Category — Hot Stocks

Apple (AAPL) is looking to replace the netbook groundswell with the iPad craze. Eventually, it is conceivable that the iPad replaces even the laptop for many people.

The iPad would also be cloud computing friendly and fit into the cloud computing wave that could be upon the masses shortly. Cloud computing will need cloud service and who better to offer cloud service than Apple?

The iPad may be characterized as a “giant iPhone” by most, but don’t be fooled one second. The iPad is a calculated product in Apple continuing its dynasty. Apple is putting together a mobile computing dynasty that has slowly assimilated more and more PC users to their platform through the iPod and iPhone. The iPad will now take away some of the time that users spend on their Windows 7 powered laptops and PCs.

It has been speculated that the iPad could remake the print, TV, and publishing business in a similar way as how iTunes remade the music industry. Once again, it’s just version 1 of the iPad and we believe it goes up from there.

For those who have tried the Kindle, it was a first mover in the eReader space, but it looks like a dinosaur now compared to AAPL’s iPad. Those who have a Kindle will probably still buy books through it and then just use the Kindle App on the iPad to actually read the books. That’s one great use for the iPad depending on how much a person is into reading books on an eReader.

It is speculated that the iPad (3G version) will have support for Slingbox® so iPad users can watch TV while away from WiFi. This would occur through a Slingbox® app. AT&T just recently started allowing iPhone users to Slingbox® their TV to their phones over their 3G network.

The iPad will be a lot easier to browse the Web on while relaxing than on an iPhone or Laptop.

The iPad will not be for everyone, but it will find its niche and go from there. As for Apple’s stock, there is no reason why AAPL shouldn’t keep moving higher. As long as Steve Jobs stays healthy and at the helm, the sky is the limit for Apple.

Penny Stocks and Penny Stock Picks

There is no doubt that the Apple iPad is a hot topic. Apple will ship their iPad on April 3rd. Commercials for the iPad have begun with spots during the Oscars Sunday night.

Many people have already asked themselves if they need or even want this less-than-apple-like device. Apple has great marketing and they will get a plethora of people to buy something that they don’t really need. The combination of stunning, sexy design and astoundingly brilliant marketing by Apple is why they have around a $200 billion market cap. In comparison, Microsoft, a long rival of Apple, has around a $250 billion market cap. Remember, Apple almost went extinct due to poor management throughout the 1990’s while Steve Jobs was at Pixar.

Not a huge amount of people will “need” the iPad. Some will have a specific use for the iPad which will make it worth buying for them.

One important fact that people should know about Apple is that they believe that shipping the product is most important. As Steve Jobs has stated in the past, “Real Artists Ship.”

The iPad shipping on April 3rd and the 3G iPad shipping shortly after are just version 1. Apple will improve the iPad and it will most likely fit brilliantly into a greater strategy down the road that Steve Jobs has already envisioned.

Penny Stocks and Penny Stock Picks

The dollar is down vs. the Euro as there is a bit of dead cat bounce on “positive” Greek news.  We are not buying it and instead believe that it is a bit of the invisible pushing up the Swiss franc to see how the government will respond.  Switzerland is suddenly becoming very newsworthy on many “sensitive” issues.  Considering the very secretive and ultra conservative nature of Switzerland, this will not go over well though it is fascinating to watch.

Now Junker just stated that the EU should follow the no bail out clause each participating member signed.  The fear is that nations may purposefully participate in higher risk/yield economic policy decisions which would have a bad outcome for the country.  This is something that duly should be noted as we now can expect France to make a statement quite to the contrary.

NOC Northrup pulled its bid for the US Government contract for supplying refueling airplanes as it felt BA Boeing had an unfair advantage.  This is quite reminiscent of the YF22 vs. YF23 fighter competition with Lockeed Martin.  Even though Northrup felt its plane was superior, Lockeed won the bid.  The amount of R&D that goes into such a project can be devastating to the bottom line as there is not a grout opportunity to recoup any investment.  Though the Company can take a onetime write down or carry forward loss, it causes significant damage to the bottom line.  The interesting element of this project was the fact that the project was a joint venture with a French Aerospace Company.   The plot thickens.

Thailand is bracing again for protestors to converge on Bangkok.

