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"The Dogs of the Dow strategy has a long-term history of outperforming the Dow Jones average," notes technical expert Gerald Appel.

In his Systems & Forecasts, he explains, "The theory is that the highest yielding stocks are undervalued and should have the greatest change of appreciating." Here, he reviews the 5 highest yielders.

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Excluding a 15-cent-per-share hit from restructuring charges, chemicals giant DuPont (NYSE: DD), yet another Dow component, said it would have earned 61 cents per share. That number bested consensus estimates for a 53-cent per share profit, but once again, the top-line number is cause for concern.

DuPont said its second-quarter profit dropped 61% to $417 million, or 46 cents per share, with revenue falling 24% to $7.09 billion. Analysts had expected the company to bring in $7.14 billion in revenue.

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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.

Continue reading Stock to avoid #2 -- Dupont (DD)

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"DuPont EI Neumours (NYSE: DD) is a world-class company with a world-class dividend yield," says growth & income expert Bryan Perry. Here's the latest from his The Cash Machine.

"Some of the biggest winners in a recovering economy are those stocks of companies engaged in the basic businesses such as industrial chemicals, plastics, and adhesives.

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• Cramer: Dow 30 in '09 Playbook, Part II
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"Broad-based chemical, agriculture, and 'science technology' company DuPont (NYSE: DD) is about as 'blue chip' as companies get," says Bill Martin.

In his BullMarket.com, the trading and investing expert explains, "One of the oldest firms in the country DuPont has shown it can continue to remake itself and grow." Here's his review.

Shares of Dow Chemical (DOW) fell another 7% last week - a reflection the markets felt CEO Andrew Liveris's $18.8B takeover of Rohm and Haas (ROH) was too rich. Barron's Andrew Bary thinks they may have a point: 

Barron's interviews Legg Mason (LM) value investors Harry Cohen and Scott Glasser, whose Legg Mason Partners Appreciation outdid the S&P 500 by nine points over the past year, despite losing 0.69%.<!---->

They say the time to get bearish was a year ago -- now it's time to be cautious. Financials will not bottom until investors "start thinking in terms of absolute losses and really get scared." Energy, industrials, agriculture and materials - not financials - will lead the market higher, although it doesn't seem to have bottomed yet.

Recap of CNBC's Fast Money, Monday May 19.
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Resource industry experts Roger Conrad and Yiannis Mostrous are bullish on the agriculture and water sectors; in their model portflio they already hold 6 stocks stocks in these sectors.

The co-editors of Vital Resource Investor explain, "We see strong underpinnings for continued higher agricultural prices for many years to come." Here's their latest agrculture play: EI du Pont de Nemours (NYSE: DD).

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