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Stocks to Sell, 2 Dividend Picks, and How Many Funds You Need

We take a numerical look through this week's Morningstar research. Plus, our most popular articles and videos for the week ended June 7.

Inspired by Harper's Index (with a tip of the hat to FiveThirtyEight's Significant Digits blog), Morningstar Runs the Numbers uses a numbers-based approach to highlight recent Morningstar research.

$7 per share That's the dividend payout we expect from Las Vegas Sands LVS by 2028. Sands and Wyndham Hotels WH are two of our favorite ideas for dividend seekers among travel and leisure stocks.

11 That's how many low and medium uncertainty stocks are trading at least 50% above our fair value estimates. Time to sell!

100% That's the percentage of our Ultimate Stock-Pickers' top-10 holdings that are wide- or narrow-moat stocks. We review the top buys and sells of these outstanding money managers.

$200 per share That's our fair value estimate of Apple AAPL. We share key takeaways from the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference.

2035 That's the year that Social Security is projected to run out of money. Christine Benz talks with Baird's Tim Steffen about possible solutions that are being talked about to ensure solvency.

$2 billion to $12 billion The average mid-cap company falls in this market-cap range. Russ Kinnel reveals his three favorite funds focused on this part of the market.

6 That's the total number of asset classes that Morningstar's manager selection group requires its retirement-plan clients to hold. Josh Charlson takes a look at the question of how many funds are needed to effectively cover that asset-class waterfront.

7.3% That was the year-to-date median return for funds in the high-yield bond Morningstar Category though the end of May. We take a look at what's been driving the rally.

$7.25 per share That's our new fair value estimate on Diamond Offshore Drilling DO after we re-evaluated the offshore drillers that we follow after revising our offshore rig forecasts.

70.5 years old That's the age at which investors can make qualified charitable distributions--which have become even more appealing for many after the recent tax-law changes. Christine Benz talks about how to maximize the strategy.

$900 billion per year That's how many assets the U.S. Social Security Administration converts into income for retirees each year. Should the agency get into the business of turning 401(k) assets into retirement income streams? John Rekenthaler shares his thoughts.

24 That's how many liquid alternative funds would have improved our test portfolio's risk-adjusted returns by more than 10% since 2012. Jason Kephart reveals his latest research on whether these funds are worth investor attention.

20% We expect Guidewire's GWRE earnings growth to compound at this rate for more than a decade. We like the undervalued stock.

8 That's how many winners there were at this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee. Ben Johnson compares the Super Bowl of spelling to the concept of alpha.

$56,000 That's the total 401(k) contribution limit. Total contributions consist of the employee's own pretax or Roth contributions (to which the $19,000 limit apples), employer contributions (matching funds and the like), and aftertax contributions. Christine Benz examines how super-savers can make the most of the mega-backdoor Roth.

30 That's how many stocks that rookie Artisan Thematic APDTX holds in its portfolio. We take a deep dive into this promising fund that's on our radar.

18.3% That's how much of the revenue of the companies in Vanguard International Growth's VWIGX portfolio comes from the United States, even though just 10.9% of the fund's holdings are U.S.-based. We take a look at where the companies in 10 of the largest foreign-stock funds generate their revenue.

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Most Popular Articles 11 Stocks to Sell Ultimate Stock-Pickers' Top 10 Buys and Sells Heavy Savers, Meet the Mega-Backdoor Roth 32 More Defensive Bargains How Many Fund Holdings Is too Many?

Most Popular Videos 3 Top Mid-Cap Funds 3 Top Large-Cap Funds Why Fund Managers Are Adding ESG to Their Processes Top Dividend Opportunities in Travel and Leisure Stocks How to Fix Social Security

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