Apple
NASDAQ symbol AAPL, makes computers under the Mac name. It also makes consumer electronic devices such as the iPod and iPhone.
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To cut your investing risk, we recommend following our three-part system: Hold mostly high-quality, dividend-paying stocks, spread your money out across the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources; Consumer; Finance; Utilities) and avoid or downplay stocks in the broker/public relations limelight.
How “in-the-limelight” stocks can hurt your portfolio
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A subscriber to Stock Pickers Digest, our newsletter for aggressive investing, recently asked us how much importance we give to a company’s name when we’re selecting growth stock picks to recommend in our newsletters and investment services. He felt that a poorly thought-out company name may reflect a poorly thought-out business plan and a low chance of success.
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Smartphones have become increasingly popular in recent years. Aside from functioning as mobile phones, these devices have many computer-like functions, including Internet access and email.
The smartphone market is highly competitive. Two large cap stocks, Apple and Research in Motion, are the dominant players. However, other firms, such as Motorola, Palm and Garmin, have introduced new smartphones in recent months, as …read more »
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AT&T INC. $27 (New York symbol T; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 5.9 billion; Market cap: $159.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; WSSF Rating: Average) sells traditional telephone services to 45.7 million consumer and business customers in 13 states. Its wireless division has 81.6 million customers nationwide.
Since 2007, AT&T has been the exclusive U.S. carrier of the hugely popular Apple …read more »
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The best way to profit from rising use of smartphones and other wireless devices is through carriers, such as AT&T and Verizon. That’s because they have more revenue sources than smartphone makers. These include traditional phone, Internet and TV services. This diversity limits their reliance on a single device.
AT&T INC. $27 (New York symbol T; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares …read more »
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APPLE INC. $204 (Nasdaq symbol AAPL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 900.7 million; Market cap: $183.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.0; WSSF Rating: Average) has won its court case against Psystar Corp., a Miami-based company that sells computers that run on Apple’s Mac operating system. Apple refuses to let other computer makers use its software, and the …read more »
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The U.S. dollar is down 22% against the Canadian dollar so far this year. Many investors fear it will keep falling.
If you knew the U.S. dollar would keep falling, the best strategy would be to sell all of your U.S. stocks and buy them back when the dollar stabilizes. However, you don’t know where the U.S./Canada exchange rate is …read more »
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GARMIN $32.48 (Nasdaq symbol GRMN; SI Rating: Speculative) (913-397-8200; www.garmin.com; Shares outstanding: 200.7 million; Market cap: $6.5 billion) faces an uncertain future because selling prices for its devices are falling and competition is increasing.
Motorola and Verizon Wireless recently announced the first smartphone to feature Google’s Android 2.0 operating system for mobile devices. The new phone will allow users to access …read more »
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TELUS CORP. (Toronto symbols T $33 and T.A $31; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 318 million; Market cap: $10.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; SI Rating: Above Average) earned $280 million in the three months ended September 30, 2009. That’s down 2.1% from $286 million a year earlier. Earnings per share fell 1.1%, to $0.88 from $0.89, on …read more »
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BCE INC. $25.79 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 767.2 million; Market cap: $19.8 billion; SI Rating: Above Average) and TELUS CORP. $31.35 (Toronto symbol T.A; Shares outstanding: 335.6 million; Market cap: $10.5 billion; SI Rating: Above Average) have begun selling Apple’s hugely popular iPhone smartphone. Until now, Rogers Communications was the sole Canadian carrier.
Adding the iPhone should help BCE and …read more »
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