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CNNMoney over the weekend reviewed the first half of the year for the markets. Among its lists of winners and losers, one stock got my attention.

Believe it or not, Hasbro (NYSE: HAS), a competitor of Mattel (NYSE: MAT) and JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK), was up quite nicely through the end of June. How nice? The stock increased in value by almost 40%. That's impressive, but is it persuasive? What I mean is, should one believe that the company's first-half strength is an undeniable indication that the trend will continue for the re

John Reese offers a fascinating advisory service, Validea, which bases its stocks picks on the time-test methods used by variour "legendary".

Regarding JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK), he explains, "This Malibu, Calif.-based kid's products retailer gets approval from three of my guru-based models: Kenneth Fisher, Peter Lynch, and Benjamin Graham."

"JAKKS Pacific makes an assortment of children's toys and leisure products, such as Dora the Explorer and Pokeman playsets, Plug It In & Play video games, and World Wrestling Entertainment figurines, to name just a few.

"Several of its products are als