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Apple Tops BetterInvesting Magazine’s Top 100 Stocks Held by Members

On March 13, 2013 By Adam Ritt, Director of Communications
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MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., March 13, 2013 — BetterInvesting members held an estimated $103.5 million of Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) stock at the end of 2012, as the company remained atop BetterInvesting Magazine’s Top 100, a list of stocks most widely held by the association’s members. McDonald’s (MCD), Caterpillar (CAT) and Starbucks (SBUX) also made significant [...]

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Hormel Foods Gives Spam a Good Name

On August 6, 2012 By Adam Ritt, Director of Communications
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Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL), the maker of the legendary Spam precooked meat product (and many other foods), was named the Stock to Study for the October issue of BetterInvesting Magazine at the Aug. 3 meeting of the magazine’s Editorial Advisory and Securities Review Committee.

The committee noted the Hormel’s ability [...]

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Will the Eyes Have It for Google Glass?

On May 29, 2012 By James D. Miller, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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Google might soon add a few more bits of detail to our reality.  “Project Glass” is the name of a Google project in development to create wearable computer glasses that can have images projected onto them.  When talking on your cell phone, for example, your glasses might display a real time video [...]

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Amazon’s Streak of Fire Ignites Shares… According to Reuters

On May 1, 2012 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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Is Amazon’s (AMZN) big gamble paying off? After struggling, the company reported first-quarter earnings last week that were better than expected, causing the stock to spike more than 14%. The Kindle Fire, Amazon’s low-price (in fact, some analysts believe it’s being sold at a loss) entry into the tablet market, is apparently [...]

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BetterInvesting Weekly Stock Screen 4-16-12

On April 16, 2012 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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This stock screen was originally published in the April 16, 2012 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on Morningstar data for companies that met the following criteria as of April 5:

5-year EPS growth of at least 15% annually.

5-year EPS growth R2 of at [...]

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Clubs Play IPOville With Zynga

On April 4, 2012 By Adam Ritt, Director of Communications
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Apple (AAPL), Ford (F) and Intel (INTC) unsurprisingly remained among the most popular stocks of clubs using the myICLUB.com club accounting service over the eight weeks ended March 27. Bio-Reference Labs (BRLI) also is near the top; BetterInvesting clubs have been investing in this small-cap company in recent times, and the negative [...]

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Apple Takes Top Spot in BetterInvesting’s Top 100 Companies Held by Members

On March 7, 2012 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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Apple (ticker: AAPL) is the No. 1 holding of BetterInvesting members, according to BetterInvesting Magazine’s Top 100 Companies . The company was No. 3 on last year’s list, moving up to take over the top spot from General Electric.

“BetterInvesting members are drawn to Apple’s history of strong sales and earnings growth and [...]

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Qualcomm, GE Selected by BetterInvesting Magazine for May Issue

On March 5, 2012 By Adam Ritt, Director of Communications

On Friday the Editorial Advisory and Securities Review Committee of BetterInvesting Magazine met and selected Qualcomm Incorporated (NDQ: QCOM) as its May 2012 “Stock to Study” and General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) as its May 2012 “Undervalued Stock.”

The conversation around Qualcomm centered on its strong market position in smartphones. Apple’s new [...]

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BetterInvesting Members Are Really Digging Caterpillar

On February 2, 2012 By Adam Ritt, Director of Communications
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Investment clubs ended 2011 and began 2012 by adding to their positions in a number of large-cap stocks. Apple (AAPL) and Ford (F) led the way in terms of buy transactions over the eight weeks ended Jan. 9, as reported by the myICLUB.com club accounting service. But they seemed to be more [...]

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Apple’s Cash Reaching Bloat Levels

On January 25, 2012 By Adam Ritt, Director of Communications
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Cash historically has been a poor long-term investment. So if I were an Apple (AAPL) shareholder, I might wonder whether there’s a better use of the company’s $97.6 billion in cash — up from $81.6 billion in the previous quarter — than letting it pile up. If Apple were a mutual fund, [...]

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