Anheuser Busch Companies Inc. (BUD)

A very nice healthy dividend of 2.2%. Continental Europe has helped them because of their suffering as well as opportunities to celebrate by being out of recession. Feels the 12.2X current earnings valuation is better than some of its closest peers. You want to look at this trading at the lower end of a positive band. A reasonable price would be somewhere under $100.

One good thing about the alcohol industry is that they have really consolidated over the last 10 years. There are 3 or 4 really big players and this is one of them. The growth is going to be coming from the emerging markets side and this company is doing very well there. Has a reasonable dividend and is not trading at an excessively high multiple. 2.3% dividend and think they will continue to increase them.

(Market Call Minute) Great dividend growth story.

In the early stages of a secular bull market, very often, the more defensive companies are the ones that garner a lot of investment dollars. Relatively modest dividend of about 2%. In general he feels these companies are raising what they are paying out as a percentage of their earnings so you’ll see pretty good dividend growth. This is not a bad place to be.

Beer stocks have had decent runs but are selling off a little bit right now because of concerns of a global slow down, particularly in emerging markets where the real growth was expected to come from. This is a very well run company and would probably be at the top of his list if he were adding one. He would probably get pretty excited about it 10% cheaper.

Molson Coors (TAP-N) or Anheuser Busch (BUD-N) for a 5-10 year hold? He is not long anything in this sector because growth is not that strong, but between the 2 he would probably be more inclined to go with Molson Coors because he thinks you will continue to see more consolidation.

Big global brewer. Has the Brazilian exposure. With the World Cup next year and the Summer Olympics in 2016, it will be a major winner for it., The major problem is that it has a big exposure to the European markets where they are drinking less beer. You should do very well with this as a long-term hold. Has a reasonable yield.

Philip Morris (PM-N) or Anheuser Busch (BUD-N)? If he were picking a sin stock, hands-down it would be tobacco.

Beer market is fascinating now because of all the consolidation. This company is in a fantastic position vis-à-vis their competitors because of the prominence of some of their brands and dominance in major markets. Wouldn’t buy a full position at this time, perhaps a 3^rd in case of a pull back.