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.

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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.

SpeculatingStocks.com has released two stock picks for Christmas 2008: WFMI and M.

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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SpeculatingStocks.com has released penny stocks NSU, EMKR and DNN as its three latest stock picks.

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.

SpeculatingStocks.com searches for great companies and stocks in the right point in their stock chart and in the right sector. We believe the stock picks above will become hot stocks in the short term.

SpeculatingStocks.com Releases 3 Scary Good Stock Picks for Halloween

SpeculatingStocks.com has chosen BIDZ, IVN and ATVI as its 3 Scary Good Stock Picks for Halloween and beyond!

October 28, 2008 — SpeculatingStocks.com has released 3 Stock Picks for Halloween and beyond! Begin watching the stock picks below. SpeculatingStocks.com believes they will start moving to the upside this Halloween week.

BIDZ is an online jeweler, somewhat of a niche mini-eBay in the used jewelry space online. SpeculatingStocks.com’s second stock pick, IVN is a small cap, gold penny stock currently in talks with the Mongolian government to receive approval to develop a copper and gold mine in the country. For IVN, approval from the Mongolian government could be a watershed event for them and their partner Rio Tinto. Their third scary good stock pick released is ATVI. Activision Blizzard (ATVI) is positioned for rapid growth through their World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Guitar Hero brands.

SpeculatingStocks.com founder Russ Urban commented, “We believe these stock picks have a great shot at creating significant returns for investors.”

SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (IVN)

Stock Price: $1.94

Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a mineral exploration and development company. The company holds interests in and conducting operations on mineral resource properties principally located in Central Asia and Australia as well as projects in Mongolia and Kazakhstan.

On September 30th, a company executive from IVN commented that he saw no reason for IVN’s drop. At that time, IVN was trading at $6.40. IVN has been severely oversold and now appears to have finally found a bottom just below the $2.00 level.

Rio Tinto, one of the largest mining companies in the World, is a strategic partner of Ivanhoe Mines. IVN and Rio Tinto are negotiating with Mongolia’s government to develop a copper and gold mine in the country.

They are looking to develop the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia’s South Gobi Region. If IVN receives approval by the Mongolian government, we could see IVN shares rebound and correct big to the upside.

We believe gold will rebound and benefit IVN as well.

SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: BIDZ.com, Inc. (BIDZ)

Stock Price: $6.22

BIDZ.com, Inc. is an online jewelry retailer offering its products through a live auction format at Bidz.com as well as a fixed price online retail store at Buyz.com.

BIDZ has been profitable the past several quarters. We believe BIDZ will benefit by people selling their gold jewelry.

BIDZ is currently trading at a market cap of only around $147 million, which we believe is low considering their growing brand and future potential.

BIDZ could see a major short squeeze with over 25% of its 12.12 million float short.

SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: Activision Blizzard, Inc. (ATVI)

Stock Price: $11.69

Activision Blizzard, Inc. operates as an online and console game publisher. Some of the company’s brands include World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, Guitar Hero and Call of Duty.

We believe ATVI is the #1 gaming stock in the stock market right now with the most future potential in its industry. World of Warcraft is about as big of a money maker as it gets in the gaming industry.

It is speculated that ATVI could be releasing Starcraft II around February or March of 2009. The original Starcraft is still regarded as one of the greatest games of all time and Starcraft II is expected to be a huge money maker as well.

Guitar Hero is very popular with console gamers. Guitar Hero and World of Warcraft create a ton of positive buzz marketing for Activision Blizzard. We believe it will be hard for any other gaming company to compete with ATVI.

ATVI is down at pre-Blizzard merger levels and appears significantly undervalued at a market capitalization of around $15.4 billion.

It is important to find great companies at the right time in their stock charts. We expect the stocks mentioned above to become hot stocks after the recent stock market downturn.

We believe stem cell stocks will get a huge amount of attention in 2009 and become some of the hot stocks of 2009. Stem cell stocks are companies that research and develop stem cells or enable the use of stem cells by doctors and hospitals. Several stem cell stocks are penny stocks that could move up several times their current value.

Stem cells are unspecialized cells that give rise to a specific specialized cell. Stem cells can revolutionize the field of regenerative/reparative medicine. Stem cells are extremely powerful and can dramatically change how we treat various diseases.

There are two kinds of stem cells from animals and humans (embryonic and adult stem cells). Embryonic stem cell research has been a hot topic. A research funding and support bill that came out of Congress under the current Presidency was voted.

Right now, it’s a mixed bag, we are starting to see some stem cell stocks move and others still in a downtrend, but we believe this is just the beginning of a turn around for small cap stocks in the stem cell industry. Stem cell stocks have been severely hampered by policy and lack of funding and support over the past several years.

But… we believe stem cell stocks will breakout and become some of the most popular stocks and best stocks on Wall Street. We believe stem cell stocks are good stocks at this time. Stem cell companies are looking for policy that funds and supports their research and development of stem cells.

We believe stem cell companies will get that support by way of the 2008 Presidential elections. This is not a foregone conclusion that the White House will be pro-stem cells after this year’s general elections; however, both Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain are pro-stem cells.

Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic Presidential nominee, has released a statement of support for stem cell research on his Senate page. Senator Barack Obama believes we should expand and accelerate research using embryonic stem cells, just as we should continue to explore the viability of adult stem cell use and cord blood use.

The Republican Presidential nominee is Senator John McCain. Senator McCain has long supported embryonic stem cell research on embryos that would otherwise be discarded during assisted reproduction, but has been receiving pressure from the Republican base to drop support for embryonic stem cell research.

Investors are still just starting to price this future potential into stem cell stocks. Analysts and investment managers in hedge funds and mutual funds could start loading up on stem cell stocks across the board.
It is important to do stock research on topics like stem cells. Investors can find stem cell stock picks, stock lists and an investment newsletter / stock trading newsletter at GusherStocks.com.

The above article is our opinion and contains forward looking statements in an attempt to clarify the possible state of the stem cell industry.