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1 pt	Stock picks and pans for troubled times: AAPL, COST, EWBC, IBM, YUM, PG ...
	Oct 10, 2008 10:54 PM UTC

Melly Alazraki

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Symbol	Sentiment	Start	Return	Closed
EWBC		10/10/08	+1.23%	--
PG		10/10/08	+1.85%	--
COST		10/10/08	-11.62%	--
AMD		10/10/08	-48.82%	--
FCX		10/10/08	-47.00%	--
MET		10/10/08	-19.32%	--
YUM		10/10/08	-8.43%	--
GIS		10/10/08	+3.33%	--
CL		10/10/08	+1.74%	--
IBM		10/10/08	-11.74%	--
AAPL		10/10/08	-12.97%	--

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Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), International Business Machines (IBM), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Costco Wholesale (COST), General Mills (GIS), Procter and Gamble (PG), Yum Brands (YUM), Freep't McMoRan Copper (FCX), Stocks to Buy, East West Bancorp (EWBC), MetLife Inc. (MET)

No doubt, this week has made it more and more difficult to say anyone should buy stocks at the moment. Even in good, solid, dividend-paying companies. Many analysts and pundits have recommended investors to sell and stay away from the stock market for a while as they don't see a bottom yet, only more declines.

Others believe the bottom is near and investors shouldn't try to time it to buy good value stocks. But it seems they are fewer. It has also become a little more difficult to find stocks our bloggers call a Buy. Still there are a few:

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The Procter & Gamble Company (PG)

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