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10 Best-Performing Stocks Defy Prediction

Stock quotes in this article:AAPL, CLF, SWN, ISRG, RRC, CTSH, AMZN, TIE, PCLN, COH 

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1. Apple(AAPL)

Company profile: Apple designs consumer-electronic devices, including personal computers (the Mac), tablets (iPad), phones (iPhone) and portable music players (iPod). Its iTunes online store is the largest music distributor in the world.

Price appreciation: up 3,758%

Investor takeout: The top 10 institutional investors kept gobbling away at Apple, buying 4.5 million shares in the third quarter, building their stake to 24.4%.

Target(TGT) said it is moving closer to committing to opening Appple (AAPL)shops within its own stores, announcing a test in select stores. "We will have 25 stores [in Targets] with unique display and assortment," said Target spokeswoman Dustee Jenkins, who described the move as "a test," told TThe Wall Street Journal today.

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