Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) Makes Synthes Decision

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After many rumours and much speculation, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) has decided to buy Synthes for $21.3 billion. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) Makes Synthes Decision Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) has agreed to buy Synthes Inc. for $21.3 billion, the biggest purchase of the company's 125-year history, to become the leader in the $5.5 billion market for devices that treat trauma victims. Bill Weldon, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) said that, "Orthopaedics is a large and growing $37-billion global market and represents an important growth driver for Johnson & Johnson. Synthes is widely respected for its innovative, high quality products, R&D capabilities, its commitment to education, the highest standards of service and extensive global footprint." Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) shares were at 65.57 at the end of the last day’s trading. There’s been a 6.3% movement in the stock price over the past 3 months. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) Analyst Advice Consensus Opinion: Hold Mean recommendation: 2.18 (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell) 3 Months Ago: 2.13 Zack’s Rank: 5 out of 14 in the industry

Baxter Shares Aren’t Built For Speed

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For investors, Baxter International  (NYSE:  BAX ) seems to have all the appeal of kissing your sister — an OK-looking sister, but still your sister. If you're looking for a health care stock to get your juices flowing, Baxter is probably not it. Unlike its health care brethren in the pharmaceutical and biotech businesses, Baxter is unlikely to make a dramatic discovery that will revolutionize disease treatment and boost its share price dramatically overnight.  At the same time, the turtle did win the race. So for investors looking for a nice, steady performer with some upside, Baxter is certainly worth a peek. The company is a lot more attractive now that it's overcome some recent product issues. Last May, Baxter shares were pummeled when the company was forced to recall 200,000 of its infusion pumps, thus incurring a huge special pretax charge. Literally overnight, Baxter shares dropped more than 30% to just north of $40.  Since that time, the company has recovered nicely and now trades near its 52-week high of $57. The company recently got a boost when it reported that first-quarter 2011 earnings topped expectations. With the outlook brightening, Baxter also raised its guidance for the second quarter and for the full year. However, revenue is expected to increase only 3%-4%, one of the reasons some analysts are a bit skeptical about the stock. Based just outside Chicago, Baxter makes products for people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions.  Revenue from the company's huge Medication Delivery business jumped 20% in the first quarter, thanks to hefty growth in intravenous and nutritional therapies, as well as its broad range of generic and pre-mixed injectable drugs. Baxter recently made a nice addition to this business by snagging Prism Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company that has developed and received Food and Drug Administration approval for multiple doses of a drug typically administered to patients in extremely time-sensitive in critical care situations. The company says this unique product satisfies unmet clinical need, offers an opportunity to expand the current market and also has potential for application in additional markets outside the U.S. Geographic diversity is one of Baxter's strengths. For investors who like companies who cover the globe, Baxter might be just the ticket. More than 60% of the company's revenue is from outside the U.S. On the flip side, Baxter has been dinged by analysts for its dividend yield of 2.2%, a seemingly stingy return for a company with a market cap of nearly $33 billion. And even though the company has paid consistent dividends, it only started raising them annually in 2007. Another warning sign is that analysts who follow the company don't appear to be overwhelmed by its prospects. Most are ambivalent, giving the stock ratings like hold, neutral, average and equal weight. As we said, sort of like kissing your sister.

Thursday’s Apple Rumors — Android’s App-etite

Here are your Apple rumors and news items for Thursday: Champ on the Way: A
report from research group Distimo reprinted at All Things Digital says Googles
(NASDAQ: GOOG ) Android Market will become the worlds largest app store by the
end of the year, with its number of downloadable apps finally outstripping
Apples (NASDAQ: AAPL ). This, of course, assumes Apples app-store growth wont
get a spike after it updates its mobile operating system later this year.
Regardless, the report demonstrates that Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM ),
Nokia (NYSE: NOK ), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ), and even app players like Amazon
(NASDAQ: AMZN ) will need to pick up the pace in order to catch up with Google
and Apples outlets. Verizon iPhone Drops Off: A Thursday report at DigiTimes
suggests that Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) iPhone sales have fallen off significantly in
the second quarter. Pegatron, a company that assembles iPhones, reported a loss
of more than $19 million for the first quarter of the year, due to
smaller-than-expected orders for Verizons version of the iPhone. The company was
expecting to ship 10 million of the newer models by the end of the year, but
that shrunk to 5 million, as of April. Apple has said Verizon activated 2.2
million iPhones since the device was released in February during its quarterly
earnings call. Its unclear whether the Verizon iPhones underperformance has been
caused by too small of a release (the phone has yet to be released on other 3G
networks around the world) or if Verizon customers are simply holding off a
purchase in favor of a much-rumored 4G iPhone due later this year. Apple Gets
Fit: An Apple patent application detailed by AppleInsider in a Thursday report
indicates a plan by the company to help its legions of iPad and iPhone users
trim down in the near future. The patent titled Systems and Methods for
Accessing Personalized Fitness Services Using a Portable Electronic Device
describes an app that would transform Apple mobile devices into a personal
trainer. The app will schedule workout sessions, lay out eating plans, locate
nearby gyms using GPS, and provide charts for progress tracking. Features will
be broken into categories like New Customers, Getting There, In the Gym, and
Post Workout. With a new version of Apples personal and office services software
suite MobileMe expected to be released this fall alongside the new iPhone, a new
fitness program seems like a perfect fit for the service. As of this writing,
Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any of the stocks named here.
Follow him on Twitter at  @ajohnagnello  and  become a fan of  InvestorPlace
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Thursday’s Apple Rumors — Android’s App-etite

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Here are your Apple rumors and news items for Thursday: Champ on the Way: A report from research group Distimo reprinted at All Things Digital says Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG ) Android Market will become the world’s largest app store by the end of the year, with its number of downloadable apps finally outstripping Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL ). This, of course, assumes Apple’s app-store growth won’t get a spike after it updates its mobile operating system later this year. Regardless, the report demonstrates that Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM ), Nokia (NYSE: NOK ), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ), and even app players like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ) will need to pick up the pace in order to catch up with Google and Apple’s outlets. Verizon iPhone Drops Off: A Thursday report at DigiTimes suggests that Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) iPhone sales have fallen off significantly in the second quarter. Pegatron, a company that assembles iPhones, reported a loss of more than $19 million for the first quarter of the year, due to smaller-than-expected orders for Verizon’s version of the iPhone. The company was expecting to ship 10 million of the newer models by the end of the year, but that shrunk to 5 million, as of April. Apple has said Verizon activated 2.2 million iPhones since the device was released in February during its quarterly earnings call. It’s unclear whether the Verizon iPhone’s underperformance has been caused by too small of a release (the phone has yet to be released on other 3G networks around the world) or if Verizon customers are simply holding off a purchase in favor of a much-rumored 4G iPhone due later this year. Apple Gets Fit: An Apple patent application detailed by AppleInsider in a Thursday report indicates a plan by the company to help its legions of iPad and iPhone users trim down in the near future. The patent titled “Systems and Methods for Accessing Personalized Fitness Services Using a Portable Electronic Device” describes an app that would transform Apple mobile devices into a personal trainer. The app will schedule workout sessions, lay out eating plans, locate nearby gyms using GPS, and provide charts for progress tracking. Features will be broken into categories like “New Customers,” “Getting There,” “In the Gym,” and “Post Workout.” With a new version of Apple’s personal and office services software suite MobileMe expected to be released this fall alongside the new iPhone, a new fitness program seems like a perfect fit for the service. As of this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any of the stocks named here. Follow him on Twitter at  @ajohnagnello  and  become a fan of  InvestorPlace on Facebook.

