Top 5 Blue Chip Companies For 2016

Top 5 Blue Chip Companies For 2016: McDonald's Corporation(MCD)

McDonald?s Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a worldwide foodservice retailer. It franchises and operates McDonald?s restaurants that offer various food items, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 32,478 restaurants in 117 countries, of which 26,216 were operated by franchisees; and 6,262 were operated by the company. McDonald?s Corporation was founded in 1948 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By James E. Brumley]

  Kudos to McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) for recognizing it has problems and then working to solve them. Unfortunately, a big chunk of the problems it thinks it has aren't the problems it actually has, making its solutions mostly off-target. MCD need not get too excited about the turnaround effort.

• [By WWW.DAILYFINANCE.COM]

  David Duprey/AP As people express distaste for food they think is overly processed, fast food chains like McDonald's (MCD) are trying to shed their reputation for serving reheated meals that are loaded with chemicals. That includes rethinking the use of artificial preservatives and other ingredients customers find objectionable. "This demand for fresh and real is on the rise," said Greg Creed, CEO of Yum Brands (YUM), which owns Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut. During the presentation for analysts and investors last month, Creed said the company needs to be more transparent about ingredients and use fewer preservatives. Recasting fast-food as "fresh" and "real" will be tricky, in large part because it's so universally regarded as cheap and greasy. Another problem is that terms like "fresh," ''real" and "healthy" have nebulous meanings, making it hard for companies to pin down how to approach transformation. Would You Like Brominated Vegetable Oil With That?!

• [By James E. Brumley]

  The country's chefs have spoken, and sorry Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) and McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) - you're likely to lose even more relevance and marketability in 2015. Meanwhile, good news for Giggles N Hugs Inc. (OTCMKTS:GIGL) - the coming years restaurant trends look like they're going to play right into your hand.

• [By Douglas A. McIntyre]

  Some of the poorly managed companies have missed opportunities on which others capitalized. Among the best examples is McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), which did not follow fast-casual rivals in creating a menu that was simplified and customizable. GameStop (NYSE: GME), too, missed a major opportunity to make a name for itself in digital distribution for video games, a market that game maker Valve entered over a decade ago when it launched Steam.

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