MoneyHeavy Portfolio Gillette Gillette <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: G)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: G)") end if %>, $87 3/4 Gillette doesn't seem to fit on this list, with cash down and long-term debt up. But, as one Fool in the office often preaches, the balance sheet is but a snapshot. Precisely, yes. Gillette paid $7.3 billion to acquire Duracell earlier this year. The acquisition adds more 'round the counter stuff for the company to sell. With margins and sales moving higher, Gillette is another international powerhouse that may be overpriced here but that offers the long-term investor a great opportunity. This is a play on management, margins, and business model -- selling inexpensive stuff that people need to buy regularly. (Next page.)

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