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Meet the Monster Stock that Continues to Crush the Market

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Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST ) is a monster stock that continues to crush the market.

It's known for its razor-thin margins that result in some of the lowest prices you can find anywhere.

Members continue to join at strong rates, and the fee hike is helping the bottom line.

Costco operates 905 stores globally and 624 stores in the U.S. alone.

The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now and Costco Wholesale wasn’t one of them.

The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years .

Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004 ... if you invested $ 1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $ 669,517 !.

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