1998 Drip Portfolio Archives
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December

• 12/31/98 -- The Year of the Drip
• 12/30/98 -- Our Favorite Financial Services Co.
• 12/29/98 -- J&J's Diagnosis
• 12/28/98 -- Intel & Campbell Soup
• 12/24/98 -- Touchstone Thursday
• 12/23/98 -- Refine This!
• 12/22/98 -- J&J's Procrit Hit
• 12/21/98 -- Fuel of the Future?
• 12/18/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 12/17/98 -- Boil and Bubble
• 12/16/98 -- 401(k) Opportunities
• 12/15/98 -- E&P Economics
• 12/14/98 -- A Franchise in Action
• 12/11/98 -- A Trip in the Wayback Machine
• 12/10/98 -- Education IRAs
• 12/9/98 -- Franchises
• 12/8/98 -- Drilling for Dollars
• 12/7/98 -- Quest for Oil
• 12/4/98 -- Cuts at J&J
• 12/3/98 -- The Future of OPEC
• 12/2/98 -- Oil Consolidation
• 12/1/98 -- Consider an Investment Club

November

• 11/30/98 -- Stocks for the Holidays
• 11/25/98 -- Drip Thanks You
• 11/24/98 -- Past Performance
• 11/23/98 -- Campbell Cookin'
• 11/20/98 -- Drips Are Foolish
• 11/19/98 -- Oil - Past and Futures
• 11/18/98 -- The Economic Scene
• 11/17/98 -- The Political Scene
• 11/16/98 -- Oil For 40 Years?
• 11/13/98 -- Touchstone 13th
• 11/12/98 -- Intro & Terms
• 11/11/98 -- Oils Well...
• 11/10/98 -- And We're Off!
• 11/09/98 -- The Slick List
• 11/06/98 -- Flintstone Friday
• 11/05/98 -- Mellon's Strategy
• 11/04/98 -- One Day Remaining!
• 11/03/98 -- Dare to Share
• 11/02/98 -- The Drip Port Club

October

• 10/30/98 -- Touchstone Halloween
• 10/29/98 -- Where Are "We" Going?
• 10/28/98 -- The Front Runners
• 10/27/98 -- Calling All Fools!
• 10/26/98 -- Make Way for J&J
• 10/23/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 10/22/98 -- The Bad of J&J
• 10/21/98 -- The Good of J&J
• 10/20/98 -- Mellon Growing
• 10/19/98 -- Shiva and Shake
• 10/16/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 10/15/98 -- Opportunity Costs
• 10/14/98 -- Our Next Focus
• 10/13/98 -- Intel and J&J Report
• 10/12/98 -- Opportunity Costs
• 10/09/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 10/08/98 -- More Future Speak
• 10/07/98 -- Help Your Company
• 10/06/98 -- The Future of DRPs
• 10/05/98 -- Post Your Preference
• 10/02/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 10/01/98 -- The Broker & the Fool

September

• 09/30/98 -- Home Run Hitting
• 09/29/98 -- You Have Time
• 09/28/98 -- When to Invest?
• 09/25/98 -- Intel & J&J
• 09/24/98 -- Valuation Still Matters
• 09/23/98 -- Drip Report Lite!
• 09/22/98 -- DRP Attributes to Seek
• 09/21/98 -- Start Now!
• 09/18/98 -- What's Next?
• 09/17/98 -- Enrolling in Mellon
• 09/16/98 -- Buy Announced
• 09/15/98 -- Almost a Buy
• 09/14/98 -- Mellon Finished
• 09/11/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 09/10/98 -- Finalists, Part 2
• 09/09/98 -- Dale on The Finalists
• 09/08/98 -- Call It a Comeback?
• 09/04/98 -- Campbell's Earnings
• 09/03/98 -- Our Two Finalists
• 09/02/98 -- Old Wells Fargo
• 09/01/98 -- Norwest Goes Morewest

