Zacks.com Announces That David Fried Highlights the Following Stocks: Honda Motor, Amgen Inc.,...

CHICAGO -- David Fried's Buyback Premium Portfolio is up more than 150% since its inception on Aug 2, 2000. Learn about Honda Motor (NYSE:HMC), Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq:AMGN), BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP), and CIGNA Corporation (NYSE:CI). David Fried is the editor of the Buyback Premium Portfolio newsletter.

Highlights from the July 12 Featured Expert column by David Fried include:

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Japanese auto giant Honda Motor (NYSE:HMC) is one of today's leading manufacturers of automobiles and power products and the largest manufacturer of motorcycles in the world. With more than 120 manufacturing facilities in 30 countries worldwide, Honda has more than 20 million customers annually. More than 75% of the automobiles and light trucks that Honda sells in the U.S. are built in North America using domestic and globally sourced parts and increasingly, many of these products are developed in America as well.

Honda garnered recent international headlines by announcing it plans to double its production capacity in India by next year, set up a fully owned subsidiary and pump $650 million into its business there over the next decade. The company sees India as a more important market than China, where it has been investing billions.

Hot List stocks...

Fried maintains a personal hot list of today's most compelling buyback stocks. He carefully researches and monitors the stocks, considering them as potential buys for the Buyback Premium Portfolio. There are typically 20-25 stocks on this list. Fried is not recommending you purchase these stocks, just sharing his hot list with elite investors who might be interested. Here is a sample:

Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq:AMGN) is a global biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets human therapeutics based on advances in cellular and molecular biology.

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) is the holding company of one of the world's largest petroleum and petrochemicals groups. Their main activities are exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas; refining, marketing, supply and transportation; and manufacturing and marketing of petrochemicals. They have a growing activity in gas and power and in solar power generation.

CIGNA Corporation (NYSE:CI) is an investor-owned employee benefits organizations in the United States. Its subsidiaries are major providers of health care products and services, group life, accident and disability insurance, retirement products and services and investment management.

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