Expert Picks How do the pros invest their money? We turned to two of today's hottest investment sources to find out.
By David R. Evanson •
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The Motley Fool Investment Guide (Simon & Schuster) is a bestseller; their Motley Fool forum on America Online is one of the most popular investment forums in the online world. Their basic principle: Invest for the long term to avoid excessive taxes and brokerage commissions and the anxieties of a daily fixation with money.
1. Microsoft: While most businesses turn after tax profits of 5 cents on every dollar, Microsoft consistently earns 25 cents to the buck. It has nearly $7 billion in the bank, no debt and excellent prospects for 1997.
Why all that cash? Microsoft has low upfront costs, no heavy manufacturing equipment, controls the consumer-technology platform, may soon dominate the Internet and, most important, does not confuse sales growth with earnings growth.
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