So the DJ Newswire actually has PacSun up and other clothing retailers reporting better than expected earnings.  That’s a surprise though we recently went by Volcom, RVCA, PacSun and the places were packed with a never ending stream of EMO dressed young hopefuls.  Reports are that HEV and ULTA reported better than expected.  We like the Green space and HEV’s rechargeable battery fits nicely.  Additionally, ULTA is in the health, beauty etc…Sector and people are definitely spending more on their appearance.  Gold and Oil are trending up a bit on the weak dollar.  This could temper the markets activity today though we will be focusing on the 10.5 VS.  10.6 support level.  Also we like the Bank of Florida IPO today.  The regional bank will be raising 45 million BOFL is the new Ticker.  It will instantly either position the Bank to make acquisitions of other banks, asset pools or debt pools.  It could also become a target itself.  There is so much beta in the sector I can’t imagine it would be priced correctly to take into consideration all the variables so we will speculate it is under priced.  It is amazing to consider the amount of money waiting to enter the sector so we expect all types of investors to snap up positions.

We highly recommend that you speak with a FINRA Registered Representative before you make any financial decision and all opinions in this abstract are purely for informational purposes only.

Penny Stocks and Penny Stock Picks

The US is officially showing some acute signs of decline.  Though, I love the DOW and our country, the fact that Cottonelle actually used Tori Spelling and her husband to determine if people rolled their toilet paper over or under is not promising.  The story was reported by PRN on the wires between a PBOC statement on Monetary Policy stance and the EU’s Barroso commenting on Nuclear Waste issues providing further evidence why people think the US decline is eminent.  Over / under on how long that ad exec will keep position?  It is March madness?

Nearly every major Asian stock index was up nicely on the day and Europe is trading up on the Greek news we commented on.  US Indexes are up in Europe so it looks like another great day for the US markets.  Breaking through Dow 10,500 may attract some profit taking though the technical momentum looks more like the market will test 10,750 or even 11,000 first.  And I admit my opinion is biased as I’ve projected Dow 12,000 for year end.  There is just so much cash on the sidelines and I don’t see it going too many other places unless the offshore funds sneak another round of air investments past the regulators in the form of asset based exotic derivatives stemming from the Trillion dollar looming commercial debt debacle.  There is significant uncertainty related to this situation and definitely high up on our watch list.

Penny Stocks and Penny Stock Picks

It is sad to say, but it seems to me that investors trust corporations more than the US government.  Given the choice would you rather invest in politicians by buying bonds that yield next to nothing in return for your investment or invest in Procter and Gamble, GE, Microsoft or even Google?  I know that the government will certainly spend the money on something that may or may not benefit the country.  Financially, we are so overleveraged it is a joke with China owning the majority of our trillion plus dollar debt?  We would certainly be bankrupt if we were a corporation.  Market competition demands that companies hire the best minds to earmark investment for something that will benefit the Company giving it a competitive advantage.  The Company has to make money or its debt load will eventually sink it below the minimum listing requirements of an exchange resulting in bankruptcy.  Not a good investing opportunity.  Investors are looking for hot stocks. Stock market analysis points many directions when looking at the current market in respect to other periods of enormous default on notes.  It’s certain banks will fail, companies will fail and the government will falter.  However, large corporations and agile corporations that have good access to capital in conjunction with a unique business model will flourish. Defensive sectors and the DOW in general as a defensive market for world investments leads me to like the US markets and the Swiss market cause they are above the law with caves full of gold.

So 12,000-15,000 on the DOW between 2011 and 2013 is greatly possible and remember that trading futures is extremely risky.  It should only be attempted by very experienced investors who have filled out the necessary FINRA compliance paper work with their broker dealer in addition to consulting a FINRA Registered Representative before making any investment decision.

For the best daily stock picks and penny stocks visit Speculatingstocks.com and join the stock newsletter.

Most of Asia closed up with the exception of China.  The Yuan test continues as China is actually being proactive and testing what its merchants can sustain in order to gauge the approach the Chinese central bank will implement to fight inflation.  China continues to be the largest owner of US debt.  Many penny stocks are coming out of China. There are many reasons to follow China with the aforementioned ranking close to the most important.  We have released several stock picks of Chinese companies in the past. Europe is trading up today with the exception of Switzerland.  The world markets seem to be skipping along with the nice move in the US markets.  So it’s easy at this point to look at the current issues the US financial markets face and take a very bearish attitude and call for huge market correction because of a huge over valuation in stocks.  There are always a litany of justifications and fundamental or technical arguments these economists will come up with.  Other than 15 plus years experience in almost every capacity in the securities business, I base my current premise on the prevailing direction the DOW will trend on one thing that I’ve noticed recently, HOPE.

