Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Buy For 2014

Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Buy For 2014: Apple Inc.(AAPL)

Apple Inc., together with subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, as well as sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. The company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, retail stores, direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value-added resellers. In addition, it sells third-party Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod compatible products, including application software, printers, storage devices, speakers, headphones, and other accessories and peripherals through its online and retail stores; and digital content and applications through the iTunes Store. The company sells its products to consumer, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise, government, and creative markets. As of September 25, 2010, it had 317 retail stores, including 233 stores in the United States and 84 stores internationally. The company, formerly known as Apple Computer, Inc., was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By MONEYMORNING.COM]

  Icahn holds a 2.2% stake in eBay. In a fight that started in January, Icahn has sought to convince eBay to split PayPal off as a separate company, arguing that PayPal needs better management to face challenges from the likes of Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL).

• [By Jon C. Ogg]

  The world of music seems to be always changing, but what many consumers have not heard of in a while is the launch of yet another portable music player. Legendary musician Neil Young is wanting to change that, and his obvious target is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) with its iPod and iTunes dominance.

• [B! y Piyush Arora]

  Speculators betting against the growth of Apple  (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) may soon find themselves in troubled waters. According to a recent report by Digitimes, Apple's recent deals with China Mobile and NTT DoCoMo -- with a collective base of 821 million subscribers -- will propel the global demand for iPhones. The research firm expects iPhone shipments to double in 2014. 

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Apps downloads for the month of February show that the Google Play store from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) gained another point of market share in the two-company battle with the App Store from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Google Play now claims 39% of the market between the two players, up from 38% in January and 35% in August 2013.

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