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10 Best Stocks For 2013

Stocks across the board are looking pretty cheap these days, but that doesn’t mean they’re all bargains. Rafael Resendes, co-manager of the Toreador Large Cap Fund in Fresno, Calif., explains the difference: "A lot of things appear to be on sale, but we don’t naively say a stock has value because it has a low [...]

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2012 Best Dividend Stocks To Buy

How is a prudent, conscientious person supposed to retire these days? The mutual fund industry tells you to invest in their low-dividend (or no-dividend) funds and hope the capital gains will be enough to carry you through. As we’ve seen in the past decade, though, the gains don’t always materialize when you need them. What [...]

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Is Fastenal the Right Stock to Retire With?

Now more than ever, a comfortable retirement depends on secure, stable investments. Unfortunately, the right stocks for retirement won’t just fall into your lap. In this series, I look at 10 measures to show what makes a great retirement-oriented stock. Many economists point to consumers as the primary drivers of the economy. But business-to-business commerce [...]