Caution Light on For Silver and Gold Prices

Gold Price Close Today : 1530.80 Change : 14.20 or 0.9% Silver Price Close
Today : 47.520 Change : 1.562 or 3.4% Gold Silver Ratio Today : 32.21 Change :
-0.786 or -2.4% Silver Gold Ratio Today : 0.03104 Change : 0.000739 or 2.4%
Platinum Price Close Today : 1841.20 Change : 18.20 or 1.0% Palladium Price
Close Today : 776.50 Change : 11.50 or 1.5% S&P 500 : 1,375.13 Change : 1.47 or
0.1% Dow In GOLD$ : $171.84 Change : $ (1.12) or -0.6% Dow in GOLD oz : 8.313
Change : -0.054 or -0.6% Dow in SILVER oz : 267.79 Change : -8.35 or -3.0% Dow
Industrial : 12,725.40 Change : 34.44 or 0.3% US Dollar Index : 73.12 Change :
-0.404 or -0.5% Don't miss my special offer below. Sorry I sent no commentary
yesterday, but I was finishing my monthly Moneychanger newsletter for paid
subscribers, who can log in to www.the-moneychanger.com and pick up the April
issue. Listening to Ben Bernanke today quoted from his press conference
yesterday, I was amazed how incompetent he sounded, stuttering like someone
telling an uncertain lie. If he's the best the central bankers have, their
gunwales are deeper under water than I even I suspected. He announced yesterday
that his imagination has been surgically removed. At least, that is MY turn on
his idiotically continuing the Keynesian nostrums that have so long and with
such historical uniformity failed. Poor boy doesn't have imagination enough to
think of anything else. What a punishment, to be subjected to a goof like that!
The US DOLLAR, taking its cue from Bernanke's announcement yesterday that he
would surely keep interest rates low and thereby assuring he would keep on
inflating, sank like a lump in a churn. Y'all remember that more than any other
factor, interest rates determine currency exchange rates. Euro managers raise
euro interest rates, Bernancubus suppresses dollar interest rates, and surprise,
surprise, the scrofulous buck sinks against the scabrous euro. It's the Clash of
the Midgets, seeing who can slither down the drain first. Whooo. That felt good.
Now, back to the buck. Today the US dollar index sank another 40.4 basis points
(0.52%) on top of the 53 basis points it threw away yesterday. Trading now at
73.115 on its way to 40 sic. Get this: Bernard O'Bama and the Bernanculus are
gutting your dollars to please their masters and keep the parasitism dribbling
along a while longer. If that don't make you howling mad, you have no mad gland.
Euro rose like your mama's house guest sitting on a whoopee cushion (I bet you
got one memorable whipping for that!). New high for the move at 1.4817 Yen rose
0.8% to Y81.54/$ (122.64c/Y100). Let me put this stock thing in perspective for
y'all. Stocks are now maybe 20% above December 2010, yet against gold they have
actually dropped. Against silver they have dropped a lot, down to 90% of their
June 2003 peak value. Y'all see now? I don't want your stocks, because they are
like those smoke bombs they sell for July 4th -- all smoke and noise, no bang.
In fact, stocks remain the government-approved, OSHA-safe imitation cherry bomb
in Tennessee Bob's Wholesale Fireworks Investment Store. And will remain. Today
the Dow rose 34.44 to 12,725.40, hand in hand with the S&P500 which didn't
exactly rise, but, well, barely lifted itself up on the ball of its foot 1.47
points to 1,357.13. Oddly -- he always says that when he sniffs blood somewhere
-- all the other indices fell. That's confusion, and confusion doesn't make
for strong markets. I know some of y'all are going to get madder than a wet
wasp, but I have to flip the switch on the caution light on SILVER and Gold
PriceS . After the Bernancubus glued the accelerator pedal to the floor
yesterday, silver and Gold Prices took off wildly. But bear in mind that it is
not unusual for the Silver Price to top one day, then the Gold Price to top a
few days later. Key is that the Gold/Silver ratio , after a new low 25 April at
31.996, shot up to 33.36 the next day. In all silver and gold's recent upside
downs, that hasn't happened. But maybe I am only nervously anticipating when I
ought to be contentedly enjoying. Still, a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Today the Gold Price made a new intraday high at $1,538.30 and a new closing
high (all-time since the beginning of the cosmos) at $1,530.80, up $14.20 on
Comex. Low came at $1,524.10. In the aftermarket gold's playing footsie with
$1,536. Only target I have to work off is that upside down head and shoulders
gold broke out of. That points to $1,525 - $1,557. The Gold Price would have to
close below $1,505 to invalidate this rally. Ohhh, I HATE parabolas, and
silver's chart clearly shows one. They are rally killers, and on this drive the
Silver Price will need every sinew and ounce of strength to burst through that
historic brick wall at 5000c per ounce. If it does, it will run straight
skyward. Yet -- O, absolve me, Silver Bugs! -- I had rather capture my silver
profits now by swapping silver for gold and miss part of that move, than see the
reaction take them all away. Swapping for gold, I will at least get to swap back
for MORE silver when the ratio rises. Not swapping, I will only get to cherish
the warm, fuzzy memory of reading all those Internet gurus who convinced me the
Silver Price will reach $100 by next Friday. The Silver Price has a threatening
double top, reached Monday and today, at 4982c and 4950c. The Silver Price must
clear 5000c immediately and not fall below 4725c, or succumb to the Kryptonite
of fifty bucks. This situation is as full of tension as your cheeks when you
suck on to a firehose. Here it shall not remain, but must advance or fall back.
SPECIAL OFFER Because the last Special Offer sold out so fast, I promised y'all
I'd come up with another soon, so here 'tis. Gold Coins Under US$100: Offer # 1.
Mexican two pesos. Contains 0.0482 troy oz. gold, about 1/20 oz. At a 5.6%
premium I can sell 30 ea. Mex 2 p @ US$78.20 ea = $2,346.00 + $25 shipping =
$2,371.00 total per lot. Offer # 2. Mexican 2-1/2 pesos. About 1/16 ounce with
exactly 0.0603 oz gold. Also at 5.6% premium, so 30 ea. Mex 2-1/2 p @ 97.80 =
$2,934.00 plus $25 shipping = $2,959.00 total per lot. More Imperial German 20
Marks. Offer # 3. German 20 Marks. Minted nearly 100 years ago, before 1915,
0.2304 troy oz. At 4.36% premium, order 10 ea. German 20 M @ $369.50 ea., or
$3,695.00 + $25 shipping = $3,720 per lot. Offer # 4. South African Two Rands.
Same size as the British sovereign, 0.2354 troy oz, but lower premium at 3.6%
over gold. 10 ea. S.A. 2 Rands @ $374.90 = $3,749.00 + $25 shipping = $3,774.00
total per lot. A very few more US $5 and $10 Commemoratives. Offer # 5. U.S. $5
and $10 modern commemoratives. I found only 36 ea of the $5 (contains 0.2418 oz
gold) at $386.15 and 4 ea of the $10 (0.4838) at $772.30. Premium over gold
content for these is 3.9%. I will sell lots of Eight (8) each $5 gold commems
for $3,089.20 + $25 shipping = $3,114.20 per lot. A $10 gold counts as two $5
golds, so you can order one $10 and six $5s and that equals Eight $5s. For this
item only, limit one (1) lot per customer. Offer # 6. Mixed Peace and Morgan
silver dollars. I have two lots only of mixed VG+ Peace and Morgan silver
dollars at a 10.9% or $40.50 (0.765 oz silver each) One lot is 120 ea at $40.50
ea or $4,860 + $35 shipping = $4,895 per lot. Note that these are the circulated
US silver dollars minted before 1936 in VERY GOOD or better condition, so all
will show some wear, some much wear, but all will be FULL VG with no rim dings,
nicks, etc. Conditions: Orders by e-mail only. Please do not call. We will not
take orders for less than the minimums shown above. You may order more than one
lot for everything but the US commems, but not in increments of less than one
lot. That is, you may order 30 Mexican two pesos or 60 or 90, but not 36 or 45.
First come, first served, and no re-orders at these prices. I will write orders
based on the time I receive your e-mail. Spot gold basis for all prices above is
$1,536.60. Friendly advice: When you order, list the alternative lots you will
accept, in case what you order has already been spoken for. That way your timely
response will at least be rewarded with something., ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS: 1.
You may order by e-mail only to . No phone orders, please. Your email must
include your complete name, address, and phone number. We cannot ship to you
without your address. Sorry, we cannot ship outside the United States or to
Tennessee. Please mention you saw this special offer on goldprice.org. Repeat,
you must include your complete name, address, and phone number. Our clairvoyant
quit without warning last week and we can no longer read your mind. 2. Orders
are on a first-come, first-served basis until supply is exhausted. 3. "First
come, first-served" means that we will enter the orders in the order that we
receive them by e-mail. 4. If your order is filled, we will e-mail you a
confirmation. If you do not receive a confirmation, your order was not filled.
5. You will need to send payment by personal check or bank wire (either one is
fine) within 48 hours. It just needs to be in the mail, not in our hands, in 48
hours. 6. We allow fourteen (14) days for personal checks to clear before we
ship. If your hurry is greater than that, you can send a bank wire. Once we
ship, the post office takes four to fourteen days to get the registered mail
package to you. All in all, you'll see your order in about one month. Argentum
et aurum comparenda sunt -- -- Gold and silver must be bought. - Franklin
Sanders, The Moneychanger The-MoneyChanger.com © 2011, The Moneychanger. May
not be republished in any form, including electronically, without our express
permission. To avoid confusion, please remember that the comments above have a
very short time horizon. Always invest with the primary trend. Gold's primary
trend is up, targeting at least $3,130.00; silver's primary is up targeting 16:1
gold/silver ratio or $195.66; stocks' primary trend is down, targeting Dow under
2,900 and worth only one ounce of gold; US$ or US$-denominated assets, primary
trend down; real estate in a bubble, primary trend way down. Whenever I write
"Stay out of stocks" readers inevitably ask, "Do you mean precious metals mining
stocks, too?" No, I don't.

