You have to admit, Lindsay Lohan, the famous and occasionally notorious actress
and singer, has a knack for getting her name in the news, whether intentionally
or not. According to a recent article at OMG !, a source has said that Lohan has
signed a contract with Playboy to pose nude for a spread in the magazine. She is
reportedly being paid somewhere between $750,000 and $1,000,000. What is nice
about all the publicity that celebrities get is the ability to promote products
and services for various companies that they are affiliated with. This includes
motion picture distributors of movies that they appear in, products that they
promote on television commercials, and even products that you see then use or
drive. A perfect example is the Apple (AAPL) iPhone that Lindsay Lohan has been
seen using. When you look at all these companies, a Celebrity Stock Index ™
can be compiled and compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500.
Stockerblog.com has developed numerous Celebrity Stock Indexes, including Gisele
Bunchen , Heidi Klum , and Angelina Jolie . At WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, you
can also find free downloadable lists of stocks in celebrity indices including
The Beatles and Charlie Sheen . So lets take a look at Lohan and see what
companies she is affiliated with. First, you can no longer invest in Playboy as
Hugh Hefner took the company private several months ago. Lohan starred in The
Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Herbie: Fully
Loaded , and the TV show on ABC, Ugly Betty , all distributed by Disney (DIS).
She received numerous awards including Young Artist Award for Best Performance
in a Feature Film Leading Young Actress, MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Female
Performance, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Star. The Disney stock
pays a yield of 1.1% and trades at 12 times forward earnings. She also received
several awards for her starring role in Mean Girls , a Paramount Pictures
release. Paramount is owned by Viacom (VIA). The stock yields 1.9% and trades at
12.2 times forward earnings. Lohan also appeared in a couple of movies for News
Corporation's (NWS) 20th Century Fox, Just My Luck and Machete . News Corp. pays
a yield of 1.1% and has a forward price to earnings ratio of 10. Lohan has been
seen numerous times wearing Ray-Ban sunglasses, produced by Luxottica Group
S.p.A. (LUX) and recorded some albums on the Casablanca Records label, which is
owned by Vivendi SA (VIV). These include Speak and A Little More Personal . What
is amazing is that is you track all these stocks as an index and compare it to
the Dow Jones Industrial Average starting January of 2010, you will discover
that the LiLo Index substantially outperforms the Dow. As a matter of fact, the
LiLo Index was up 71.8% versus only 16.3% for the Dow during the same time
frame. Of course, a lot of the growth of the LiLo was due to Apple more than
doubling, but even if you back out Apple, Lindsay Lohan is still up 27.4%. Since
a picture is worth a thousand words, you should check out the chart. There are a
few other companies which are part of the Lindsay Lohan Stock Index which can be
found at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. To see a free list of all the stocks in the
Lindsay Lohan Stock Index, along with financials and the connection to Lohan, go
to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Disclosure: Author owns AAPL and DIS. No celebrity
endorsement is expressed or implied. No investment recommendations are expressed
or implied. By Stockerblog.com
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