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To: manalagi who wrote (149212)	1/25/2013 5:19:24 PM
From: Keith Feral	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Hell, the increase in the dividend to 2.4% over the past couple of days makes the stock more valuable. Apple has almost the same yield as top bank stocks at current price. The market could screw around with the $425 level, which boost the yield to 2.5%. Think about the impact of a 50% dividend hike from $10 to $15 billion at the current price, the yield shoots to 3.7%. I think Apple can easily afford an extra $1 billion per quarter in dividends going forward. So, I like to think about Apple as the stock best poised to benefit from a dividend hike at current price and yield. If Apple is the most profitable company, they shouldn't be hoarding cash for the next 3 years. They should be boosting shareholder returns every year by increasing the dividend. Last year, they announced the first dividend in March. See what happens this March.