Caution Light on For Silver and Gold Prices

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Gold Price Close Today : 1530.80 Change : 14.20 or 0.9% Silver Price Close Today : 47.520 Change : 1.562 or 3.4% Gold Silver Ratio Today : 32.21 Change : -0.786 or -2.4% Silver Gold Ratio Today : 0.03104 Change : 0.000739 or 2.4% Platinum Price Close Today : 1841.20 Change : 18.20 or 1.0% Palladium Price Close Today : 776.50 Change : 11.50 or 1.5% S&P 500 : 1,375.13 Change : 1.47 or 0.1% Dow In GOLD$ : $171.84 Change : $ (1.12) or -0.6% Dow in GOLD oz : 8.313 Change : -0.054 or -0.6% Dow in SILVER oz : 267.79 Change : -8.35 or -3.0% Dow Industrial : 12,725.40 Change : 34.44 or 0.3% US Dollar Index : 73.12 Change : -0.404 or -0.5% Don’t miss my special offer below. Sorry I sent no commentary yesterday, but I was finishing my monthly Moneychanger newsletter for paid subscribers, who can log in to www.the-moneychanger.com and pick up the April issue. Listening to Ben Bernanke today quoted from his press conference yesterday, I was amazed how incompetent he sounded, stuttering like someone telling an uncertain lie. If he’s the best the central bankers have, their gunwales are deeper under water than I even I suspected. He announced yesterday that his imagination has been surgically removed. At least, that is MY turn on his idiotically continuing the Keynesian nostrums that have so long and with such historical uniformity failed. Poor boy doesn’t have imagination enough to think of anything else. What a punishment, to be subjected to a goof like that! The US DOLLAR, taking its cue from Bernanke’s announcement yesterday that he would surely keep interest rates low and thereby assuring he would keep on inflating, sank like a lump in a churn. Y’all remember that more than any other factor, interest rates determine currency exchange rates. Euro managers raise euro interest rates, Bernancubus suppresses dollar interest rates, and surprise, surprise, the scrofulous buck sinks against the scabrous euro. It’s the Clash of the Midgets, seeing who can slither down the drain first. Whooo. That felt good. Now, back to the buck. Today the US dollar index sank another 40.4 basis points (0.52%) on top of the 53 basis points it threw away yesterday. Trading now at 73.115 on its way to 40 sic. Get this: Bernard O’Bama and the Bernanculus are gutting your dollars to please their masters and keep the parasitism dribbling along a while longer. If that don’t make you howling mad, you have no mad gland. Euro rose like your mama’s house guest sitting on a whoopee cushion (I bet you got one memorable whipping for that!). New high for the move at 1.4817 Yen rose 0.8% to Y81.54/$ (122.64c/Y100). Let me put this stock thing in perspective for y’all. Stocks are now maybe 20% above December 2010, yet against gold they have actually dropped. Against silver they have dropped a lot, down to 90% of their June 2003 peak value. Y’all see now? I don’t want your stocks, because they are like those smoke bombs they sell for July 4th — all smoke and noise, no bang. In fact, stocks remain the government-approved, OSHA-safe imitation cherry bomb in Tennessee Bob’s Wholesale Fireworks Investment Store. And will remain. Today the Dow rose 34.44 to 12,725.40, hand in hand with the S&P500 which didn’t exactly rise, but, well, barely lifted itself up on the ball of its foot 1.47 points to 1,357.13. Oddly — he always says that when he sniffs blood somewhere — all the other indices fell. That’s confusion, and confusion doesn't make for strong markets. I know some of y’all are going to get madder than a wet wasp, but I have to flip the switch on the caution light on SILVER and Gold PriceS . After the Bernancubus glued the accelerator pedal to the floor yesterday, silver and Gold Prices took off wildly. But bear in mind that it is not unusual for the Silver Price to top one day, then the Gold Price to top a few days later. Key is that the Gold/Silver ratio , after a new low 25 April at 31.996, shot up to 33.36 the next day. In all silver and gold’s recent upside downs, that hasn’t happened. But maybe I am only nervously anticipating when I ought to be contentedly enjoying. Still, a live dog is better than a dead lion. Today the Gold Price made a new intraday high at $1,538.30 and a new closing high (all-time since the beginning of the cosmos) at $1,530.80, up $14.20 on Comex. Low came at $1,524.10. In the aftermarket gold’s playing footsie with $1,536. Only target I have to work off is that upside down head and shoulders gold broke out of. That points to $1,525 – $1,557. The Gold Price would have to close below $1,505 to invalidate this rally. Ohhh, I HATE parabolas, and silver’s chart clearly shows one. They are rally killers, and on this drive the Silver Price will need every sinew and ounce of strength to burst through that historic brick wall at 5000c per ounce. If it does, it will run straight skyward. Yet — O, absolve me, Silver Bugs! — I had rather capture my silver profits now by swapping silver for gold and miss part of that move, than see the reaction take them all away. Swapping for gold, I will at least get to swap back for MORE silver when the ratio rises. Not swapping, I will only get to cherish the warm, fuzzy memory of reading all those Internet gurus who convinced me the Silver Price will reach $100 by next Friday. The Silver Price has a threatening double top, reached Monday and today, at 4982c and 4950c. The Silver Price must clear 5000c immediately and not fall below 4725c, or succumb to the Kryptonite of fifty bucks. This situation is as full of tension as your cheeks when you suck on to a firehose. Here it shall not remain, but must advance or fall back. SPECIAL OFFER Because the last Special Offer sold out so fast, I promised y’all I’d come up with another soon, so here ’tis. Gold Coins Under US$100: Offer # 1. Mexican two pesos. Contains 0.0482 troy oz. gold, about 1/20 oz. At a 5.6% premium I can sell 30 ea. Mex 2 p @ US$78.20 ea = $2,346.00 + $25 shipping = $2,371.00 total per lot. Offer # 2. Mexican 2-1/2 pesos. About 1/16 ounce with exactly 0.0603 oz gold. Also at 5.6% premium, so 30 ea. Mex 2-1/2 p @ 97.80 = $2,934.00 plus $25 shipping = $2,959.00 total per lot. More Imperial German 20 Marks. Offer # 3. German 20 Marks. Minted nearly 100 years ago, before 1915, 0.2304 troy oz. At 4.36% premium, order 10 ea. German 20 M @ $369.50 ea., or $3,695.00 + $25 shipping = $3,720 per lot. Offer # 4. South African Two Rands. Same size as the British sovereign, 0.2354 troy oz, but lower premium at 3.6% over gold. 10 ea. S.A. 2 Rands @ $374.90 = $3,749.00 + $25 shipping = $3,774.00 total per lot. A very few more US $5 and $10 Commemoratives. Offer # 5. U.S. $5 and $10 modern commemoratives. I found only 36 ea of the $5 (contains 0.2418 oz gold) at $386.15 and 4 ea of the $10 (0.4838) at $772.30. Premium over gold content for these is 3.9%. I will sell lots of Eight (8) each $5 gold commems for $3,089.20 + $25 shipping = $3,114.20 per lot. A $10 gold counts as two $5 golds, so you can order one $10 and six $5s and that equals Eight $5s. For this item only, limit one (1) lot per customer. Offer # 6. Mixed Peace and Morgan silver dollars. I have two lots only of mixed VG+ Peace and Morgan silver dollars at a 10.9% or $40.50 (0.765 oz silver each) One lot is 120 ea at $40.50 ea or $4,860 + $35 shipping = $4,895 per lot. Note that these are the circulated US silver dollars minted before 1936 in VERY GOOD or better condition, so all will show some wear, some much wear, but all will be FULL VG with no rim dings, nicks, etc. Conditions: Orders by e-mail only. Please do not call. We will not take orders for less than the minimums shown above. You may order more than one lot for everything but the US commems, but not in increments of less than one lot. That is, you may order 30 Mexican two pesos or 60 or 90, but not 36 or 45. First come, first served, and no re-orders at these prices. I will write orders based on the time I receive your e-mail. Spot gold basis for all prices above is $1,536.60. Friendly advice: When you order, list the alternative lots you will accept, in case what you order has already been spoken for. That way your timely response will at least be rewarded with something., ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS: 1. You may order by e-mail only to . No phone orders, please. Your email must include your complete name, address, and phone number. We cannot ship to you without your address. Sorry, we cannot ship outside the United States or to Tennessee. Please mention you saw this special offer on goldprice.org. Repeat, you must include your complete name, address, and phone number. Our clairvoyant quit without warning last week and we can no longer read your mind. 2. Orders are on a first-come, first-served basis until supply is exhausted. 3. “First come, first-served” means that we will enter the orders in the order that we receive them by e-mail. 4. If your order is filled, we will e-mail you a confirmation. If you do not receive a confirmation, your order was not filled. 5. You will need to send payment by personal check or bank wire (either one is fine) within 48 hours. It just needs to be in the mail, not in our hands, in 48 hours. 6. We allow fourteen (14) days for personal checks to clear before we ship. If your hurry is greater than that, you can send a bank wire. Once we ship, the post office takes four to fourteen days to get the registered mail package to you. All in all, you’ll see your order in about one month. Argentum et aurum comparenda sunt — – Gold and silver must be bought. – Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger The-MoneyChanger.com © 2011, The Moneychanger. May not be republished in any form, including electronically, without our express permission. To avoid confusion, please remember that the comments above have a very short time horizon. Always invest with the primary trend. Gold’s primary trend is up, targeting at least $3,130.00; silver’s primary is up targeting 16:1 gold/silver ratio or $195.66; stocks’ primary trend is down, targeting Dow under 2,900 and worth only one ounce of gold; US$ or US$-denominated assets, primary trend down; real estate in a bubble, primary trend way down. Whenever I write “Stay out of stocks” readers inevitably ask, “Do you mean precious metals mining stocks, too?” No, I don’t.

