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"Blue Chips" is the stock market term for established companies with a history of consistently earning money for their stockholders. They're the names you know, each with a long record of growing profits and producing high quality products and services. Some examples are found in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is made up of thirty of the nation's largest companies:     Alcoa Inc. American Express Company AT&T Corp. Boeing Co. Caterpillar Inc. Citigroup Inc. Coca-Cola Co. Du Pont (E.I.) de Nemours Eastman Kodak Co. Exxon Mobil Corp. General Electric Company General Motors Corp. Hewlett-Packard Co Home Depot Inc. Honeywell International Inc. Intel Corp. International Business Machines Corp. International Paper Co. J.P Morgan Chase & Co. Johnson & Johnson McDonald's Corp. Merck & Co., Inc. Microsoft Corp. Minnesota Mining & Mfg Co Philip Morris Companies Inc. Procter & Gamble Co. SBC Communications Inc. United Technologies Corp. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Walt Disney Co. ...And there are many, many more for you to choose from. These may be the stocks you want to invest in as wealth-building vehicles for your family. So how do you get in on these stocks? That's where BUYandHOLD comes in. We're an online broker that's dedicated to long-term investing. We provide you with the ability to invest as little as $20, even if that means buying a fractional share. Sound good so far? Okay, so let's get down to the nuts (so to speak) and bolts...