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Unfortunate Fortune: Shockingly Pathetic Stock Picks from 2000

It’s Fortune magazine, August 2000, Special Investors Issue, Retire Rich
Article: 10 Stocks to Last the Decade
And here’s the list:

Stock
Ticker
Price
P/E
Comment

Broadcom
BRCM
$237
255
Maker of chips used in the next generation of entertainment devices

Charles Schwab
SCH
$36
56
Former discount broker that has grown up along with its boomer clients

Enron
ENE
$73
51
Biggest online broker for coal, oil, and gas; next up — broadband

Genentech
DNA
$150
128
Offers a huge pipeline [...]