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To state the obvious: If anyone here had great stock picks, they would likely keep it to themselves, or be professional brokers who would only share them with their clients. Why give away valuable information for free?

As you may have heard, serious investors maintain diversity and work more at long-term returns. One good way to do that is with a combination of stock & bond funds. I am personally partial to the investment vehicles available from TRowePrice.

If you are looking to invest for the short-to-medium term in a single stock, you are likely to be extremely disappointed. That being said, several of the major investment firms have taken strong positions on Microsoft, when gives them the ability to participate in virtually all of the facets of new enterprise-wide technologies and entertainment software with a single stock.