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Vail Resorts Perk up your ears, snow bunnies. "Motley Fool Hidden Gems" recommendation Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) has come to own some of the choicest ski resorts in the United States, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone.   Full Story

Big Can Be Bothersome Most managed stock mutual funds have underperformed the market, as measured by the Standard & Poor's 500, an index that tracks 500 of America's leading companies.   Full Story

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