China. It indirectly holds the rights for wind energy development in Duerbert Mongolian Nationality Autonomous County, Heilongjiang Province, with an installed capacity of 1,150 megawatts of wind energy developable over an area of 612 square kilometers. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.
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