Whiskey Cures Blindness: Buy Liquor Stocks Now?

We've all heard about the beneficial effects of wine, primarily from the resveratrol, which studies have shown may improve memory and reduce Alzheimer's disease, plus provide longevity benefits.

But now it has recently been reported about the ability of whiskey to cure blindness. According to a news item from BusinessInsider, a man in New Zealand who become blind from drinking too much vodka, was given a bottle of Johnnie Walker whiskey by doctors as a treatment for the blindness. He was hospitalized for ten days but his vision eventually came back. It is believed that the excess methanol in the vodka caused the blindness, and the ethanol in the whiskey offset the methanol.

Obviously, this is an unusual circumstance, but booze is big business. Studies have shown that approximately two-thirds of people drink alcoholic beverages during the evening in order to relax. Based on the free list of wine and liquor stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, there are over a dozen to choose from, a few of which pay dividends.

Beam, Inc. (BEAM) is an Illinois based company that produces bourbon whiskey, Scotch whisky, Canadian whisky, and other beverages under the brands of Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, Sauza, Courvoisier, Canadian Club, Teacher’s, and Laphroaig. The stock trades at 29 time trailing earnings and 23 times forward earnings, and pays a decent yield of 1.6%. Revenues rose 8.3% for the latest quarter, and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were $0.57 versus a loss of $0.53 in the year-ago quarter.

Brown-Forman Corporation (BF-B) is another liquor distributor which is most known for its Jack Daniel's and Southern Comfort brands. The stock has a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.5 and pays a yield of 1.6%.

Diageo (DEO) is a London based alcoholic beverage distributor which sells many brands of whiskey, including Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky, Crown Royal Canadian whisky, JeB Scotch whisky, Buchanan's Scotch whisky, Windsor Premier Scotch whisky, and Bushmills Irish whiskey. It also sells vodka, rum, and wine. The stock trades at 24 times trailing earnings and 16.7 times forward earnings. It sports a generous yield of 2.9%.

For a list of wine and liquor stocks, which you can download, sort, and update, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above stocks at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com