Investors have to be happy with the way 2019 has gone. Some big gains for the Dow Jones Industrials and other stock market indexes were a welcome change after a rare down year in 2018, once again highlighting the need not to panic during tough times but rather than stay the course and keep following a consistent investing strategy.

Yet even though the overall market was up sharply in 2019, not all of the Dow's 30 constituent stocks kept up the pace. In particular, several Dow stocks posted declines for 2019. Here, we'll take a closer look at Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA), 3M (NYSE: MMM), and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) to find out why they were at the bottom of the performance list among Dow stocks in 2019.

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