Q1 Results Good For Boeing (NYSE:BA)

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Boeing (NYSE:BA) has reported high first quarter profits. Q1 Results Good For Boeing (NYSE:BA) It has been reported that Boeing (NYSE:BA), the Seattle based multinational aerospace manufacturer, experienced higher first quarter sales profit than expected. Strong military aircraft sales counterbalanced the drop caused in commercial jet deliveries. But the company has been blamed by a number of market analysts over the delayed delivery of its 787 Dreamliner and other commercial jets, although the company are making adjustments to try to deliver on time. Boeing (NYSE:BA) CEO Jim McNerney said, "Looking ahead, we will have the largest growth opportunity in our industry. We’re getting near the point where they’re coming in 100 percent fully assembled". Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) company shares are currently standing at 76.12. Price History Last Price: 76.12 52 Week Low / High: 59.48 / 77.31 50 Day Moving Average: 72.29 6 Month Price Change %: 6.0% 12 Month Price Change %: 1.6%

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tdp2664 InvestorPlace Your daily option s trading wrap up. Sentiment Mixed numbers to digest. A report on GDP showed the economy growing at a 1.8% annual rate in the first quarter, better than expected, but filings for jobless benefits increased by 25,000 last week. Economists were expecting a decline of 14,000. Pending Homes Sales numbers showed an increase of 5.1% in March while economists were expecting a rise of 1.7%. Earnings news was equally mixed. Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG ) edged up and was one of 20 Dow stocks in positive territory in afternoon action after it reported an 11% increase in quarterly profits. Sprint (NYSE: S ) and Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM ) traded higher after both companies lost less money than analysts feared. Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU ) and Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM ) down on disappointing news. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) reports after the close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 51 points, but the tech-heavy NASDAQ is fractionally lower. The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX ) is down .81 to 14.54 and on pace to set a closing low not seen since mid-2007. Trading in the options market is running about the typical levels, with 8.4 million calls and 6.4 million puts traded so far. Bullish Flow Microsoft is seeing brisk trading ahead of earnings. Shares are up 28 cents to $26.66 and 426,000 options have traded in the software giant so far today. The volume consists of 291,000 calls and 135,000 puts. Investors are leaning on the bullish side of the trade ahead of the report. MSFT May 27 Calls are 1.2% OTM and have traded 61,000 contracts. The MSFT Weekly 27 Calls , which come off the board tomorrow, are the next most actives with 47,690 contracts have changed hands. Open interest is 9,581 and the option has a delta of .40. The Weekly and May 26 calls are seeing heavy trading as well. Analysts expect Microsoft to post a quarterly profit of 56 cents per share on $16.2 billion in revenues. Implied volatility in Microsoft options is up 3.5% to 25 ahead of the results. The iShares Silver Trust ETF (NYSE: SLV ) continues to do massive volume. SLV finishes up .26 to 47.26 as options traders come out for the SLV Apr 29 Weekly and SLV May 6 Weekly along with May and June expiring strikes. Bullish pre-earnings action in Oclaro (NASDAQ: OCLR ). Shares of the San Jose, Calif.-based optical component maker are up 4 cents to $11.80 and 6,750 calls traded in the name, 12 times the typical volume and 10 times the day’s put activity. The top trade is 743-contract lot of OCLR May 12.5 Calls at the 60-cent asking price. Another 613 traded there too. Both are opening buyers, according to ISEE data. 4,325 now traded. Jun 12.5 and Jul 17.5 calls are seeing interest as well. The company is due to release results after the closing bell. OCLR tumbled 18.6% on March 9 after peer Finisar posted disappointing earnings. It continued falling, losing another 24.6% through April 19, but is on a six-day 15.7 percent winning streak since that time. Find more option analysis and trading ideas at Options Trading Strategies . Bearish Flow OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX ) sees early options action. Shares are down $1.94 to $10.55 after the company reported earnings of 13 cents per share, 14 cents less than Street estimates. The top options trade is a 1335-contract block of OMX Aug 9 Puts at the 35-cent asking price. 5,546 vs. 1,144 in open interest. With 85% of the volume trading at the Ask, it appears that buyers are taking positions and bracing for further losses in OMX in the months ahead. OMX May 11 Calls , which have traded 1267 contracts (84% on the Ask), are possibly seeing opening buyers as well. Implied Volatility Mover Sprint shares hit a high of $5.10 this morning and are up 22 cents to $5.01 after the company reported a quarterly loss of 15 cents per share, which was not as bad as the 22-cent loss that was expected. Revenues topped expectations. Shares are up and one investor sold 29,000 S Aug 5.5 Calls at 24 cents per contract. It might be a giant overwrite on the strength. A block of 1.37 million shares traded at $4.96 within 20 minutes of the call write. S Aug 5.5 Calls are 9.8% out-of-the-money with a delta of .37. 30,980 now traded versus 35,266 in open interest. May 5 and 6 calls are seeing interest as well, with 15,640 and 5,310 traded, respectively, and more than 80% traded on the bid. Implied volatility is down 18% to 35. Options Flow Bullish flow detected in Cypress Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CY ), with 10,358 calls trading, or five times the recent average daily call volume. Bullish flow detected in MannKind (NASDAQ: MNKD ), with 7862 calls trading, or six times the recent average daily call volume. Bearish activity detected in Monster Worldwide (NYSE: MWW ), with 6711 puts trading, or 10 times its recent average daily put volume. Increasing volume is also being seen in Baidu.com , Akamai , and the SPDR Industrials ETF (NYSE: XLI ). Frederic Ruffy is the Senior Options Strategist at Whatstrading.com , a site dedicated to helping traders make sense of the complex and fragmented nature of listed options trading.

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Your daily option s trading wrap up. Sentiment Mixed numbers to digest. A report on GDP showed the economy growing at a 1.8% annual rate in the first quarter, better than expected, but filings for jobless benefits increased by 25,000 last week. Economists were expecting a decline of 14,000. Pending Homes Sales numbers showed an increase of 5.1% in March while economists were expecting a rise of 1.7%. Earnings news was equally mixed. Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG ) edged up and was one of 20 Dow stocks in positive territory in afternoon action after it reported an 11% increase in quarterly profits. Sprint (NYSE: S ) and Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM ) traded higher after both companies lost less money than analysts feared. Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU ) and Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM ) down on disappointing news. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) reports after the close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 51 points, but the tech-heavy NASDAQ is fractionally lower. The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX ) is down .81 to 14.54 and on pace to set a closing low not seen since mid-2007. Trading in the options market is running about the typical levels, with 8.4 million calls and 6.4 million puts traded so far. Bullish Flow Microsoft is seeing brisk trading ahead of earnings. Shares are up 28 cents to $26.66 and 426,000 options have traded in the software giant so far today. The volume consists of 291,000 calls and 135,000 puts. Investors are leaning on the bullish side of the trade ahead of the report. MSFT May 27 Calls are 1.2% OTM and have traded 61,000 contracts. The MSFT Weekly 27 Calls , which come off the board tomorrow, are the next most actives with 47,690 contracts have changed hands. Open interest is 9,581 and the option has a delta of .40. The Weekly and May 26 calls are seeing heavy trading as well. Analysts expect Microsoft to post a quarterly profit of 56 cents per share on $16.2 billion in revenues. Implied volatility in Microsoft options is up 3.5% to 25 ahead of the results. The iShares Silver Trust ETF (NYSE: SLV ) continues to do massive volume. SLV finishes up .26 to 47.26 as options traders come out for the SLV Apr 29 Weekly and SLV May 6 Weekly along with May and June expiring strikes. Bullish pre-earnings action in Oclaro (NASDAQ: OCLR ). Shares of the San Jose, Calif.-based optical component maker are up 4 cents to $11.80 and 6,750 calls traded in the name, 12 times the typical volume and 10 times the day’s put activity. The top trade is 743-contract lot of OCLR May 12.5 Calls at the 60-cent asking price. Another 613 traded there too. Both are opening buyers, according to ISEE data. 4,325 now traded. Jun 12.5 and Jul 17.5 calls are seeing interest as well. The company is due to release results after the closing bell. OCLR tumbled 18.6% on March 9 after peer Finisar posted disappointing earnings. It continued falling, losing another 24.6% through April 19, but is on a six-day 15.7 percent winning streak since that time. Find more option analysis and trading ideas at Options Trading Strategies . Bearish Flow OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX ) sees early options action. Shares are down $1.94 to $10.55 after the company reported earnings of 13 cents per share, 14 cents less than Street estimates. The top options trade is a 1335-contract block of OMX Aug 9 Puts at the 35-cent asking price. 5,546 vs. 1,144 in open interest. With 85% of the volume trading at the Ask, it appears that buyers are taking positions and bracing for further losses in OMX in the months ahead. OMX May 11 Calls , which have traded 1267 contracts (84% on the Ask), are possibly seeing opening buyers as well. Implied Volatility Mover Sprint shares hit a high of $5.10 this morning and are up 22 cents to $5.01 after the company reported a quarterly loss of 15 cents per share, which was not as bad as the 22-cent loss that was expected. Revenues topped expectations. Shares are up and one investor sold 29,000 S Aug 5.5 Calls at 24 cents per contract. It might be a giant overwrite on the strength. A block of 1.37 million shares traded at $4.96 within 20 minutes of the call write. S Aug 5.5 Calls are 9.8% out-of-the-money with a delta of .37. 30,980 now traded versus 35,266 in open interest. May 5 and 6 calls are seeing interest as well, with 15,640 and 5,310 traded, respectively, and more than 80% traded on the bid. Implied volatility is down 18% to 35. Options Flow Bullish flow detected in Cypress Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CY ), with 10,358 calls trading, or five times the recent average daily call volume. Bullish flow detected in MannKind (NASDAQ: MNKD ), with 7862 calls trading, or six times the recent average daily call volume. Bearish activity detected in Monster Worldwide (NYSE: MWW ), with 6711 puts trading, or 10 times its recent average daily put volume. Increasing volume is also being seen in Baidu.com , Akamai , and the SPDR Industrials ETF (NYSE: XLI ). Frederic Ruffy is the Senior Options Strategist at Whatstrading.com , a site dedicated to helping traders make sense of the complex and fragmented nature of listed options trading.

Top 10 Focus Stocks of The Day: RLOC, REGN, CLUB, MOBI, SHOR, NCTY, ERIC, JDAS, LAD, VOCS (Apr 28, 2011)

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Below are today's top 10 focus stocks. These momentum stocks are attracting a lot of interest from traders. Two Chinese companies (MOBI, NCTY) are on the list.

