Stocks To Keep An Eye On Today

Equity Office
Properties Trust

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A real
estate investment trust that owns and manages office properties. The Trust has a
portfolio of buildings located in various states across the United States.
Equity Office provides a wide range of office space for local, regional, and
national customers. Dividend Yield (Trailing 12mo.) 5.892 Relative Dividend
Yield 3.841 60-day at-the-money call option premium is $.70 (Negligible)
representing a

2% yield, or 2% protection to the downside.

Philip Morris Companies
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Through
its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells a variety of consumer products. The
Company provides tobacco products, as well as packaged foods such as cheese,
processed meat products, coffee, and grocery products. Philip Morris also
provides a variety of beer and brewed non-alcohol beverages. The Company’s
products are sold worldwide. Dividend Yield (Trailing 12mo.) 4.613 Relative
Dividend Yield 3.007 60-day at-the-money call option premium is $2, representing
a 4% yield, or 4% protection to the downside.

Wal-Mart Stores
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Operates discount stores and Supercenters, as well as Sam’s Clubs. The Company’s
Wal-Mart discount stores and Supercenters offer merchandise such as apparel, house wares,
small appliances, electronics, and hardware. Wal-Mart operates in the
United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Korea, United
Kingdom, and Puerto Rico. Dividend Yield (Trailing 12mo.) 0.558 Relative
Dividend Yield 0.364 60-day at-the-money call option premium is $2.50,
representing a 5% yield, or 5% protection to the downside.

EMC Corporation
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Provides enterprise storage systems, software, networks, and services. The
Company’s products store, retrieve, manage, protect, and share information from
all major computing environments, including UNIX, Windows NT, and mainframe
platforms. EMC operates offices around the world. 60-day at-the-money call
option premium is $1.60, representing a 12% yield, or 12% protection to the
downside.