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.

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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.

Hmm… South America may have earthquakes, but that is part of the reason for the vast variety and yield of crops from there. The durable goods sector in South American can yield some hot stocks and penny stocks. I still say fade regional banks and go strong exporters (S.A.) and S.A. funds, and sell the EU. The Euro may fall for a while vs. the Dollar. I don’t care who is in political office particularly who is President as we have to make money either way, but at least entertain me and make a decision. At least Bush the sequel constantly made decisions followed by decisions about his decisions and made us laugh about it. Our current President took a nation so ultra left pulling where I heard comments from some of the hardest leaning right wingers out there that maybe the line between religion and politics had been breached in the GOP and that a bit of Democratic control might help and he actually turned this notion by inviting the Republicans right back into power. Putting down certain politicians would be redundant so I can’t say buy the dollar, but I really, really, really want to.

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While traveling through Europe in September and October, I couldn’t help but notice some interesting things that were going on. Well, Switzerland doesn’t belong to the rest. I have to say that I always say the Swiss run everything the same way the second hand of a ROLEX ticks perfectly on your wrist. Switzerland is always a step ahead of the game already knowing all possible outcomes and what it risks in every scenario. Well, France and Italy, I discovered, were nothing close to Switzerland. It’s a given that there will be groups of French, who enjoy getting the best of Jenson under their breath while enjoying the safety in numbers principle. And I say bless them, they were so kind to give us Champagne, Croissants, Universal Surrender Techniques, and 101 ways to prove to yourself that philandering is okay. I’m sure you can find a lot of stock picks with popular products derived from France. There was a deeper need to be upset with me for having had the audacity to be AMERICAN, so I had to look deeper into this. The fact is that beyond Societe General the bank, I am not that excited about France’s economy as they suffer the same affliction many of their Socialist counterparts… Labor Unions and the retirement packages they have secured. I guess when you have entire parties in these countries driven into office by unions the lobbyists have some power. However, in a country quickly losing its ability to remain competitive compared with emerging competition from countries where forming unions is punishable by firing squad, there is very little light. You can’t have an aging population, full pay and benefits for life, and generally poor standards until your 800 pound gorilla is standing on your head relieving itself. Keep looking for hot stock picks.

A portion of our stock picks are companies that start out as penny stocks.  Some of the companies that are players in the Latin American Sector start as the best penny stocks in our opinion.  The platform that we have developed is quite unique combining the power of information to those who are most interested in it. The fact is that the best place to currently put your money is in performing sectors of the US stock market.  With China tightening banking reserves and loan policy and raising the interest rate to stave of inflation, it is imperative to closely monitor the world economies.  While we have an internal debacle in our banking sector as the typical conservative nature when faced with any economic crisis leads to the “Ostrich Syndrome”.  So we know clichés are not appropriate but the Ostrich is known when afraid to find a hole in the ground and stick its head into the hole.  This often results in an easy kill.  So these means the Stock Market will stay in a fairly good trend unless some unknown crisis hits.  Never the less there are always sectors that out perform any market as we have identified some trends for long and short positions in the market.

TODAY’S market looks pretty good as most Asian markets closed up with some good Corporate earning coming in.  The US Stoxx 600 index was up on trading a good sign for US Markets.  European markets are up despite Greece continuing to be a problem.  It’s really crazy to look at all the countries in the EU cooperating.  Spain, Portugal, and Ireland are all looking at debt issues with banks increasing shying from buying debt.  Even the US is considered risky b/c of the banking issues I detailed earlier.  It’s unlikely that Greece won’t get bailed out, but it’s a very shifty world.  Beta is high and the volatility signs are showing in many areas.

So expect US up and go to speculatingstocks.com for investment information.  We always attempt to blend a mix of world news, travel, entertainment and investment information as we peruse the world as we actually believe it to be.

All tourist businesses are flourishing in these countries as they are incredible destinations.  Having traveled to many of these countries, it is mind boggling how affordable a vacation is.  Casinos, jungles, volcanoes, pristine empty beaches, surf breaks, archeological discoveries of Mayan temples and Inca architectural brilliance, countries embracing foreigners…just a portion of what a couple thousand dollars US will buy you for two.  You can’t spend money even if you try.  5 lobsters, 5 beers and all the fresh fish you can eat will set you back 10 dollars.  3,000 sq foot luxury hotel rooms with your own pool overlooking the ocean will set you back 50 dollars a night.  The only sad note that must be added here is that the relative cost of traveling reflects upon the rampant poverty as the gap between the rich and poor is staggering.
Some of these countries have an average annual income of approximately $2,000.  The strengthening exporting power in these countries is helping this situation a bit in addition to the growing tourist industry, but this disparity is an enormous gap not to be soon narrowed.  Surprisingly, Columbia is now considered one of the safest countries to travel in with Nicaragua being the second fastest growing economy in Central America while sadly Mexico has one of the highest murder rates per capita in the world.  Kidnapping and ransom is another issue in some countries so caution is always recommended while investing or traveling though the most dangerous thing you can do is get behind the wheel in the US with someone texting next to you.  Just a bit of perspective on the warped sense of reality the US media feeds us.

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.

