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Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is expected to unveil its new Internet search engine to the public this week, an attempt by the software heavyweight to grab back some of the Internet search market from behemoth Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG). The site of the coming-out party for the new Web search engine apparently will be a high-tech conference called “D: All Things Digital,” which is sponsored by The Wall Street Journal. The conference, slated for The Four Seasons Aviara in North San Diego, Calif., begins Tuesday and ends Thursday, and features as speakers some of the top executives in the media, entertainment and high-tech fields. Interestingly enough, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steven A. Ballmer is one of the scheduled speakers. According to a WSJ report, the new Microsoft search engine, code-named “Kumo, has been in private tests inside the company for months. This is the goal: 1) Decrease the amount of time they spend clicking their way across the Web in search of information. The technology is designed to cut down on the length of typical Web searches by grouping the results of a search for, say, a particular model of car into helpful categories like parts, used car listings, online discussion forums and videos showing the vehicle, and 2) Offer better ways of organizing search results. For instance, the search results for a special-interest car might be grouped into more-helpful categories such as sales listings of that type of car, parts distributors, car clubs and online discussion forums, and even videos of that model car.

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On April 14, 2009, we put out a recommendation to all of our subscribers about a nice little Company we found by the name of Candela Corporation. Immediately after our Email to our members, the stock shot up from the open price ($0.66) to an Intra-Day High of $1.59 (An AMAZING potential profit margin of 141%!)

Needless to say, that day the stock closed up at $0.9199 (+39.4 for the day) and we received a TON of emails from all of our subscribers thanking us for the great day they had in the market.

CLZR is still WAY WAY up from our initial pick price of $0.66, infact, today CLZR is having a VERY NICE rally currently up 30.68% on the day at a price of $1.15!

Had you been a StockPreacher member, you would have been notified at $0.66 and had MANY MANY opportunities between now and then to make some SERIOUS gains.

We’re still up 74% on Candela Corporation!

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Wall Street’s fears about a government takeover of major US banks eased some last Friday afternoon after the White House reaffirmed its belief in a privately owned banking system. The DJIA climbed back from a 200 pt loss, and the technology heavy NASDAQ closed flat after the Obama administration tried to reassure nervous investors that it wanted to avoid nationalizing troubled banks.”This administration continues to strongly believe that a privately held banking system is the correct way to go, ensuring that they are regulated sufficiently by this government,” said Robert Gibbs, a spokesman for President Barack Obama. “That’s been our belief for quite some time, and we continue to have that.”

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 100.28 pts, or 1.34%, to 7,365.67, while the broader Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index was off 8.89 pts, or 1.14%, at 770.05.
The NASDAQ closed off 1.59 pts to 1,441.23.

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This is what happened last week…

Last Friday’s gave us a Jobs Report that is somewhat flawed and a number of other stories, like the beginning of the lame earnings reports that most of us have come to expect.
Crude Oil ended the week at 40.45 bbl -1.25, the US$ rallied some, and a Fed rep noted that the recession would likely extend past Q-2. People started to put some money back to work in mutual funds and corporate bonds

I had a discussion with some of my pals last week about the how things were in the US back in 1980, and although this is bad, it was bad then too. But opportunities abounded then and do once again now in our collective opinions. So if we are back to the early 1980’s then we are back in the land of huge investment opportunity.

On page 2, there is a Q & A between Mike (he asked the Q’s) and me. It bought the “glass is half full” POV once again to a clear prospective. 20-odd years ago we had come out of a decade of being in “irons” and had big hopes for a new era, the Reagan Era; now we are in a similar boat but not alone on the sea; interest rates are at record lows in the West and we have big hopes for another new era, the Obama Era.

Friend, major advancements and fortunes came out of the Reagan Era and expect that to happen again, the odds favor it.

The collective thinking of the central bankers has turned to stimulus, and stimulus it will be like never before in history. No one knows what will be the result, but hopes are running high that the bleeding will stop, the wounds will heal, scar tissue will form and we and the rest of the world will forge ahead into economic bliss.

We all know that the Chinese word for crisis is weiji and that means danger/opportunity. You do not need to be Chinese to understand what that means in the investment world.

The market indices are in good shape on last week’s pullback; the financials got hammered some but the leaders held support levels on the test lower during the day on low volume as they made higher lows as the Bears weaken. However, today whoever is left will be back to work in Wall Street, Bulls and Bears alike, and this is a week of high anticipation as we run up to the Inauguration on January 20.

There is a Wall Street adage that I learned from Gene Morgan, “Stocks climb a Wall of Worry”. And we all know that most folks are worried.

Stay tuned…

Below is the short Interview that my pal Mike did with me last week on investing in the Stock Market as I reminisced, good thing he recorded it and transcribed it for us… Read more

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Gold is a investments that thrives during times of struggle and strife, investors buy Gold because of its intrinsic value.

Just after of 9/11, the financial markets tanked; the DJIA Jones lost 15%, the NASDAQ lost 16%, the S&P 500 lost 12%, and Gold went up 8.5%. Now the analyst’s expectations are that Gold prices rise significantly along with the tensions in India and Pakistan and the Middle East escalate. Fully 20% of the world’s Gold is bought in India.

Further, there is the demand/supply equation and the expectation of inflationary pressure in 2009 as the bail out money is printed and the US$ strength weakens.

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The NASDAQ Tech heavy sector is catching up with the rally on the DJIA and the S&P 500. The NAS closed at 1,780.12 +53.59 or + 3.12% on the day.

Let’s have a look at Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) today from a Technical point of view.
The overall analysis after yesterday’s market action is Bearish overall, in the near term it is Neutral, mid-term Bearish and long term Bearish, this can change on any strong upside action with good volume.

Cisco closed up 1.13 pts at 18.33 volume approaching 80MM/shrs on the day.

There are four Open Gaps down on the chart dating back to June 18, 2008 (25.91) thru October 6, 2008 (20.97), the near term resistance is the 50 day moving average at 19.86.

Cisco did not make today’s 100 largest gainers on the NAS: http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/reports/bigmovers.asp?start=0&date=20081103&data=2&report=1&report_country_code=us

This is Cisco Systems: Cisco Systems routes packets and routs competitors with equal efficiency. The Company dominates the market for IP-based networking equipment, providing routers and switches used to direct data, voice, and video traffic.

Some of their other products include remote access servers, IP telephony equipment, optical networking components, Internet conferencing systems, set-top boxes, and network service and security systems.
Cisco sells its products primarily to large enterprises and telecommunications service providers, but it also markets products designed for small businesses and consumers through its Linksys division. If you are connected to the internet via a wireless network at home or in your office you likely have Linksys system.

Note: The industry sector in which Cisco competes depends on purchases from businesses, telephone companies, cable companies, data communications providers, + TV and radio broadcasters.

Profitability for individual companies with in the sector is linked to technical innovation and the ability to secure high-volume contracts from large customers. Small companies can be successful if they make highly specialized products. There are large economies of scale in manufacturing standard products, but many products are specialized and produced in small manufacturing plants. Annual revenue per employee in a large plant varies from $500,000 to $1 million.

The output of US communication equipment manufacturing is forecast to grow at an annual compounded rate of 2 percent between 2007 and 2012.

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