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Friday, October 30, 2009
Austin Edwards :: Townhall.com Columnist
One Bet You're Sure to Lose
by Austin Edwards
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Four minutes from now, you and I are going to make a bet -- and I can virtually guarantee you will lose.

But first I'm going to tell you something that may shock you, explain how it can lead you to the top 10 stocks of the next 365 days, and give you the names of two stocks our analysts are convinced will trounce the market over the coming year and beyond.

Up to the challenge?
Good. Let's start with a little warm-up exercise I do with anyone who asks me for a hot stock tip. Take the next minute or so to jot down a few stocks you think are among the top 10 stocks of the past365 days.

Lately, some folks have been listing Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU). To be fair, they are on the right track -- both hit fresh 52-week highs recently. But they are nowhere near cracking the top 10. In fact, they're not even among the top-performing large caps:

 Large-Cap Stock (>$5B)

Market Cap

52-Week Gain

Rank Amongst Large Caps

Baidu

$14 billion

114%

No. 87

Amazon.com

$53 billion

146%

No. 48

Yamana Gold (NYSE: AUY)

$8 billion

202%

No. 17

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX)

$33 billion

226%

No. 12

Sterlite Industries India (ADR) (NYSE: SLT)

$14 billion

303%

No. 2

Source: Google Finance.

But don't forget, those are just the top-performing large caps.So, what madethe top 10 overall? Let's have a look ...

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52-Week Gain

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