Southwest stock = FLAT!
In March 2003 I purchases LUV for about $12 a share. Sold it at $16 a share in December 2005. Made a whole $400. Yippee!!
At the same time I bought Boeing and Skywest. Made about $1500 from Skywest and $5500 from Boeing. Southwest is not a great stock. Check out this graph of their 5 year average.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor...&DisplayForm=1
I know everyone hates it when I mention it, but remember that Southwest is paying $36 a barrel for fuel, while all the other airlines are stuck paying $60 plus a barrel.
FUEL IS AN AIRLINES LARGEST EXPENSE!!!
So be careful with that stock when 2009 rolls around!