Campbell Soup the only stock to rise in historic sell-off

[FourScore]

Goodbye $1 Billion Salary, Hello Campbell Soup
Posted Sep 30, 2008 01:42pm EDT by Henry Blodget

Campbell Soup Co. was the only stock in the S&P 500 that escaped yesterday's historic sell-off. That’s right: 499 fell, and just one rose.

Could there be a clearer metaphor for Americans refocusing on the basics after a decade of greed and excess?

http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/81526/Goodbye-1-Billion-Salary-Hello-Campbell-Soup

[tblue]

1. We're preparing our emergency shelters.

Makes sense to me.

[Ian David]

4. Exactly what I was thinking, too. n/t

[Coventina]

2. I'm proud to say that I noticed this yesterday!

:-)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3518245&mesg_id=3518276

on edit: added link to my post. Yes, I'm self-aggrandising!

[Ian David]

3. I take it that Hormel, the maker of Spam, is NOT in The S&P 500? n/t

[lapfog_1]

5. The perfect metaphor for the entire mess. - n/t

[liberalhistorian]

6. No kidding,

how ironic, indeed.

[avaistheone1]

7. Price went up on Smuckers stock too. I think the market was confused and thought Suckers.

The market needs alot of Suckers to buy in to the existing bailout plan.

[monmouth]

8. Oy, with extra dosage of sodium. Yummmm...n/t

[MrCoffee]

9. Doesn't BH own a huge percentage of Cambell's soup (or whoever their parent is)?

[sam sarrha]

10. .... probably cream of mushroom on pasta

[SoCalDem]

11. Campbells still makes soup??

Haven't bought canned soup in decades:)..Too salty, and my homemade soup is cheaper & better:)