December 16, 2008 — SpeculatingStocks.com has announced two new stock picks that may become big winners this Christmas season 2008 and into 2009. The two stock picks below aren’t the usual stocks we discuss, they aren’t penny stocks or small cap stock picks, but they do hold a lot of upside potential to become hot Christmas stocks for the end of 2008.

Russ Urban, founder of the stock market site SpeculatingStocks.com, commented, “We believe investors will find these two stocks when they look for stocks for Christmas 2008 and stocks that have the potential to end 2008 on a positive note and roar into 2009.”

SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: Macy’s, Inc. (M)

Stock Price: $8.15

Macy’s, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates department stores in the United States. Its retail stores sell a range of merchandise, including men’s, women’s, and children’s apparel; and accessories, cosmetics, home furnishings, and other consumer goods.

M has been around so long that they have one of the rare one letter stock symbols. Their brand is one of the most well recognized retail brands in the United States.

Investors finding M now are finding it at a significant bargain. Retail stocks have been sold down significantly, but those in at the bottom are discovering real bargains like M.

M is currently trading significantly below its book value of $23.55. M is trading at a severe discount to book value. M is also in a short-term uptrend after hitting bottom and if it breaks through its 50-day moving average around $9.11, we could see M possibly gain around 50% from its current price.

SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFMI)
Stock Price: $10.41

Whole Foods Market, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of natural and organic foods supermarkets primarily in the United States. As of September 28, 2008, the company operated 275 stores.

WFMI has grown revenue the past three fiscal years from $5.60 billion in 2006 to $6.59 billion in 2007 to $7.95 billion in 2008. WFMI’s net income for the last fiscal year came in at $114 million.

WFMI can be thought of as a recession proof stock and a company with stores that will only receive greater interest as interest in natural and organic foods continues to grow.

WFMI is trading slightly below its book value of $10.73 and has support around the $10.00 level. There is a major short interest of around 17% in WFMI shares. We could see a major short squeeze in WFMI shares in the future.

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December 3, 2008: 12:01 AM — SpeculatingStocks.com has released three stock picks. All three are penny stocks in different sectors. The first penny stock pick discussed below operates in the gold sector in Africa, the second of the penny stock picks is on the cutting edge of the solar power market, while the third stock pick released by SpeculatingStocks.com operates in the uranium production space.

Russ Urban, founder of SpeculatingStocks.com commented, “SpeculatingStocks.com releases these three stock picks on the heels of several recent stock pick successes.”

SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: Nevsun Resources Ltd. (NSU)

Stock Price: $0.41

Nevsun Resources, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of mineral properties. It primarily focuses on properties with gold, as well as base metal, such as copper and zinc resources/reserves in Africa.

NSU is a small cap gold company trading at a market cap of less than $55 million. It has received a lot of attention in the past and has now pulled back. We believe gold stocks will continue to shine now that gold prices are back in an uptrend. Small cap gold stocks could provide the biggest gains for investors in the gold mining sector.

NSU is trading significantly off of its highs of $2.50+ from earlier this year and off its short-term high of $0.74 in a recent uptrend. Gold moved off its sideways pattern and reached a high above $820 and has now corrected down to around $780 where it has begun to stabilize. We expect gold prices to move back above $800 and challenge $900 in the short-term and in the long-term we believe we will see gold up over $1,000 per ounce as inflation attracts investors to gold mining stocks.

NSU received approval on October 30th for an $89 million commitment to the development of the company’s Bisha Project. The development of this project places NSU in a favorable position to take advantage of rising gold prices. The company has commented that the project has low site operating costs throughout the projected mine life and high returns. Production is expected to start on this project is during Q2 2010. We expect this project to be priced into NSU shares moving forward.

SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: EMCORE Corporation (EMKR)

Stock Price: $1.62

EMCORE Corporation is a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite and solar power markets.

The solar sector has suffered and EMKR has suffered along with it, but we expect the solar sector to rise and become hot again. We believe EMKR is a real bargain right now trading at a market cap of only around $125 million.

EMKR is trading significantly below its book value of $3.74. EMKR has created a new concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology that holds a more efficient solar cell than those created by FSLR’s thin-film technology. EMKR could win a lot of new solar business with their new technology. FSLR has been a leader in the CPV space moving from under $50 to over $300 at one point.

If EMKR’s solar technology catches on, we could see EMKR become a major play from its current level. In the past, EMKR moved from the $4.00 level to close to $16.00.

SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: Denison Mines Corporation (DNN)

Stock Price: $0.79

Denison Mines Corporation is a premier intermediate uranium producer in North America, with mining assets in the Athabasca Basin region of Saskatchewan, Canada and the southwest United States including Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. Further, the Company has ownership interests in two of the four conventional uranium mills operating in North America today.

For the third quarter, DNN sold 517,000 pounds of uranium at an average price of approximately $64.75 per pound. DNN expects uranium production in 2009 to increase by approximately between 25% and 50%.

Several nuclear reactors are being constructed around the world and several more are in the planning stage. Uranium demand will surge as these nuclear reactors start to come online. We believe uranium prices will surge from where they’re at now and investors will look back wishing they had invested in a uranium producer like DNN.

DNN is working off of its lows right now and is a real value at its current price with short-term potential to move higher as well significant long-term potential. General Electric has been investing huge in nuclear related projects. DNN is well-positioned to take advantage of the opportunity in the nuclear wave.

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