ReachLocal Inc. (NASDAQ:RLOC) is today's 1st best focus stock. Its daily price change was 33.6% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 14% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $27 on the stock. It is rated positively by 89% of the 9 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 47% based on analysts' average estimate. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGN) is today's 2nd best focus stock. Its daily price change was 28.6% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is -13% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $58 on the stock. It is rated positively by 67% of the 15 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is -205% based on analysts' average estimate. Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLUB) is today's 3rd best focus stock. Its daily price change was 21.3% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 28% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $8 on the stock. It is rated positively by 50% of the 6 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 12% based on analysts' average estimate. Sky mobi Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:MOBI) is today's 4th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 17.1% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is -38% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $13 on the stock. It is rated positively by 100% of the 3 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 28% based on analysts' average estimate. ShoreTel, Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOR) is today's 5th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 16.5% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 16% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $12 on the stock. It is rated positively by 90% of the 10 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 19% based on analysts' average estimate.

The9 Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:NCTY) is today's 6th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 15.4% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is -21% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $6 on the stock. It is rated positively by 0% of the 6 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 86% based on analysts' average estimate. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ADR) (NASDAQ:ERIC) is today's 7th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 13.3% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is -22% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $12 on the stock. It is rated positively by 16% of the 19 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 10% based on analysts' average estimate. JDA Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:JDAS) is today's 8th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 12.6% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 6% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $35 on the stock. It is rated positively by 75% of the 4 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 9% based on analysts' average estimate. Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE:LAD) is today's 9th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 12.0% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 8% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $18 on the stock. It is rated positively by 67% of the 6 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 29% based on analysts' average estimate. Vocus, Inc. (NASDAQ:VOCS) is today's 10th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 11.8% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 13% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $32 on the stock. It is rated positively by 55% of the 11 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 21% based on analysts' average estimate.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Opens New Facility

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Micron have inaugurated their Singaporean fabrication
facility. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Opens New Facility Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Micron
Technology have officially opened the IM Flash Singapore fabrication facility,
which will be used to produce 25nm NAND flash memory. It has been reported that
the IM Flash joint venture between Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Micron Technology had
achieved a 20nm process for NAND flash memory, although a competing joint
venture between Toshiba and SanDisk have announced 19nm processes. The 300mm
facility cost US$3billion and will employ more than 1200 employees. Intel Corp.
(NASDAQ:INTC) stocks are currently standing at 22.63. Price History Last Price:
22.63 52 Week Low / High: 17.6 / 23.51 50 Day Moving Average: 20.72 6 Month
Price Change %: 12.2% 12 Month Price Change %: -5.6%

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Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Micron have inaugurated their Singaporean fabrication facility. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Opens New Facility Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Micron Technology have officially opened the IM Flash Singapore fabrication facility, which will be used to produce 25nm NAND flash memory. It has been reported that the IM Flash joint venture between Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Micron Technology had achieved a 20nm process for NAND flash memory, although a competing joint venture between Toshiba and SanDisk have announced 19nm processes. The 300mm facility cost US$3billion and will employ more than 1200 employees. Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) stocks are currently standing at 22.63. Price History Last Price: 22.63 52 Week Low / High: 17.6 / 23.51 50 Day Moving Average: 20.72 6 Month Price Change %: 12.2% 12 Month Price Change %: -5.6%

Options Lunch Sees Tech Drop and SLV Rise

Your intraday option s trading update. Trading moderate post-Bernanke press
conference rally. Earnings reports mixed with Aetna (NYSE: AET ) making traders
happy and rising 1.70 to 41.51, while Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM ) drops around $6 to
35. Top action continues from investors fascinated by shiny metal. "Silver
still the talk of the day," said Roy Briggs with the Stutland Volatility Group
in Chicago. The iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV ) is up 1.56% to 47.74 on volume
of nearly 100 million. Briggs seeing interesting options trading in the iShares
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (NYSE: EEM ). A trader sold an EEM June Put Spread,
10,000 contracts on each side. Sold the June 49 Put and bought the June 45 Put
for a credit of around $1. "If the EEM stays here (until June expiration), the
seller collects the premium," said Briggs. EEM is at 49.58, down .53. Foster
Wheeler (NASDAQ: FWLT ) also on Briggs' radar as about 1100 FWLT May 37 Calls
trade for 50 cents, no one large block. The strike has open interest of 1400
before the trade. "Maybe it's someone taking a shot," ahead of Foster
Wheeler's earnings report May 3, said Briggs. FWLT designs and operates oil
and gas processing facilities worldwide.

Top 10 Focus Stocks of The Day: RLOC, REGN, CLUB, MOBI, SHOR, NCTY, ERIC, JDAS, LAD, VOCS (Apr 28, 2011)

Below are todays top 10 focus stocks. These momentum stocks are attracting a
lot of interest from traders. Two Chinese companies (MOBI, NCTY) are on the
list. ReachLocal Inc. (NASDAQ:RLOC) is todays 1st best focus stock. Its daily
price change was 33.6% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 14%
based on brokerage analysts average target price of $27 on the stock. It is
rated positively by 89% of the 9 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual
earnings growth is 47% based on analysts average estimate. Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGN) is todays 2nd best focus stock. Its daily
price change was 28.6% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is -13%
based on brokerage analysts average target price of $58 on the stock. It is
rated positively by 67% of the 15 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual
earnings growth is -205% based on analysts average estimate. Town Sports
International Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLUB) is todays 3rd best focus stock. Its
daily price change was 21.3% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential
is 28% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $8 on the stock. It
is rated positively by 50% of the 6 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual
earnings growth is 12% based on analysts average estimate. Sky mobi Ltd (ADR)
(NASDAQ:MOBI) is todays 4th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 17.1%
in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is -38% based on brokerage
analysts average target price of $13 on the stock. It is rated positively by
100% of the 3 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is
28% based on analysts average estimate. ShoreTel, Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOR) is todays
5th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 16.5% in the previous trading
day. Its upside potential is 16% based on brokerage analysts average target
price of $12 on the stock. It is rated positively by 90% of the 10 analyst(s)
covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 19% based on analysts
average estimate. The9 Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:NCTY) is todays 6th best focus
stock. Its daily price change was 15.4% in the previous trading day. Its upside
potential is -21% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $6 on the
stock. It is rated positively by 0% of the 6 analyst(s) covering it. Its
long-term annual earnings growth is 86% based on analysts average estimate.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ADR) (NASDAQ:ERIC) is todays 7th best focus
stock. Its daily price change was 13.3% in the previous trading day. Its upside
potential is -22% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $12 on the
stock. It is rated positively by 16% of the 19 analyst(s) covering it. Its
long-term annual earnings growth is 10% based on analysts average estimate. JDA
Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:JDAS) is todays 8th best focus stock. Its daily
price change was 12.6% in the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 6%
based on brokerage analysts average target price of $35 on the stock. It is
rated positively by 75% of the 4 analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual
earnings growth is 9% based on analysts average estimate. Lithia Motors, Inc.
(NYSE:LAD) is todays 9th best focus stock. Its daily price change was 12.0% in
the previous trading day. Its upside potential is 8% based on brokerage analysts
average target price of $18 on the stock. It is rated positively by 67% of the 6
analyst(s) covering it. Its long-term annual earnings growth is 29% based on
analysts average estimate. Vocus, Inc. (NASDAQ:VOCS) is todays 10th best focus
stock. Its daily price change was 11.8% in the previous trading day. Its upside
potential is 13% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $32 on the
stock. It is rated positively by 55% of the 11 analyst(s) covering it. Its
long-term annual earnings growth is 21% based on analysts average estimate.

Top 10 Most Profitable U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks: SCOK, GA, KONE, TBOW, CYOU, CNYD, SCEI, BIDU, CHBT, JGBO (Apr 28, 2011)

Below are the top 10 most profitable U.S.-listed Chinese stocks for the last 12
months, UPDATED TODAY before 4:30 AM ET. SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chem Ind, Inc.
(NASDAQ:SCOK) is the 1st most profitable stock in this segment of the market.
Its net profit margin was 64.23% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit
margin was 39.33% for the same period. Giant Interactive Group Inc (ADR)
(NYSE:GA) is the 2nd most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its
net profit margin was 60.64% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin
was 52.22% for the same period. Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solutions Hldg Ltd
(NASDAQ:KONE) is the 3rd most profitable stock in this segment of the market.
Its net profit margin was 56.78% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit
margin was 68.94% for the same period. Trunkbow International Holdings Ltd
(NASDAQ:TBOW) is the 4th most profitable stock in this segment of the market.
Its net profit margin was 55.52% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit
margin was 56.45% for the same period. Changyou.com Limited(ADR) (NASDAQ:CYOU)
is the 5th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit
margin was 53.40% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 61.37%
for the same period. China Yida Holding, Co. (NASDAQ:CNYD) is the 6th most
profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 48.59%
for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 65.00% for the same
period. Sino Clean Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:SCEI) is the 7th most profitable stock in
this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 45.17% for the last 12
months. Its operating profit margin was 32.61% for the same period. Baidu.com,
Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) is the 8th most profitable stock in this segment of the
market. Its net profit margin was 44.54% for the last 12 months. Its operating
profit margin was 50.02% for the same period. China-Biotics Inc. (NASDAQ:CHBT)
is the 9th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit
margin was 43.08% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 42.61%
for the same period. Jiangbo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:JGBO) is the 10th
most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was
41.84% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 52.77% for the
same period.

