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Aug.25
1:36 PM ET
Monday, 25 Aug 2008
Five-Star Stock Picker: Size Matters

Patrick Becker, Jr., says large-cap stocks are an investor's wisest choices in the current volatile market environment.

His five-star Becker Value Equity Fund is up an average of 6.44 percent per year over the last three years.

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"We're using that volatility to pick up good quality stocks...like Walmart [WMT  Loading...      ()   ], like Microsoft [MSFT  Loading...      ()   ], like GE (General Electric)* [GE  Loading...      ()   ]," Becker told CNBC. "These companies have put up good numbers for a number of years."

So what's the catalyst that will bring them back from years of being beaten down?

"It's a catalyst also versus what to own," he explained.  "On the small-cap side, it's more difficult for a small company to get financing; for a large company, that's easier."

He says the companies he likes have the capacity for double-digit growth over the next three to five years.

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