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Investors appearing on the TV program select their favorite stocks every week, and sometimes their least favorite ones as well. We're tracking their TV picks online--along with picks available only on this Web site--so you can keep track of their choices and gauge their success (or lack thereof).
The stock charts, which update dynamically, start three months before the air date of the show on which the stock was picked. Click on each graphic to get a larger, one-year price chart.
These picks reflect the choices of individuals appearing on Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE, and should not be taken as a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. The comments for each stock reflect only the stock picker's views, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE, PBS, Maryland Public Television, or your local PBS station.
Bart
Geer, Senior Portfolio Manager, Putnam Investments:
Ace Limited
XL Capital Limited
"The cycle for property casualty insurers like Ace and XL has improved in the last couple of years because of decreases in capacity and we have dividend yields of 2.5 percent in the case of Excel. It really started turning around for the industry in 2000. ... In an environment where very few industry are getting pricing power, these two companies are in an industry where you're getting tremendous pricing power."
Union Pacific
"Railroad companies have fixed costs to a large extent, so it won't take a lot of revenue growth to add to earnings growth. Union Pacific has done one of the best jobs in the rail industry restructuring of the past several years, and as long as the economy continues to rebound, the company will do well. This year, for the first time, UNP will finally surpass its 1995 earnings."
Note: Union Pacific was also a stock pick of Sanford Bernstein analyst Vadim Zlotnikov on the July 5 broadcast.
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