>>Last time I heard businnes news about them, their stock shares were going up because of the new flu.
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>Here's a 2 year comparison chart for the big boys over the last 2 years.
>http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=JNJ&t=2y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=PFE,NVS,GSK,SNY,ABT,WYE,AZN,MRK,BMY
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"Defensive" stocks have disappointed greatly during current market troubles. You got to agree that gold was/is the only market sector to hold its own.