McDonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD)

I drove by McDonald's today at 2:30pm and the parking lot was packed. Growing up we considered happy meals a treat. This company is as American as it gets, but has a strong international presense to supplement US spending.

With the economic slowdown we are entering dining out will suffer; fast food will benefit. The coffee is less expensive than Starbucks and tastes great. American increase, international exposure, stealing market share from Starbucks. What's not to like?

McDonalds has a great busines model number one. Their breakthrough into the Chinese market will benifit them greatly. The new wif-fi and specialty coffee will definitly help grow their business domesticly. Think about how many people stop at the local coffee shop to use their laptop's. McDonalds future looks golden.

mcdonald's has a solid dividend and is researching ways to increase shareholder value. Their property alone is a huge asset that is being evaluated. If franchises pick up the property value, there is huge $$ waiting to be reaped???

McDonalds is McDonalds. It sounded good for HP. Why not for MCD. It has outperformed the S&P 500 +335.01% to +50.68%. The past month MCD has barely outperformed the S&P 500 +0.14% to -0.24%.

Good cash flow, ROI of 15%, nice dividend, and everyone likes a big mac every once in a while.

“When Warren lectures at business schools, he says, “I could improve your ultimate financial welfare by giving you a ticket with only 20 slots in it so you had twenty punches – representing all the investments that you get to make in a lifetime. And once you’ve punched through the card, you couldn’t make any more investments at all. Under those rules, you’d really think carefully about what you did, and you’d be forced to load up on what you’d really thought about. So you’d do much better.”" – Charlie Munger

In the spirit of this idea, I made 5 initial punches/picks, and will thereafter make a maximum of 1 pick per fiscal quarter until all 20 punches have been used. I expect to use up all punches over the next 5-7 years. I will compare the performance of this acct to my more "active" CAPs account, and see if this maxim proves correct.

This is a pure lifestyle choice. I love their coffee!

Mcd ALWAYS finds a way to beat. McCafe launch will become a success and will ultimately help McDonald's increase revenue from food sales. People will go for coffee and throw in a breakfast item or two.

I believe McDonald's stock will decline due to their overreaching addition of coffee and due to reasons that are not publicly known as insider selling has raised a big red flag.

Consistently outstanding performance w. expansion into Japan & a tremendous trend line. What more can I say?

this is a safe stock in my opinion with consistantly decent numbers and not affected by our current economic situation.i dont think it will be a huge gainer but hopefully will offset some of my riskier picks

solid global company. buy on dip

This place has been around for way too long. America is getting fatter, lazier and the food is cheap, quickly prepared and it's a kid friendly enviroment. I imagine it will continue to grow over the years.

I personally don't like McDonalds that much, but it's a universally recognized brand with millions of loyal customers, so it looks like a good pick to me!

McDonalds presence is worldwide. New and better quality coffee products could compete with StarBucks and their global locations are unique.

was OVER BROUGHT last year, now 2008 will be OVER SOLD. When you over sell. WE might see MCD in the $30's

MCD's value is as much about Real Estate as it is hamburgers. It will be a tough year for real estate values.

I think management will adapt the menus to a more healther choice, and more emphasis on customer loyalty, which the consumers are demanding.

big mac and coffee