Well, as everyone knows, last year was one of the worst performing years ever for most stocks and indexes.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average was no exception losing 33.84% for the year.  In fact, of the 30 stocks that are the current components of the Dow Jones Index, only 2 of them had a positive total return in 2008.  The two winners were two well established brands dominating their respective markets:  Walmart (WMT) and McDonald's (MCD).  Another disappointing statistic is the fact that 7 of the 30 stocks within the index lost over half their value last year, and this doesn't even include the AIG debacle (a Dow Jones component at the beginning of 2008).  Here is a look at the 2008 total stock returns posted by the 30 stocks within the Down Jones Industrial Average.

Stock	Symbol	12/31/07 Closing    Price	12/3108 Closing    Price	2008 Dividends	Total Value	Gain/Loss	% Gain/Loss
Walmart	WMT	$47.53	$56.06	$0.95	$57.01	+  $9.48	+ 19.95%
McDonald's	MCD	$58.91	$62.19	$1.625	$63.815	+  $4.905	+    8.33%
Johnson  & Johnson	JNJ	$66.70	$59.83	$1.795	$61.625	($5.075)	(7.61%)
Home Depot	HD	$26.94	$23.02	$0.90	$23.92	($3.20)	(11.21%)
Exxon Mobil	XOM	$93.69	$79.83	$1.55	$81.38	($12.31)	(13.14%)
Procter  & Gamble	PG	$73.42	$61.82	$1.55	$63.37	($10.05)	(13.69%)
Kraft Foods	KFT	$32.63	$26.85	$1.12	$27.97	($4.66)	(14.28%)
Pfizer	PFE	$22.73	$17.71	$1.28	$18.99	($3.74)	(16.45%)
Verizon	VZ	$43.69	$33.90	$1.28	$35.82	($7.87)	(18.01%)
Chevron	CVX	$93.33	$73.97	$2.53	$76.50	($16.83)	(18.03%)
IBM	IBM	$108.10	$84.16	$1.90	$86.06	($22.04)	(20.39%)
Coca-Cola	KO	$61.37	$45.27	$1.52	$46.79	($14.58)	(23.76%)
JP Morgan  Chase	JPM	$43.65	$31.53	$1.52	$33.05	($10.60)	(24.28%)
Hewlett  Packard	HPQ	$50.48	$36.29	$0.32	$36.61	($13.87)	(27.48%)
AT&T	T	$41.56	$28.50	$1.60	$30.10	($11.46)	(27.57%)
United  Technologies	UTX	$76.54	$53.60	$1.345	$54.945	($21.595)	(28.21%)
Disney	DIS	$32.28	$22.69	$0.35	$23.04	($9.24)	(28.62%)
3M Company	MMM	$84.32	$57.54	$2.00	$59.54	($24.78)	(29.39%)
Caterpillar	CAT	$72.56	$44.67	$1.56	$46.23	($26.33)	(36.29%)
DuPont	DD	$44.09	$25.30	$1.64	$26.94	($17.15)	(38.90%)
Intel	INTC	$26.66	$14.66	$0.5475	$15.2075	($11.4525)	(42.96%)
Microsoft	MSFT	$35.60	$19.44	$0.46	$19.90	($15.70)	(44.10%)
Merck	MRK	$58.11	$30.40	$1.52	$31.92	($26.19)	(45.07%)
Boeing	BA	$87.46	$42.67	$1.60	$44.27	($43.19)	(49.38%)
General  Electric	GE	$37.07	$16.20	$1.24	$17.44	($19.63)	(52.95%)
Bank of  America	BAC	$41.26	$14.08	$2.24	$16.32	($24.94)	(60.45%)
American  Express	AXP	$52.02	$18.55	$0.72	$19.27	($32.75)	(62.96%)
Alcoa	AA	$36.55	$11.26	$0.68	$11.94	($24.61)	(67.33%)
Citigroup	C	$29.44	$6.71	$1.12	$7.83	($21.61)	(73.40%)
General  Motors	GM	$24.89	$3.20	$0.50	$3.70	($21.19)	(85.13%)

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