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Nebraska Investment Club’s Roaring Success Pays for Member’s Dream African Safari

On May 22, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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Lucy Romine, a computer program analyst, in Omaha, Neb., made her dream of a safari in South Africa come true by using some of her stake in the Network Investment Club’s $769,500 stock portfolio.

The 18-member all-women investment club was founded 30 years ago, the Omaha World-Herald reports recently. Through the years, members [...]

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Let’s Give Them Something to Blog About

On May 22, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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General Mills finance director Penny Leporte recently blogged about the fact that the company has made BetterInvesting’s Top 100 Companies Held by Our Members for the second year in a row.

The list appears each April in BetterInvesting Magazine.

In 2012, 151 investment clubs owned more than 55,000 shares of General Mills [...]

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BetterInvesting Weekly Stock Screen 5-20-13

On May 20, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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This stock screen was originally published in the May 20, 2013 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on results from a MyStockProspector.com screen for companies that met the following criteria as of May 17:

 

Sales under $1 billion.

Five-year sales, EPS growth of at least 15%.

Last 4Q [...]

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Bitcoins Gain Currency

On May 20, 2013 By James D. Miller, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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Print your own U.S. dollars and the Secret Service will come after you. The laws of physics will stop you from turning lead into gold. But you can safely mint your own “bitcoins,” a cyber-gold currency that lies beyond government control.

In 2009 the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamot released protocols for an online currency called [...]

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Yes, Play With the Nice Bull, Just Don’t Go Crazy

On May 17, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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They’re baaaack — the bulls are crashing through the stock market. Makes you want to just get out there and run wild in the streets with the big boys, but according to U.S. News & World Report’s Smarter Investor, , slow down and take a deep breath. We’re talking stocks here, not racing [...]

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In the Market for Some Retail Stocks? Better Shop Around

On May 15, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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With consumers opening up their wallets  at the stores, retail stocks are also flying off the shelves these days. Of course, BetterInvesting members know that the time to buy was when the market was still in the doldrums and the real bargains were there for the grabbing.

Still, if you like the merchandise, [...]

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BetterInvesting Weekly Stock Screen 5-13-13

On May 13, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
BetterInvesting Weekly Stock Screen

This stock screen was originally published in the May 13, 2013 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on results from a MyStockProspector.com screen for companies that met the following criteria as of May 13:

 

Revenues between $1 billion and $5 billion.

Ten-year revenue, EPS growth of 10% and [...]

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Narrowing the Class Chasm

On May 13, 2013 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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For something that impacts virtually every aspect of every American life, it’s surprising how little many of us know and think about capitalism.

Do not, however, count Jerry Z. Muller among the uninformed. Muller is a professor of history at The Catholic University of America and has written extensively about the system of production [...]

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BetterInvesting Weekly Stock Screen 5-6-13

On May 7, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
Stock Screens

This stock screen was originally published in the May 6, 2013 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on results from a Value Line screen for companies that met the following criteria as of May 7:

 

Earnings Predictability of 80 and above.

Growth Persistence, Price Stability of at least 70.

Projected [...]

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‘BetterInvesting Magazine’ Names Activision as Stock to Study and Qualcomm as Undervalued Stock Choices For July

On May 3, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., May 3, 2013 — The Editorial Advisory and Securities Review Committee of BetterInvesting Magazine today announced Activision, Inc. (NDQ: ATVI) as its July 2013 “Stock to Study” and Qualcomm Incorporated (NDQ: QCOM) as its July 2013 “Undervalued Stock” for investors’ informational and educational use.

“The [...]

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