Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), NV Energy, Inc. (NVE), Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN): Who Cares What the Market Does?

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While the loss of Copaxone’s patent protection will hurt Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) in the short run, the company’s strength has long been its generics business, which continues to do well.

All told, a solid week
Put together the gains, the losses, and the dividends, and you wind up with a portfolio that finished the week like this:

Company Name Purchase Date Total Investment (Including Commissions) Current Value, Aug. 23, 2013 Current Yield, Aug. 23, 2013
United Technologies 12/10/2012 $1,464.82 $1,850.40 2.1%
Teva Pharmaceutical 12/12/2012 $1,519.40 $1,455.40 3.1%
J.M. Smucker 12/13/2012 $1,483.45 $1,843.82 2.1%
Genuine Part 12/21/2012 $1,476.47 $1,826.66 2.7%
Mine Safety Appliance 12/21/2012 $1,504.96 $1,861.20 2.3%
Microsoft 12/26/2012 $1,499.15 $1,911.25 2.7%
Hasbro  12/28/2012 $1,520.60 $1,982.73 3.5%
NV Energy  12/31/2012 $1,504.72 $1,994.16 3.2%
United Parcel Service 1/2/2013 $1,524.00 $1,743.40 2.9%
Walgreen 1/4/2013 $1,501.80 $1,951.60 2.6%
Texas Instruments 1/7/2013 $1,515.70 $1,836.29 2.9%
Union Pacific 1/22/2013 $805.42 $948.36 2%
CSX 1/22/2013 $712.50 $862.24 2.4%
McDonald’s 1/24/2013 $1,499.64 $1,522.08 3.2%
Becton, Dickinson 1/31/2013 $1,518.64 $1,782.36 2%
AFLAC 2/5/2013 $1,466.35 $1,615.41 2.3%
Air Products & Chemicals 2/11/2013 $1,510.99 $1,768.00 2.7%
Raytheon 2/22/2013 $1,473.91 $2,096.55 2.8%
Emerson Electric 4/3/2013 $1,548.12 $1,734.88 2.7%
Wells Fargo & Co 5/30/2013 $1,525.48 $1,582.12 2.8%
Kinder Morgan 6/21/2013 $1,518.37 $1,563.66 4.3%
Cash $345.09

Data from the IPIG portfolio’s brokerage account, as of Aug. 23, 2013.

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The article Who Cares What the Market Does? originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Chuck Saletta.

Chuck Saletta owns shares of Aflac; Texas Instruments; Microsoft; McDonald’s; Genuine Parts; United Technologies; Wells Fargo; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries; Emerson Electric; Becton, Dickinson; Walgreen; Union Pacific; Hasbro; UPS; CSX; J.M. Smucker; Air Products & Chemicals; Mine Safety Appliances; Raytheon; Kinder Morgan; and NV Energy. The Motley Fool recommends Aflac; Becton, Dickinson; Berkshire Hathaway; Emerson Electric; Goldman Sachs; Hasbro; Kinder Morgan; McDonald’s; Mine Safety Appliances; UPS; and Wells Fargo and owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway, CSX, Hasbro, Kinder Morgan, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Raytheon, and Wells Fargo.

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