Yes, HOPE is the prevailing indicator that leads me to look at long term option positions on DOW futures contracts 1-3 years out from 12,000-15,000 respectively from 2011-2013.  The fact that there is actually hope in the third world to increase the living standard of those that have the least is starting to bridge the income disparity gap.  Central America, South America, Africa, Malaysia, and Indonesia among other countries are all in various stages of expansion based on the exportation of non-durable goods.  These staples of life increase the employment of those that are willing to work for the lowest wages but have skill sets to fit the work.  As the business grows and tasks become more complicated, a supply to demand variable in available skilled laborers increases the wages that are earned by the working class.  As in the textile boom in the United States where we replaced the UK and Europe as the nexus for skilled production, there is a similar revolution occurring in these locations, but it is based upon non-durable goods exportation. Some of the next hot stocks in the stock market are coming out of Latin America and Asia.

So I’m just going to break it down on investing in the current market from the macro side.  I just spoke to a close friend who returned from Columbia.  Basically everything laid out from an economic analysis of their observations regarding the country further strengthens the stock market trends that we have been observing and reporting in our various stock newsletters.  The fact is that the strongest economies currently are those of exporters.

More specifically exporters of non durables where the country has limited exposure to the primary tidal wave of bank debacles associated with mortgage backed securities and the coming tidal wave of potentially devastating exposure of banks that own the debt from the commercial real estate market.  In the US, the regional banks have been falling like dominos and are either taken over by the FDIC or absorbed by investing groups that plan on creating the next round of debt related exotic securities.  This time the notes are from the billions of bad debt related to commercial property.

It is a simple pattern in the US that has been repeated a number of times.  This is perhaps the most devastating economic crisis the country has ever faced.  Basically the dollar is weak.  Companies in the US laid people off. This in combination with a huge number of loans on residential property handed out like hot cakes to non qualified investors.  Then the trading of this d and f or Omega in reality as my economist friend likes to liken it too, the last letter in a dead language quality wise.  Companies are no longer able to pay their rent.  Retail space has also been built out too quickly and even those buildings and strip malls once considered sure bets for high occupancy rates instead have record rates of available space.  This creates another phenomenon of commercial notes becoming non-performing and the banks are forced to rate it as bad debt.

Now the big four banks are decently positioned with their (our) TARP bailout money and other revenue streams to handle the bad debt on their books.  They have just stopped loaning and are pushing towards opening new accounts and fee based money management.  The huge problem is the billions of commercial real estate debt owned by the regional banks that did not receive any bailout money.  In Southern California, there are many regional banks that fit into this sad reality.  In fact, we’ve had a chance to look over many opportunities for investing in notes from various regional banks.  So investing tip number one, and this is difficult for us to admit as my life has been surrounded by stock picks for more than 15 years, BUY debt on commercial properties.  There are amazing opportunities out there to pick up the debt on commercial properties that are still performing.  Often the debt can be purchased for a 50%-70% discount to face value.  Further negotiations with the current owners of the property can increase that margin significantly as eventual failure and non-performance on the debt is likely and complete ownership will ensue.

Today everyone wants to buy hot stocks, in order to make a nice profit that can mean a passport to a luxurious life. A search on the World Wide Web will bring about; hordes of sites that claim to give you stock tips that can make you instantly rich. A sensible look at the whole concept of understanding stock tips for buying hot stocks tells you that it isn’t as easy as it sounds. Using the information available and perceiving it correctly is half the job done.

Some of the stock tips that can help you in buying hot stocks are:

-With the help of a stock market expert and the stock tips that he will give you, decide what kind of hot stocks you want to buy and for how long. Ask your investment advisor for stock tips that will brief you on the time span you should hold on to a particular stock for.

Find Hot Stocks.

Today everyone wants to buy hot stocks, in order to make a nice profit that can mean a passport to a luxurious life. A search on the World Wide Web will bring about; hordes of sites that claim to give you stock tips that can make you instantly rich. A sensible look at the whole concept of understanding stock tips for buying hot stocks tells you that it isn’t as easy as it sounds. Using the information available and perceiving it correctly is half the job done.

Some of the stock tips that can help you in buying hot stocks are:

-With the help of a stock market expert and the stock tips that he will give you, decide what kind of hot stocks you want to buy and for how long. Ask your investment advisor for stock tips that will brief you on the time span you should hold on to a particular stock for.

Find more on Hot Stocks.

There is a plethora of stock news here at SpeculatingStocks.com. We release stock information daily in our Stock Hub and release updates on stocks in our Stock Updates section. Information we release is on stocks we are following and on past picks. Take the time to check out our past stock performance by clicking the Past Performance link above. We have several stock report releases and alert visitors to them through our newsletter and Stock Hub updates. We focus on stocks with low market caps and stocks that have the potential to move up several times their value and we cover their stock news. Take a moment and explore our platform here at SpeculatingStocks.com.

Read more on Stock News.