Top 10 Most Profitable U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks: SCOK, GA, KONE, TBOW, CYOU, CNYD, SCEI, BIDU, CHBT, JGBO (Apr 28, 2011)

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Below are the top 10 most profitable U.S.-listed Chinese stocks for the last 12 months, UPDATED TODAY before 4:30 AM ET. SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chem Ind, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOK) is the 1st most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 64.23% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 39.33% for the same period. Giant Interactive Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:GA) is the 2nd most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 60.64% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 52.22% for the same period. Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solutions Hldg Ltd (NASDAQ:KONE) is the 3rd most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 56.78% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 68.94% for the same period. Trunkbow International Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:TBOW) is the 4th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 55.52% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 56.45% for the same period. Changyou.com Limited(ADR) (NASDAQ:CYOU) is the 5th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 53.40% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 61.37% for the same period. China Yida Holding, Co. (NASDAQ:CNYD) is the 6th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 48.59% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 65.00% for the same period. Sino Clean Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:SCEI) is the 7th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 45.17% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 32.61% for the same period. Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) is the 8th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 44.54% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 50.02% for the same period. China-Biotics Inc. (NASDAQ:CHBT) is the 9th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 43.08% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 42.61% for the same period. Jiangbo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:JGBO) is the 10th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 41.84% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 52.77% for the same period.

Microsoft, Silver Top Options Volume

Your daily option s trading wrap up. Sentiment Mixed numbers to digest. A
report on GDP showed the economy growing at a 1.8% annual rate in the first
quarter, better than expected, but filings for jobless benefits increased by
25,000 last week. Economists were expecting a decline of 14,000. Pending Homes
Sales numbers showed an increase of 5.1% in March while economists were
expecting a rise of 1.7%. Earnings news was equally mixed. Procter & Gamble
(NYSE: PG ) edged up and was one of 20 Dow stocks in positive territory in
afternoon action after it reported an 11% increase in quarterly profits. Sprint
(NYSE: S ) and Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM ) traded higher after both companies lost
less money than analysts feared. Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU ) and Akamai (NASDAQ:
AKAM ) down on disappointing news. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) reports after the
close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 51 points, but the tech-heavy
NASDAQ is fractionally lower. The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX ) is down .81
to 14.54 and on pace to set a closing low not seen since mid-2007. Trading in
the options market is running about the typical levels, with 8.4 million calls
and 6.4 million puts traded so far. Bullish Flow Microsoft is seeing brisk
trading ahead of earnings. Shares are up 28 cents to $26.66 and 426,000 options
have traded in the software giant so far today. The volume consists of 291,000
calls and 135,000 puts. Investors are leaning on the bullish side of the trade
ahead of the report. MSFT May 27 Calls are 1.2% OTM and have traded 61,000
contracts. The MSFT Weekly 27 Calls , which come off the board tomorrow, are the
next most actives with 47,690 contracts have changed hands. Open interest is
9,581 and the option has a delta of .40. The Weekly and May 26 calls are seeing
heavy trading as well. Analysts expect Microsoft to post a quarterly profit of
56 cents per share on $16.2 billion in revenues. Implied volatility in Microsoft
options is up 3.5% to 25 ahead of the results. The iShares Silver Trust ETF
(NYSE: SLV ) continues to do massive volume. SLV finishes up .26 to 47.26 as
options traders come out for the SLV Apr 29 Weekly and SLV May 6 Weekly along
with May and June expiring strikes. Bullish pre-earnings action in Oclaro
(NASDAQ: OCLR ). Shares of the San Jose, Calif.-based optical component maker
are up 4 cents to $11.80 and 6,750 calls traded in the name, 12 times the
typical volume and 10 times the days put activity. The top trade is 743-contract
lot of OCLR May 12.5 Calls at the 60-cent asking price. Another 613 traded there
too. Both are opening buyers, according to ISEE data. 4,325 now traded. Jun 12.5
and Jul 17.5 calls are seeing interest as well. The company is due to release
results after the closing bell. OCLR tumbled 18.6% on March 9 after peer Finisar
posted disappointing earnings. It continued falling, losing another 24.6%
through April 19, but is on a six-day 15.7 percent winning streak since that
time. Find more option analysis and trading ideas at Options Trading Strategies
. Bearish Flow OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX ) sees early options action. Shares are down
$1.94 to $10.55 after the company reported earnings of 13 cents per share, 14
cents less than Street estimates. The top options trade is a 1335-contract block
of OMX Aug 9 Puts at the 35-cent asking price. 5,546 vs. 1,144 in open interest.
With 85% of the volume trading at the Ask, it appears that buyers are taking
positions and bracing for further losses in OMX in the months ahead. OMX May 11
Calls , which have traded 1267 contracts (84% on the Ask), are possibly seeing
opening buyers as well. Implied Volatility Mover Sprint shares hit a high of
$5.10 this morning and are up 22 cents to $5.01 after the company reported a
quarterly loss of 15 cents per share, which was not as bad as the 22-cent loss
that was expected. Revenues topped expectations. Shares are up and one investor
sold 29,000 S Aug 5.5 Calls at 24 cents per contract. It might be a giant
overwrite on the strength. A block of 1.37 million shares traded at $4.96 within
20 minutes of the call write. S Aug 5.5 Calls are 9.8% out-of-the-money with a
delta of .37. 30,980 now traded versus 35,266 in open interest. May 5 and 6
calls are seeing interest as well, with 15,640 and 5,310 traded, respectively,
and more than 80% traded on the bid. Implied volatility is down 18% to 35.
Options Flow Bullish flow detected in Cypress Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CY ), with
10,358 calls trading, or five times the recent average daily call volume.
Bullish flow detected in MannKind (NASDAQ: MNKD ), with 7862 calls trading, or
six times the recent average daily call volume. Bearish activity detected in
Monster Worldwide (NYSE: MWW ), with 6711 puts trading, or 10 times its recent
average daily put volume. Increasing volume is also being seen in Baidu.com ,
Akamai , and the SPDR Industrials ETF (NYSE: XLI ). Frederic Ruffy is the Senior
Options Strategist at Whatstrading.com , a site dedicated to helping traders
make sense of the complex and fragmented nature of listed options trading.

Options Lunch Sees Tech Drop and SLV Rise

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Your intraday option s trading update. Trading moderate post-Bernanke press conference rally. Earnings reports mixed with Aetna (NYSE: AET ) making traders happy and rising 1.70 to 41.51, while Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM ) drops around $6 to 35. Top action continues from investors fascinated by shiny metal. "Silver still the talk of the day," said Roy Briggs with the Stutland Volatility Group in Chicago. The iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV ) is up 1.56% to 47.74 on volume of nearly 100 million. Briggs seeing interesting options trading in the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (NYSE: EEM ). A trader sold an EEM June Put Spread, 10,000 contracts on each side. Sold the June 49 Put and bought the June 45 Put for a credit of around $1. "If the EEM stays here (until June expiration), the seller collects the premium," said Briggs. EEM is at 49.58, down .53. Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ: FWLT ) also on Briggs' radar as about 1100 FWLT May 37 Calls trade for 50 cents, no one large block. The strike has open interest of 1400 before the trade. "Maybe it's someone taking a shot," ahead of Foster Wheeler's earnings report May 3, said Briggs. FWLT designs and operates oil and gas processing facilities worldwide.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) Chooses NGRAIN Support

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Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has chosen NGRAIN to support the maintenance program of the F-22. Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) Chooses NGRAIN Support NGRAIN has announced that it has been selected by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) to integrate NGRAIN's Virtual Damage Repair and Tracking software into the Integrated Maintenance Information System (IMIS) software suite for the F-22 aircraft. Jeff A. Babione, the vice president of the F-22 Program of Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) said that, "Applying NGRAIN solutions to the F-22 program is a natural progression of our relationship and will enhance the overall maintenance programs of both the F-35 and F-22. Extending this unique application to both programs will result in United States Air Force maintainers being able to easily transition between aircraft." Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) shares were at 79.16 at the end of the last day’s trading. There’s been a 0.0% change in the stock price over the past 3 months. Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) Analyst Advice Consensus Opinion: Hold Mean recommendation: 2.5 (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell) 3 Months Ago: 2.57 Zack’s Rank: 1 out of 6 in the industry

Contract Gold Contract Silver Price Per Ounce Rise; Close News; Spot Gold per Kilo, Gram and Spot Silver Per kilo Ounce Trends

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dow2664 Gold and silver rallied yesterday and the positive momentum carried contract price per ounce values higher into the green today as well once again. Spot gold and spot silver price were also moving in positive territory just prior to opening bell for today's trading session in the U.S. Positive gains for gold and silver paralleled less desirable news on the economic home-front. The economic recovery stumbled somewhat and after three days of posting gains, the major market indices in the U.S. were dropping off and trending lower. The GPD report came in lower than expected today and first time unemployment applications moved higher than expected. The dollar moved lower versus the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound. Precious metal gold and silver surged higher. At the halfway point in today's trading session, June contract gold and May contract silver were both trending in positive territory. June contract gold was higher by .75 percent or 11.40 at 1528.50 at the halfway point in today's trading session. Gold prices were trading at new highs today which added more fuel to the precious metal commodity fire. The current environment, with the weaker dollar and higher inflation potentials, is keeping safe haven metal diversification at the forefront of investor's minds. As the session came to close today, precious metals gold and silver continued to post floor price values in the green. Contract gold for June delivery was higher by 14.10 at 1531.20. May contract silver was green by 1.56 at 47.52 an ounce. Spot gold price per kilo and gram were trending green as were spot silver prices per kilo and ounce. Gold and silver price rates continue to trade up. Author: Camillo Zucari

