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Mention Graco and most people start thinking about baby strollers. If you've ever confused Graco Inc. (NYSE: GGG) with the company that manufactures those baby strollers, join the club! I actually developed an interest in the baby stroller company by following Peter Lynch's principle of "investing in what you know." Graco baby strollers are everywhere and they're made of high quality materials, thus prompting my interest.

I thought to myself -- if the troops in the middle east ever come back from their tour of duty, historical statistics show that there should be a boom in new baby births right after a war ends. The population explosion of the last century may not have been possible without the two world wars. Foolishly, I looked up the stroller company but instead, found one of the world's premier manufacturers of fluid-handling equipment and systems.

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