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If you've ever looked at a stock chart and thought, "if only I'd bought it 10 years ago!", well, you're not alone. I've kicked myself any number of times for having passed up on the opportunity to buy Apple/Microsoft/eBay when I was just graduating from college and learning the ways of the financial world.

But your chances for hitting the buy-and-hold jackpot haven't all been used up. We've scoured the companies of today to find the blue chips of the future.
  • The Next IBM: Georges Yared says you can find it in Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). But he goes even further and states that Apple will come out the bigger of the two. He writes, "I'm sure Apple will overtake IBM in value over the next two years ... Apple has the advantage over IBM with the powerful retail distribution stores ... [and] wins the margin game as well." Read more...
  • The Next Google: You won't have to look far. Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), says many of our writers, is a force in and of itself and if you want to make money on the company destined to be the next Google? Invest in Google.
  • The Next McDonald's: Yared points out that Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) has a long way to run, and believes "Starbucks will hit the magical $100 billion market capitalization long before McDonald's does." The key, he says, is the fact that the company is just entering the breakfast sandwich market and still already has almost half of McDonald's market capitalization -- despite a 27-year head start. Read more...
  • The Next Nike: Lots of people made big bucks investing in Nike, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) when it was just a little shoe company in the sticks. Well, there's another little shoe company from a different rugged hometown (Niwot, Colorado?) that seems to be lighting up the charts. Everyone seems to be advising us to get in now before Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) does become the next Nike... and it's too late. Read more...

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