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Stocks to Watch -- Monday, January 3

Posted on January 3, 2005 at 14:15, GMT

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Posted on January 3, 2005 at 7:45, GMT

Chart of the Day -- Deere, Monthly Chart

Deere & Company, together with its subsidiaries (collectively, John Deere), manufactures and distributes a line of agricultural equipment, a variety of commercial and consumer equipment and a range of equipment for construction and forestry. Through its financial services segment, the Company also finances sales and leases by John Deere dealers of new and used agricultural, commercial and consumer and construction and forestry equipment.

DE hit a new all-time high last week. I remember being amused while biking through a McMansion community near Princeton that every lawn was being mowed by a polished John Deere riding mower. I pick up a couple of good investment ideas on every bike ride.

DE, Monthly Chart

Posted on January 3, 2005 at 7:35, GMT

2004 Returns for Selected Vanguard Funds

Here are the total returns for calendar-year 2004 for selected Vanguard Funds:

Prime Money Market Fund -- 1.11%

Short-Term Bond Index Fund -- 1.70%
Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund -- 5.22%
Long-Term Bond Index Fund -- 8.40%
GNMA Fund -- 4.13%
High-Yield Corporate Fund -- 8.52%
Inflation-Protected Securities Fund -- 8.27%
Total Bond Market Index Fund -- 4.24%

500 Index Fund -- 10.74%
Convertible Securities Fund -- 7.20%
Dividend Growth Fund -- 11.02%
Total Stock Market Index Fund -- 12.52%

Extended Market Index Fund -- 18.71%
Mid-Cap Index Fund -- 20.35%
Small-Cap Index Fund -- 19.85%

Energy Fund -- 36.65%
Health Care Fund -- 9.51%
Precious Metals and Mining Fund -- 8.09%
REIT Index Fund -- 30.69%

Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund -- 26.12%
European Stock Index Fund -- 20.86%
Pacific Stock Index Fund -- 18.83%
Total International Stock Index Fund -- 20.84%

Posted on January 3, 2005 at 7:25, GMT

Beating a "Bad Objective" for Fourteen Consecutive Years

Legg Mason's Miller beats S&P 500 for 14th year, by Herbert Lash:

"... Bill Miller of Legg Mason Inc. has outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500 index for a 14th straight year, a feat no other mutual fund manager has accomplished since at least 1960 ... Miller's Value Trust fund... returned 11.96 percent for the year, while the [S&P 500] index rose 10.88 percent ... For the last 10 years, Value Trust returned an annualized 18.58 percent, while the S&P returned an annualized 12.07 percent...."

Posted on January 3, 2005 at 7:15, GMT

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