Motley Fool Money: 03.23.2012

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

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🗓️ 23 March 2012

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Apple announces a dividend. McDonald's CEO retires. Amazon bets big on robots. And Kraft picks a name for its global snacks business. Our analysts discuss those stories and share three stocks on their radar. Plus, Washington Post reporter Liza Mundy discusses her new book, The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love, and Family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money.
0:08.0	From full global headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money.
0:19.0	Welcome to Motley Fool Money. Thanks for being here.
0:21.0	I'm your host, Chris Allen joining me in studio this week for Motley Fool Hidden Gems, Andy Cross,
0:25.0	for Motley Fool Income Investor James Early
0:27.0	and for Million Dollar Portfolio Ron Gross Gentlemen.
0:30.0	Good to see you.
0:31.0	How are you doing, Chris?
0:32.0	Mick Donalds is getting a new CEO.
0:34.0	Craft Foods is getting a new name and Amazon is getting us one step closer to robots taking over the world.
0:41.0	All that plus, as always, we've got a few stocks on our radar.
0:44.0	But we are going to begin this week with Apple.
0:46.0	The week started with Apple announcing it will begin paying a quarterly dividend of 265 a share
0:52.0	as well as a plan to spend $10 billion on share buybacks.
0:56.0	The week ended with focus on the new iPad, including the fact that sales have reached $3 million.
1:03.0	And some reports that the new iPad runs hotter than previous versions of the device.
1:08.0	Ron, there's a lot there. Let's start with the dividend and the share buyback.
1:13.0	What's your thought on those?
1:14.0	Well, I'm no James Early, but I like dividend as much as the next guy.
1:17.0	I'm not of us all.
1:18.0	1.7, 1.8% yield.
1:20.0	Pretty good, not as good as Microsoft, better than IBM.
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