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Six Deadbeat Stocks to Clean Out of Your Portfolio

Posted Mar 20th 2010 9:00AM by Michael Shulman
Filed under: Pfizer (PFE), Merck and Co (MRK), Palm Inc (PALM), Amgen Inc (AMGN), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Stocks to Sell

6 deadbeat stocks to clean out of your portfolio Spring is finally here, which means it's time to break out the broom and dustpan for some spring cleaning.

But your home isn't the only thing that requires constant maintenance -- your portfolio does too.

And what better time than spring to get a fresh start by cleaning out the stocks that are sitting around collecting dust rather than making you money?

Here are six deadbeat stocks to sell. Click on each stock to learn more.

Stock #1: Harley-Davidson (HOG)
Stock #2: Palm (PALM)
Stock #3: Brunswick (BC)
Stock #4: Pfizer (PFE)
Stock #5: Merck (MRK)
Stock #6: Amgen (AMGN)

At the time of this writing, the author did not own shares of the stocks mentioned in this post.

Tags: Amgen, AMGN, BC, Brunswick Corp., featured, Harley-Davidson, HOG, Merck, Michael Shulman, MRK, PALM, PFE, Pfizer, pharma stocks, stocks to sell, tech stocks

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Last updated: February 10, 2012: 10:13 AM

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