3 Ways to Make YouTube an On-Demand Success

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The great reinvention of YouTube continues at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG ), with a new focus: video on demand. A report earlier this week at The Wrap said YouTube would begin offering Hollywood blockbusters for rental and purchase through a new video-on-demand service. The initial lineup of partners includes Time Warner’s (NYSE: TWX ) Warner Brothers, Comcast’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA ) Univeral Pictures, and Sony (NYSE: SNE ). Studios like Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF ), which already provide a large number of archival movies for free streaming on YouTube, will begin offering new films as well. This new initiative would be the first time Google and YouTube would go toe to toe with Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL ) iTunes, Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN ) digital movie store, and the many other digital video storefronts that rent downloadable and streaming movies in the same window as DVD releases. This won’t be a game-changer for YouTube. Offering rentals is simply what YouTube needs to do to stay relevant in the video market. Even Facebook offers rentals following a recent partnership with Warner Brothers. That doesn’t mean Google can’t make money off of these rentals, but it will need to leverage the best of YouTube to distinguish its service from the many competitors out there. Here are three ways Google can evolve its video-on-demand YouTube service into a profitable venture: Subscriptions It can’t be emphasized enough how important it will be to offer a subscription-based option for renting movies through YouTube. Google’s audience is already aware that YouTube exists and that it can be used to watch full-length movies. But that audience won’t come to YouTube for individual movie rentals — why go to YouTube when they already have their Time Warner cable box at home and an iPhone in their hand? The key is to offer a premium subscription that would give users unlimited access to a number of newly released films for a monthly fee. Make it higher-priced than Netflix’s (NASDAQ: NFLX ) famous streaming subscription plan and only offer access to certain movies for one month after they’ve been released. The high price will appeal to studios while the premium content appeals to audiences. User commentary There is nothing quite so horrifically incendiary as a YouTube video’s comments section, but the popularity and ubiquity of user feedback on the service is easily one of its greatest resources. By making user commentary and feedback an active (albeit risky) feature of its video-on-demand service, Google has the chance to leverage its community to grow business in ways that iTunes and Amazon can’t match.  For example, let audiences watch a stream of user comments while watching a rented movie. An old trick that worked well for building YouTube’s amateur video content could effectively distinguish its for-pay Hollywood content. Make rentals available across platforms It’s essential that each video-on-demand rental be made available on all devices that can access YouTube for the rental’s duration. Somebody who pays to rent The Hangover 2 through a web browser will need to be able to pick up their Android phone or iPad and immediately continue watching the film. This sort of cross-device continuity has been extremely helpful for Netflix. Google can beat Netflix at its own game, however, by letting users simultaneously view a rental on multiple devices. As of this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any of the stocks named here. Follow him on Twitter at  @ajohnagnello  and  become a fan of  InvestorPlace on Facebook.

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) Expansion Continues

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Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) has stepped up its hiring in Brazil. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) Expansion Continues The banking giant, who has been attempting to recover after the financial crisis, has been hiring more people in Brazil as part of its strategy to focus on emerging markets. According to a report that appeared in The Financial Times, Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) hired 380 people in April in the country. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) CEO Mr Pandit said that, "We need skilled, qualified people. A lot of the emerging markets are in exactly this place." Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) stocks were at 4.51 at the end of the last day’s trading. There’s been a -6.4% change in the stock price over the past 3 months. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) Analyst Advice Consensus Opinion: Hold Mean recommendation: 2.05 (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell) 3 Months Ago: 2.15 Zack’s Rank: 1 out of 15 in the industry

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) Trust Continues To Grow

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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) has raised another £40.9 million fund for its recently-launched emerging income trust. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) Trust Continues To Grow According to an announcement made by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)'s Asset Management division, it has raised another £40.9 million fund for its recently launched Global Emerging Markets Income Trust by issuing new shares. David Barron, head of investment trusts at JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)'s Asset Management, said, "The trust has traded at a premium since its launch last year. As a result, the board has taken steps to continue to issue shares where possible to meet the ongoing demand from new and existing shareholders." JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) shares are currently standing at 45.5. Price History Last Price: 45.5 52 Week Low / High: 35.16 / 48.36 50 Day Moving Average: 45.91 6 Month Price Change %: 21.3% 12 Month Price Change %: 2.8%

3 Ways to Make YouTube an On-Demand Success

The great reinvention of YouTube continues at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG ), with a
new focus: video on demand. A report earlier this week at The Wrap said YouTube
would begin offering Hollywood blockbusters for rental and purchase through a
new video-on-demand service. The initial lineup of partners includes Time
Warners (NYSE: TWX ) Warner Brothers, Comcasts (NASDAQ: CMCSA ) Univeral
Pictures, and Sony (NYSE: SNE ). Studios like Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF ), which
already provide a large number of archival movies for free streaming on YouTube,
will begin offering new films as well. This new initiative would be the first
time Google and YouTube would go toe to toe with Apples (NASDAQ: AAPL ) iTunes,
Amazons (NASDAQ: AMZN ) digital movie store, and the many other digital video
storefronts that rent downloadable and streaming movies in the same window as
DVD releases. This wont be a game-changer for YouTube. Offering rentals is
simply what YouTube needs to do to stay relevant in the video market. Even
Facebook offers rentals following a recent partnership with Warner Brothers.
That doesnt mean Google cant make money off of these rentals, but it will need
to leverage the best of YouTube to distinguish its service from the many
competitors out there. Here are three ways Google can evolve its video-on-demand
YouTube service into a profitable venture: Subscriptions It cant be emphasized
enough how important it will be to offer a subscription-based option for renting
movies through YouTube. Googles audience is already aware that YouTube exists
and that it can be used to watch full-length movies. But that audience wont come
to YouTube for individual movie rentals why go to YouTube when they already
have their Time Warner cable box at home and an iPhone in their hand? The key is
to offer a premium subscription that would give users unlimited access to a
number of newly released films for a monthly fee. Make it higher-priced than
Netflixs (NASDAQ: NFLX ) famous streaming subscription plan and only offer
access to certain movies for one month after theyve been released. The high
price will appeal to studios while the premium content appeals to audiences.
User commentary There is nothing quite so horrifically incendiary as a YouTube
videos comments section, but the popularity and ubiquity of user feedback on the
service is easily one of its greatest resources. By making user commentary and
feedback an active (albeit risky) feature of its video-on-demand service, Google
has the chance to leverage its community to grow business in ways that iTunes
and Amazon cant match.  For example, let audiences watch a stream of user
comments while watching a rented movie. An old trick that worked well for
building YouTubes amateur video content could effectively distinguish its
for-pay Hollywood content. Make rentals available across platforms Its essential
that each video-on-demand rental be made available on all devices that can
access YouTube for the rentals duration. Somebody who pays to rent The Hangover
2 through a web browser will need to be able to pick up their Android phone or
iPad and immediately continue watching the film. This sort of cross-device
continuity has been extremely helpful for Netflix. Google can beat Netflix at
its own game, however, by letting users simultaneously view a rental on multiple
devices. As of this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any
of the stocks named here. Follow him on Twitter at  @ajohnagnello  and 
become a fan of  InvestorPlace on Facebook.

Top 10 Fastest-Growing Micro Cap Stocks: CKSW, CVVT, SMBL, SUMR, POWR, SPSC, COMV, GEDU, ARCL, FLOW (Apr 28, 2011)

Below are the top 10 fastest-growing Micro Cap stocks, UPDATED TODAY before
4:30 AM ET, based on the average long-term earnings growth rate estimated by
Wall Street analysts. Two Chinese companies (CVVT, GEDU) are on the list.
ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CKSW) is the 1st fastest-growing stock
in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be
36.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.
China Valves Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVVT) is the 2nd fastest-growing stock in
this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be
35.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.
Smart Balance, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMBL) is the 3rd fastest-growing stock in this
segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 27.5%.
This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Summer
Infant, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUMR) is the 4th fastest-growing stock in this segment of
the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 26.1%. This number
is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. PowerSecure
International, Inc. (NASDAQ:POWR) is the 5th fastest-growing stock in this
segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 25.0%.
This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. SPS
Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPSC) is the 6th fastest-growing stock in this segment of
the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 25.0%. This number
is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Comverge, Inc.
(NASDAQ:COMV) is the 7th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market.
Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 24.7%. This number is based on
the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Global Education and Technology
Group (NASDAQ:GEDU) is the 8th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the
market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 23.8%. This number is
based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Archipelago Learning,
Inc. (NASDAQ:ARCL) is the 9th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the
market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 23.8%. This number is
based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Flow International
Corporation (NASDAQ:FLOW) is the 10th fastest-growing stock in this segment of
the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 23.3%. This number
is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.

Top 10 Fastest-Growing Small Cap Stocks: DANG, AONE, NOAH, RLOC, CTCT, BONA, CSOD, KOG, SCOR, TLEO (Apr 28, 2011)

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Below are the top 10 fastest-growing Small Cap stocks, UPDATED TODAY before 4:30 AM ET, based on the average long-term earnings growth rate estimated by Wall Street analysts. Three Chinese companies (DANG, NOAH, BONA) are on the list. E Commerce China Dangdang Inc (NYSE:DANG) is the 1st fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 70.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:AONE) is the 2nd fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 65.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Noah Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:NOAH) is the 3rd fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 46.9%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. ReachLocal Inc. (NASDAQ:RLOC) is the 4th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 46.7%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Constant Contact, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTCT) is the 5th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 46.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Bona Film Group Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:BONA) is the 6th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 43.4%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSOD) is the 7th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 43.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (AMEX:KOG) is the 8th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 43.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) is the 9th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 42.5%. This number is based on the average estimate of 6 brokerage analysts. Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ:TLEO) is the 10th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 42.2%. This number is based on the average estimate of 5 brokerage analysts.

