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Q: Capital gains are great, but I don't want to be trading frequently, thereby increasing my capital gains rate. How long do you recommend holding an investment?

A: We also believe in keeping portfolio turnover to a minimum to avoid paying higher capital gains. On average, the stocks in our Primary Stock Portfolio are held for nearly three years. Our High-Dividend Portfolio also holds stocks for greater than two years on average.

The collection of Stock Screens for Short-Term Investing (available separately), as one would guess, holds stocks for a much shorter time. Stocks in the Short-Term Stock Screens are held for an average of 12.2 days.

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07/21/2008

Dividend Boosted Again -- Growing 20.4% Per Year

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Buy/Sell Signals For Primary Stock Portfolio, International Stock Portfolio, & Speculative Spin-offs

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Seven Stocks Receive Rating Changes

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05/31/2008

59% Gain In Two Months Leads To Rating Change

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05/11/2008

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04/15/2008

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03/23/2008

Market Timing Usually Leads To Disaster

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03/12/2008

Two More Dividend Increases -- 34 Consecutive Years of Dividend Increases

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Buy & Sell Signals: Time To Sell Bottling Co. For 53.6% Gain In Ten Months

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46th Consecutive Annual Dividend Increase -- Stock Up 18.3% Versus
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Rating Changes

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01/16/2008

Two More Dividend Increases -- 10 Consecutive Quarters of Increased Distributions

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01/15/2008

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Another Dividend Hike -- Update on 5-way Spin-off

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Cornerstone Growth Stockscreen Updated 1st Friday Of Each Month

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12/31/2007

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Year-end Dividend Increases and Distributions

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Buy Signal For Primary Stock Portfolio

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12/11/2007

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