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Since 2008 Beer Is Still Great!

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV - 86.82
Molson Coors Brewing Company - 44.20
The Boston Brewing Company - 106.85

Dow Jones Ind. Ave. - 13,328.85
S&P 500 - 1,428.59
NASDAQ - 3,044.11

   

Since 2008, when our economic recession started, quantity of beer sold and consumed did not fluctuate as much as people might think. The quantity did not change, the expectation did. The amount of beer companies sell and the price they sell at does not have anything to do with the stock price. Stock price changes because of the anticipation of selling and the current economic dilemma. Yet the stock values of the companies were half of what they are today. An example on July 9th 2009, the closed stock value of the BUD was 40.15. This week’s closed value was 86.82. It has more than doubled. This is due to the state of our great nation’s economy. Since our recession in 2008, beer stocks have seen a steady increase in value since then. As I talked about in my last post, the beer shipment rates have increased. According to the Wall Street Journal, through August of this year beer shipments are up nearly two percent versus a decline of 1.5% for all of last year. Part of this doing is from the increasing popularity of "craft beers". Nearly all of the brewing company's now have a "craft beer brewery" in there company repertoire. I can see this only increasing more with our country bettering its economic state. This goes to show that even if our country economically is failing, beer is still an affordable and high demanding product, which will never be shot down.

Beer = American

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV - 90.27
Molson Coors Brewing Company - 44.64
The Boston Beer Company - 106.68

Dow Jones Ind. Ave. - 13,610.15
S&P 500 - 1,460.93
NASDAQ - 3,136.19

         In the past three years we have seen an overall decline in beer shipments in the U.S. In the first eight months of 2012 the beer shipments have increased 1.9% in the US. Beer is becoming more and more popular and climbing back to where it was before our country's economic decline. With more and more new brews coming out and different seasonal beers by craft brewers beer is more versatile as ever. Fall season is underway and we are seeing an increase in most stocks of the brewing industry. Everywhere you look you see some aspect of beer and/or its industry. But off all the brewing company's, the best buy right now is the domesticated beer companies (Ex. BUD and TAP) The craft company's simply with the expectation of the rising prices due to "craft" making, the price of stocks are high, but there are not paying much or even in SAM's case paying $0 in dividends. My predictions for this week, stock value continually increase in all brewing industries. This is due to aspects such as football, Oktoberfest, and seasonal brews.