Johnson & Johnson, Ben Graham, And Defensive Stocks

Summary:

  • Under current market conditions, our view is that playing defensive is more important than pursuing growth.
  • Against this overall backdrop, this article explains why Johnson & Johnson is a good defensive stock.
  • Johnson & Johnson satisfies all the requirements that Benjamin Graham promoted for picking defensive stocks.
  • Notably, it’s also trading at a sizable discount from the overall market and also the Graham P/E (by about 12%).

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Thesis

We keep reminding our readers – and ourselves – that in investing, avoiding losses is more important than achieving gains (even though the latter always FEELs better). The reason is a simple math fact – because compounding is mathematically asymmetric. A 10% loss requires more


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