5 Stocks Mr. Burns Would Own

Pitney Bowes

Speaking of snail-mail, Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) has been the proud leader in postage meters and, uh, franking machines for 90 years.

Everyone’s familiar with the myriad woes of the U.S. Postal Service — which are more or less similar to American Greetings’. E-billing, e-cards … you name it … going paperless hasn’t been kind to PBI, which puts it just behind the 8-ball enough for Monty.

Even after adding in dividends, the stock has lost about 30% during the past 10 years.