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Article: ANALYSTS LAUD 12 STOCKS.(MONEYWISE)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- March 4, 1997
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Byline: Brendan Boyd
Each year Forbes asks 12 analysts to pick their favorite stock for the coming year.
The 12 stocks picked for 1996 gained an average of 30 percent, nearly double the gain of the S&P 500. The standout winner last year was Van Brady of Presidio Management, in San Francisco. Brady's 1996 pick, FPA Medical Management, rose 242 percent.
Van Brady is the current hero of Forbes' pick-only-one contest. His picks have beaten the market eight years running.
For 1997, Brady likes Advance Paradigm, a Dallas firm that helps insurers reduce spending on prescription drugs.
It recently went public at 9. Brady expects its ...