August

• 08/31/98 -- What's Up?
• 08/28/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 08/27/98 -- Time to Surrender
• 08/26/98 -- U.S. Bancorp's Biz
• 08/25/98 -- Livin' on Dividends
• 08/24/98 -- Buyin' Campbell
• 08/21/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 08/20/98 -- U.S. Bancorp's Past
• 08/19/98 -- First Tennessee
• 08/18/98 -- Fifth/Third Bancorp
• 08/17/98 -- Intel, Mellon, 5th/3rd
• 08/14/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 08/13/98 -- Intel Is It?
• 08/12/98 -- NJ Soup Party
• 08/11/98 -- Still Simmering
• 08/10/98 -- Campbell's Fees
• 08/7/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 08/6/98 -- Mellon Overview
• 08/5/98 -- Mellon's DRP Fees Questioned
• 08/4/98 -- A Brief History
• 08/3/98 -- Mellon Q & A's

July

• 07/31/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 07/30/98 -- Norwest & Wells Fargo
• 07/29/98 -- Two Finalists Remain
• 07/28/98 -- A Look at Fannie Mae
• 07/27/98 -- American Express
• 07/24/98 -- US Bancorp
• 07/23/98 -- Wrapping up First Tenn
• 07/22/98 -- Mellon's Numbers
• 07/21/98 -- Mellon Bank
• 07/20/98 -- Campbell's New Plan
• 07/17/98 -- Norwest and Wells Fargo
• 07/16/98 -- Norwest, the 2nd Finalist
• 07/15/98 -- Intel, J&J Report
• 07/14/98 -- Wrapping up NationsBank
• 07/13/98 -- NationsBank Earnings
• 07/10/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 07/09/98 -- Banking Myths
• 07/08/98 -- Wittling Down the List
• 07/07/98 -- Heading Home
• 07/06/98 -- SunTrust's Trust Business
• 07/02/98 -- SunTrust's Busines Lines
• 07/01/98 -- SunTrust and Cola-Cola

June

• 06/30/98 -- SunTrust Banks
• 06/29/98 -- Finishing Citicorp
• 06/26/98 -- Citicorp
• 06/25/98 -- Citicorp Credit Quality
• 06/24/98 -- Citicorp's Money
• 06/23/98 -- Citicorp Business Lines
• 06/22/98 -- Valuation Guesswork
• 06/19/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 06/18/98 -- Next Up, Citicorp
• 06/17/98 -- Norwest, Part 3
• 06/16/98 -- Norwest the Retailer
• 06/15/98 -- Norwest Corp.
• 06/12/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 06/11/98 -- Merrill a Deathstar
• 06/10/98 -- Merrill Lynch
• 06/09/98 -- BankBoston
• 06/08/98 -- Charlotte Banks
• 06/05/98 -- Chips down $2, Soup up $2
• 06/04/98 -- Wrapping up First Tenn.
• 06/03/98 -- Intel and the Drip
• 06/02/98 -- More on First Tenn.
• 06/01/98 -- A Closer Look at First Tennessee

May

• 05/29/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 05/28/98 -- Disadvantages
• 05/27/98 -- Numerous Advantages
• 05/26/98 -- Celery and Celeron
• 05/22/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 05/21/98 -- Campbell and Intel
• 05/20/98 -- What We're Doing
• 05/19/98 -- More on Deposits
• 05/18/98 -- The Effect of Deposits
• 05/15/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 05/14/98 -- Wells Fargo Joins List
• 05/13/98 -- BankBoston
• 05/12/98 -- It's First and Ten
• 05/11/98 -- Announcing Number 4
• 05/08/98 -- Stamp Out Hunger!
• 05/07/98 -- State Street Corp. Joins Group
• 05/06/98 -- Accounting for DRPs
• 05/05/98 -- Regions Financial Numbers
• 05/04/98 -- More Spreadsheet Action
• 05/01/98 -- Touchstone Friday

