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AAPL Stock

AAPL Stock

Why AAPL Is The #1 Stock For 2010 and Why AAPL May Run Huge?
Investors need to choose stocks that combine safety with solid growth prospects. Apple was the first real PC line and the main inventor of the graphic user interface. Under the influence of one of its founders, Steve Jobs, Apple has become one of the most remarkable tech stories of the past decade. The company has established its brand on many products and has a strong balance sheet. And the shares are not overpriced. Apple should remain a very dynamic and profitable company and it is definately a pick for 2010. Remember that the longest lived technology firms have only been around 60 years. That's not quite long enough to really be called a franchise.
Considering this investment point the safest (but not the fastes in grows) tech stocks to buy should be:
1. Intel - for it's age and lineage. It has a near monopoly as a manufacturer of microprocessors whose designs remain firmly based on the transistor
2. Microsoft - the majority of servers and PCs today do run Microsoft operating systems. It's grown rapidly into a mature but solid company.
3. Qualcomm - it has patents centered on the CDMA platform used in the majority of the world's cellphones and company's long-term earnings growth remains certain.
4. Visa - is certainly a tech franchise, owning the world’s largest payment network. It universally recognizable brand and company maintains a 75 percent market share in debit cards.
5. Apple Stock (AAPL) who has established a long-term major position in one market.