Top 10 Fastest-Growing Mid-Cap Stocks: UTHR, TXT, YOKU, ACI, SUN, BMRN, ALXN, OPEN, GMCR, BEXP (Apr 28, 2011)

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United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ:UTHR) is the 1st fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 61.6%. This number is based on the average estimate of 7 brokerage analysts. Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) is the 2nd fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 59.9%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Youku.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:YOKU) is the 3rd fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 45.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) is the 4th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 42.8%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE:SUN) is the 5th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 42.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:BMRN) is the 6th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 41.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) is the 7th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 36.7%. This number is based on the average estimate of 9 brokerage analysts. OpenTable Inc (NASDAQ:OPEN) is the 8th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 36.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 6 brokerage analysts. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ:GMCR) is the 9th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 35.4%. This number is based on the average estimate of 6 brokerage analysts. Brigham Exploration Company (NASDAQ:BEXP) is the 10th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 34.7%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.

Dow Jones Industrial Average Close Notes Today; Nasdaq, S&P 500 Market Money Profit Invest News

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Bernanke's comments yesterday allowed investors to reenter the market and help the major index composites rally to end the day. The momentum gained appeared to be short lived this morning as stocks were set for a mixed open. The Dow Jones Industrials were hovering right around breakeven just prior to opening bell according to pre-market tracking. Mid-day analysis revealed that the major index composites were trailing off and threatening to close in the red after three days of gains. The GDP report came out today via the Commerce Department and it revealed an annual growth percentage rate of 1.8 percent for the first quarter. This rate was a bit lower than the rate of growth that analysts had been anticipating. In addition to this report, the Labor Department added data that further clouded the economic outlooks. According to the Labor Department, weekly jobless claims were higher than expected again as last week's number for first time jobless applicants came in at 429,000. This news weighed on investors and brought sentiment down while the report from the National Association of Realtors was more positive than expected. The housing sector has struggled and most were not anticipating much from the pending home sales report for March. The report however was far better than expected. According to the National Association of Realtors, pending home sales in March notched higher by 5.1 percent. The dollar was falling this day and posted lower versus the euro, Japanese yen and the British pound. Gold and Silver were on a rally again. Both contract gold and contract silver were trending higher through mid day trading today. At the Mid-day mark, the Dow Jones Industrials were still green but the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were in the red. The economic recovery seemed to stumble today and by day's end, the major market index composites in the U.S. were closing off in the green. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was higher by .61 percent at 12,767.93. The Nasdaq was higher by .09 percent at 2872.53 and the S&P 500 was higher by .35 percent at 1360.38. Author: Frank Matto

Top 10 Fastest-Growing Mid-Cap Stocks: UTHR, TXT, YOKU, ACI, SUN, BMRN, ALXN, OPEN, GMCR, BEXP (Apr 28, 2011)

Below are the top 10 fastest-growing Mid-Cap stocks, UPDATED TODAY before 4:30
AM ET, based on the average long-term earnings growth rate estimated by Wall
Street analysts. One Chinese company (YOKU) is on the list. United Therapeutics
Corporation (NASDAQ:UTHR) is the 1st fastest-growing stock in this segment of
the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 61.6%. This number
is based on the average estimate of 7 brokerage analysts. Textron Inc.
(NYSE:TXT) is the 2nd fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its
long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 59.9%. This number is based on the
average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Youku.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:YOKU) is the
3rd fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual
EPS growth is expected to be 45.0%. This number is based on the average estimate
of 3 brokerage analysts. Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) is the 4th fastest-growing
stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected
to be 42.8%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage
analysts. Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE:SUN) is the 5th fastest-growing stock in this
segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 42.0%.
This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. BioMarin
Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:BMRN) is the 6th fastest-growing stock in this
segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 41.0%.
This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Alexion
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) is the 7th fastest-growing stock in this
segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 36.7%.
This number is based on the average estimate of 9 brokerage analysts. OpenTable
Inc (NASDAQ:OPEN) is the 8th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the
market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 36.0%. This number is
based on the average estimate of 6 brokerage analysts. Green Mountain Coffee
Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ:GMCR) is the 9th fastest-growing stock in this segment of
the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 35.4%. This number
is based on the average estimate of 6 brokerage analysts. Brigham Exploration
Company (NASDAQ:BEXP) is the 10th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the
market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 34.7%. This number is
based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.

Contract Gold Contract Silver Price Per Ounce Rise; Close News; Spot Gold per Kilo, Gram and Spot Silver Per kilo Ounce Trends

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Gold and silver rallied yesterday and the positive momentum carried contract price per ounce values higher into the green today as well once again. Spot gold and spot silver price were also moving in positive territory just prior to opening bell for today's trading session in the U.S. Positive gains for gold and silver paralleled less desirable news on the economic home-front. The economic recovery stumbled somewhat and after three days of posting gains, the major market indices in the U.S. were dropping off and trending lower. The GPD report came in lower than expected today and first time unemployment applications moved higher than expected. The dollar moved lower versus the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound. Precious metal gold and silver surged higher. At the halfway point in today's trading session, June contract gold and May contract silver were both trending in positive territory. June contract gold was higher by .75 percent or 11.40 at 1528.50 at the halfway point in today's trading session. Gold prices were trading at new highs today which added more fuel to the precious metal commodity fire. The current environment, with the weaker dollar and higher inflation potentials, is keeping safe haven metal diversification at the forefront of investor's minds. As the session came to close today, precious metals gold and silver continued to post floor price values in the green. Contract gold for June delivery was higher by 14.10 at 1531.20. May contract silver was green by 1.56 at 47.52 an ounce. Spot gold price per kilo and gram were trending green as were spot silver prices per kilo and ounce. Gold and silver price rates continue to trade up. Author: Camillo Zucari

Contract Gold Contract Silver Price Per Ounce Rise; Close News; Spot Gold per Kilo, Gram and Spot Silver Per kilo Ounce Trends

Gold and silver rallied yesterday and the positive momentum carried contract
price per ounce values higher into the green today as well once again. Spot gold
and spot silver price were also moving in positive territory just prior to
opening bell for today's trading session in the U.S. Positive gains for gold
and silver paralleled less desirable news on the economic home-front. The
economic recovery stumbled somewhat and after three days of posting gains, the
major market indices in the U.S. were dropping off and trending lower. The GPD
report came in lower than expected today and first time unemployment
applications moved higher than expected. The dollar moved lower versus the euro,
the Japanese yen and the British pound. Precious metal gold and silver surged
higher. At the halfway point in today's trading session, June contract gold
and May contract silver were both trending in positive territory. June contract
gold was higher by .75 percent or 11.40 at 1528.50 at the halfway point in
today's trading session. Gold prices were trading at new highs today which
added more fuel to the precious metal commodity fire. The current environment,
with the weaker dollar and higher inflation potentials, is keeping safe haven
metal diversification at the forefront of investor's minds. As the session
came to close today, precious metals gold and silver continued to post floor
price values in the green. Contract gold for June delivery was higher by 14.10
at 1531.20. May contract silver was green by 1.56 at 47.52 an ounce. Spot gold
price per kilo and gram were trending green as were spot silver prices per kilo
and ounce. Gold and silver price rates continue to trade up. Author: Camillo
Zucari

Top 10 Fastest-Growing Micro Cap Stocks: CKSW, CVVT, SMBL, SUMR, POWR, SPSC, COMV, GEDU, ARCL, FLOW (Apr 28, 2011)

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Below are the top 10 fastest-growing Micro Cap stocks, UPDATED TODAY before 4:30 AM ET, based on the average long-term earnings growth rate estimated by Wall Street analysts. Two Chinese companies (CVVT, GEDU) are on the list. ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CKSW) is the 1st fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 36.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. China Valves Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVVT) is the 2nd fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 35.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Smart Balance, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMBL) is the 3rd fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 27.5%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Summer Infant, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUMR) is the 4th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 26.1%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. PowerSecure International, Inc. (NASDAQ:POWR) is the 5th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 25.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. SPS Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPSC) is the 6th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 25.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Comverge, Inc. (NASDAQ:COMV) is the 7th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 24.7%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Global Education and Technology Group (NASDAQ:GEDU) is the 8th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 23.8%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Archipelago Learning, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARCL) is the 9th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 23.8%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Flow International Corporation (NASDAQ:FLOW) is the 10th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 23.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.

Top 10 Fastest-Growing Small Cap Stocks: DANG, AONE, NOAH, RLOC, CTCT, BONA, CSOD, KOG, SCOR, TLEO (Apr 28, 2011)

Below are the top 10 fastest-growing Small Cap stocks, UPDATED TODAY before
4:30 AM ET, based on the average long-term earnings growth rate estimated by
Wall Street analysts. Three Chinese companies (DANG, NOAH, BONA) are on the
list. E Commerce China Dangdang Inc (NYSE:DANG) is the 1st fastest-growing stock
in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be
70.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.
A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:AONE) is the 2nd fastest-growing stock in this
segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 65.0%.
This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Noah
Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:NOAH) is the 3rd fastest-growing stock in this
segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 46.9%.
This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. ReachLocal
Inc. (NASDAQ:RLOC) is the 4th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the
market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 46.7%. This number is
based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Constant Contact, Inc.
(NASDAQ:CTCT) is the 5th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market.
Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 46.3%. This number is based on
the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Bona Film Group Ltd (ADR)
(NASDAQ:BONA) is the 6th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market.
Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 43.4%. This number is based on
the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.
(NASDAQ:CSOD) is the 7th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market.
Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 43.3%. This number is based on
the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (AMEX:KOG)
is the 8th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term
annual EPS growth is expected to be 43.3%. This number is based on the average
estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) is the 9th
fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS
growth is expected to be 42.5%. This number is based on the average estimate of
6 brokerage analysts. Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ:TLEO) is the 10th
fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS
growth is expected to be 42.2%. This number is based on the average estimate of
5 brokerage analysts.