I saw a screen full of company logos on the news during the oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and checked into their stock prices. I did OK on Halliburton.

I saw a screen full of company logos on the news during the oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and checked into their stock prices. I did OK on Halliburton. Did OK with Merck after the Vioxx news too. Buying on bad news is a pretty safe bet when the news is limited to a small part of a very large, diversified business.