Stock to avoid #2 -- Dupont (DD) - Jamie Dlugosch

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Stock to avoid #2 -- Dupont (DD)
Jul 18, 2009 03:00 PM UTC

Jamie Dlugosch

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Filed under: duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Oil, Stocks to Sell

dupont stock, DD Another stock leveraged to the oil market is Dupont (NYSE: DD). Because many of the company's products are derived from crude oil, rising oil prices negatively impact profit margins. The only recourse, then, is to raise the price for consumers. But doing so in this environment is unlikely given the weakness in the economy.

As a result, the dynamics of the market are such that profits for DD will be lower in the near term.

That puts the company in a bit of a Catch-22.

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