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...TECH STOCKS Winners. Even if they never get religion on traditional dividends, cash cows Oracle, Dell, Microsoft and Cisco could issue "deemed" dividends that reflect profit that might have been paid as cash but was instead retained by the company for future investment. For tax purposes, the value of undistributed profit would be added to the price you paid for the stock and leave you with a smaller taxable gain when you sell...
...AGGRESSIVE-GROWTH STOCKS Losers. Young companies that don't make a profit can't use the deemed dividend or pay a tax-free dividend. Dump them...
...where it isn't is going to be a lot harder than it was to get where it is. Even with sales expected to grow to about $240 billion for the fiscal year that ends Jan. 31, price wars in its grocery business narrowed Wal-Mart's profit margin to its lowest level in four years. The company plans to fatten profits by becoming more of a producer and even designer of its goods, especially clothing. It's making blouses in China and towels in India that it intends to sell everywhere from Berlin to Beijing and Boston. But fashion...
...Mart figures to take 20% of the cost out of procurement over the next five years and improve gross-profit margins by nine percentage points worldwide on general merchandise it buys directly. In retailing, this figure is astonishing. Think about that $6 billion worth of goods from China. Multiply by .09. Take to bank...
...becoming contractor, importer and wholesaler, Wal-Mart expects not only to save money buying things, but also to cut down inventory expenses by speeding up the supply lines. Wal-Mart figures to take 20% of the cost out of procurement over the next five years and improve gross profit margins by nine percentage points worldwide on general merchandise it buys directly. In retailing, this figure is astonishing. For instance, Wal-Mart buys about $6 billion worth of goods from China. Multiply by .09. Take to bank...