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This post is part of a series in which TheStockAdvisors.com asked financial experts to name their top stock pick if McCain or if Obama wins the election.

Based on their campaign promises and party platforms

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"I've always been a big fan of putting into the market on a regular basis regardless of what is happening in the overall market," explains Chuck Carlson, long considered one of the advisory industry's leading experts on dividend reinvestment plans.

Here, the editor of The DRIP Investor offers a 10-stock "autopilot" portfolio that is diversified among 10 high quality dividend-paying stocks and requiri

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Jim Stack, well-known for his safety-first strategy, recently added Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to his model portfolio, noting, "We had wanted to increase our allocation to technology which has  typically been a leading sector in new bull markets." 

In his InvesTech Market Analyst, he explains, "This stock exhibits all the qualities we look for in a new purchase and is currently selling at a very attractive valuation."

"From its founding in 1975, Microsoft has become the world’s largest software company with offices in over 100 countries. Its Windows operating system –which runs on 90% of all PC

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Money manager and newsletter advisor Jim Stack, well-known for his safety-first strategy, recently added Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to his model portfolio, noting, "We had wanted to increase our allocation to technology which has typically been a leading sector in new bull markets."

In his InvesTech Market Analyst, he explains, "This stock exhibits all the qualities we look for in a new purchase and is currently selling at a very attractive valuation."

"From its founding in 1975, Microsof

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At least one of my stocks is doing pretty well in this terrible, depressing market environment. Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) hit a new 52-week high of $36.84 on Tuesday. It closed a little below that, but it was a great, high-volume day for the stock, one that saw the shares rise almost 5%.

Yes, with the Dow Jones index shedding 100 points, with every other stock in my portfolio in the red, including MFA (NYSE: MFA), which closed down to $6.66 -- the number of the beast, my

"Several factors point to a sustained rally through the election, and possibly longer." says Jim Stack, a leading money manager and newsletter advisor known for his "safety-first" strategy.

Here, in his the top performing InvesTech Market Analyst, he explains why he has turned cautiously more optimistic and offers a look at some new positions, including a fund run by the noted advisor Chuck Royce.

"Notably, our technical models have improved, with breadth stabilizing. In spite of lingering credit problems, the monetary climate is moderately favorable with the Fed pulling out every imaginable

Recap of CNBC's Fast Money, Thursday June 12.
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“Disband Quietly”: Yahoo (YHOO), Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG)

Stocks were down on Thursday, partly on news of dashed hopes for a merger between Microsoft and Yahoo. While Yahoo blamed Microsoft for not accepting its terms, Finerman reminded viewers that she had said the best way to be long Microsoft is to short Yahoo. . Jeff Lindsay of Sanford Bernstein commented pressure is off Microsoft, and it will be interesting to see if Yahoo makes a deal with Google. Guy Adami thinks Yahoo might be a buy at the $22 mark, and Macke says