April

• 04/30/98 -- Analyzing Banks
• 04/29/98 -- #2 Joins Study
• 04/28/98 -- Our First Company
• 04/27/98 -- What's ROE2?
• 04/24/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 04/23/98 -- ROE and ROA
• 04/22/98 -- Getting to Companies
• 04/21/98 -- The Meaning of Financial Statements
• 04/20/98 -- Glossary, Part 6
• 04/17/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 04/16/98 -- The Income Statement
• 04/15/98 -- Banks Per Capita
• 04/14/98 -- Intel and J&J Report
• 04/13/98 -- National Banking Brands
• 04/09/98 -- More from the income statement
• 04/08/98 -- More on the Citigroup Aftermath
• 04/07/98 -- Fool on the Hill
• 04/06/98 -- Citicorp, Travelers Merge
• 04/03/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 04/02/98 -- Amortization of Goodwill
• 04/01/98 -- Glossary, Part 3

March

• 03/31/98 -- Glossary, Part 2
• 03/30/98 -- Financial Services Glossary Part 1
• 03/27/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 03/26/98 -- Wholesale Banking
• 03/25/98 --Branding Banks, Part 2
• 03/24/98 -- Banks as Brands?
• 03/23/98 -- UnFoolish Bank Regulation?
• 03/20/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 03/19/98 -- Money and Banks
• 03/18/98 -- Financial Services Outline, 2
• 03/17/98 -- Financial Services Outline
• 03/16/98 -- Financial Services Intro
• 03/13/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 03/12/98 -- J&J's 1997 Results
• 03/11/98 -- Our Stock Valuations
• 03/10/98 -- Next Focus Companies
• 03/09/98 -- Are DRPs in IRAs MIA?
• 03/06/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 03/05/98 -- Intel's Sharp Decline
• 03/04/98 -- Our Next Focus
• 03/03/98 -- Why Buy More J&J?
• 03/02/98 -- Intel Letters, Part 2

February

• 02/27/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 02/26/98 -- Intel Letters from Readers
• 02/25/98 -- Intel's Competition
• 02/24/98 -- Intel's Network
• 02/23/98 -- Intel's New Markets
• 02/20/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 02/19/98 -- Intel's Valuation
• 02/18/98 -- Intel and Campbell
• 02/17/98 -- Intel's Business
• 02/13/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 02/12/98 -- Campbell's Markets
• 02/11/98 -- Campbell's Strategy
• 02/10/98 -- Campbell vs. Coke
• 02/09/98 -- Campbell Soup Redux
• 02/06/98 -- Touchstone Friday
• 02/05/98 -- Intel's 1997 Results, Part 3
• 02/04/98 -- Intel's 1997 Results, Part 2
• 02/03/98 -- Intel's 1997 Results, Part 1
• 02/02/98 -- The Coming Weeks

January

• 01/30/98 -- Food Buy Announced
• 01/29/98 -- Philip Morris and Campbell Soup
• 01/28/98 -- The Four Food Finalists, Pt. 2
• 01/27/98 -- The Four Food Finalists
• 01/26/98 -- Quaker Oats -- Finalist
• 01/23/98 -- Weekly Review
• 01/22/98 -- Campbell Soup, Pt. 3
• 01/21/98 -- Campbell Soup, Pt. 2
• 01/20/98 -- Finalist Campbell Soup Co.
• 01/16/98 -- Wrap up of Busy Week
• 01/15/98 -- PepsiCo, Round Three
• 01/14/98 -- The New PepsiCo.
• 01/13/98 -- Why Coke is No Go
• 01/12/98 -- Philip Morris, Bout 2
• 01/09/98 -- The Weekly Update
• 01/08/98 -- Randy's Favorite Food Cos.
• 01/07/98 -- The Whole Food Menu
• 01/06/98 -- Int'l Home Foods
• 01/05/98 -- Sara Lee
• 01/02/98 -- Weekly Review
• 01/01/98 -- New Year's Day Holiday