Best of the Fool: Top 3 articles of the day (14 August, 2013)

Yesterday's most popular stories on Fool.com.au

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Published August 15, 2013 1:17 pm AEST

Here are yesterday's most popular stories on Fool.com.au:

10 stocks to hold forever August 14, 2013

Companies mentioned: Seek (ASX: SEK), Telstra (ASX: TLS), ANZ (ASX: ANZ), Graincorp (ASX: GNC), Select Harvests (ASX: SHV), Westfield (ASX: WDC), Cochlear (ASX: COH), ResMed (ASX: RMD), Washington H Soul Pattinson (ASX: SOL), TPG Telecom (ASX: TPM), Ruralco (ASX: RHL), BKI Investments (ASX: BKI), Linc Energy (ASX: LNC), Woodside Petroleum (ASX: WPL).

Woolworths and Lowes still in the hardware game August 14, 2013

Companies mentioned: Woolworths (ASX: WOW), Wesfarmers' (ASX: WES), Lowes Companies (NYSE: LOW), Metcash (ASX: MTS).

Should you buy Telstra? August 14, 2013

Companies mentioned: Telstra (ASX: TLS), Westpac (ASX: WBC), NAB (ASX: NAB), S&P/ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) (Index: ^AXJO)

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