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June 2, 2011 | Comments (0)

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On today's edition of MarketFoolery, the daily podcast from The Motley Fool, we discuss the following topics:

  • Over the past 20 years, June has been the worst-performing month for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. What should investors do when Dow stocks cool off just as the summer starts to heat up? Find out why Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO  ) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ  ) are two Dow stocks our team isn't worried about in any month.
  • Why were shares of Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI  ) , Apollo Group (Nasdaq: APOL  ) , and Kaplan parent company Washington Post (NYSE: WPO  ) all up today? Listen as our analysts discuss why these for-profit education companies got good news from Uncle Sam and what the future holds for the entire industry.
  • With the first lady and U.S. Surgeon General replacing the food pyramid and unveiling the new "MyPlate" guide for healthy eating, who are the winners and losers? Learn what food groups we'd like to see added to the icon.

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The Steve Jobs Betrayal
You may already know that in the final year of his life, Jobs revealed a stunning betrayal — and told his biographer, "I will spend my last dying breath... and every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank to right this wrong." What was it that made Jobs so irate — and why could it make a few in-the-know investors some major profits over the coming months and years?

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Chris Hill owns shares of Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson. The Motley Fool owns shares of Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, and Bridgepoint Education. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola, creating a call spread position in Bridgepoint Education, and creating a diagonal call position in Johnson & Johnson. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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