yes. just like more electronics are sold around xmas and gasoline prices spike during the summer (in AZ). A lot of stocks are sold on dec. 31 to get a tax credit. These may be bought cheaply. Google "stock December dogs".
The best type of slow earning, safe stocks to buy would be energy and untility stocks. These stocks inclue XOM (Exxon Mobile) and BHI. These stocks are safe because the demand for energy is huge and consistent.
Some of the best stocks to buy now are XOM as it is stable with some room for growth. CVX is also enticing now at $122 with some good growth expected.
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As of July 2014, the market cap for Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) is $447,817,396,844.40.
The ticker symbol for Exxon Mobil is XOM and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company with the stock market symbol XOM is Exxon Mobile, an oil and gas company from Irving, Texas. The current revenue of the company is $486.429 billion.
XOM stands for Exxon Mobile Corporation and is quoted on the New York Stock Echange. There are many sites available online that show the current share price and its history.
Sticker symbol is XOM for the Exxon corp.
The stock symbol for Exxon Corporation is, "XOM"
The symbol for Exxon Mobil Corporation in the NYSE is: XOM.
, you can get 15-min delayed quotes free from dozens of sites. For example, got to finance.google.com and type XOM into the field on top of the page and press "Get Quotes". There you can view past prices by adjusting timeframe of the graph, XOM seems to have historical quotes since 1978! And it's all free from google. Peter