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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Booze Stocks: Drinkers cutting back. Will stocks follow?]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/25/booze-stocks-drinkers-cutting-back-will-stocks-follow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/25/booze-stocks-drinkers-cutting-back-will-stocks-follow/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/25/booze-stocks-drinkers-cutting-back-will-stocks-follow/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/bad-news/" rel="tag">Bad News</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/consumer-experience/" rel="tag">Consumer Experience</a></p><img border="1" hspace="4" alt="" vspace="4" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/03/bud.jpg" />Blogger Paul Kedrosky posted a fascinating Bloomberg chart showing that <a href="http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2009/02/24/picked_the_wron.html">alcohol consumption in the U.S. has started to decline</a>. He opines people feel so poor that they have cut back on booze -- which casts aspersions on the defensive status of booze stocks. <a href="http://www.piqqem.com/lists/booze-stocks">Piqqem Sentiment</a> on <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/molson-coors-brewing-company/tap/nys">Molson</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/molson-coors-brewing-company/tap/nys">TAP</a>), considered the best of the brewery companies, is modestly positive with rising sentiment.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/25/booze-stocks-drinkers-cutting-back-will-stocks-follow/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Booze Stocks: Drinkers cutting back. Will stocks follow?</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/25/booze-stocks-drinkers-cutting-back-will-stocks-follow/">Booze Stocks: Drinkers cutting back. Will stocks follow?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/25/booze-stocks-drinkers-cutting-back-will-stocks-follow/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1470890/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/25/booze-stocks-drinkers-cutting-back-will-stocks-follow/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>alcohol</category><category>beer</category><category>defensive stocks</category><category>featured</category><category>Molson Coors</category><category>reces</category><category>sin stocks</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Salkever]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
