More Cutback On Jobs:

Sprint/Nextel eliminating 8,000 - Home Depot to cut 7,000 - Caterpillar cuts 20,000 - GM to lay off 2,000 workers - Pfizer to buy Wyeth for $68B; cut 8,000 jobs.

Last year was a lousy year for workers and with less than a month into 2009, there seem to be no relief in sight.

Stock Recommendations

Dr. Stock Pick

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Texas Instruments
(NYSE: TXN)

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Research In Motion Limited
(NasdasGS: RIMM)
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Linear Technology Corp.
(NasdasGS: LLTC)
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Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
(NYSE: CBI)
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Blackstone Grp LP UT
(NYSE: BX)
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Amylin Pharmaceuticala, Inc.
(NasdaqGS: AMLN)

What’s Going On?

Investors’ ambivalence about earnings reports left Wall Street with a mixed performance Friday. Traders pounced on companies showing signs of life and dumped companies whose quarterly results fell short of expectations.

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In a discouraging report for the American economy, General Electric Co. posted a 46 percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings on Friday and warned of a tough environment this year as it struggles with its ailing finance business.

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Consumers think going out of business sales are bargains. George Whalin, president and CEO of Retail Management Consultants said that it was not true.

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Whalin said liquidators sometimes set the discounts based on manufacturers’ prices - which can be 10% to 15% higher - rather than the price at the store when it closed.

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Stock Watch Selections from Ying

ACTC

http://www.chartmoney.com/stockquotes.php/?ticker=actc

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the development and commercialization of human embryonic and adult stem cell technology in the field of regenerative medicine.

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XDSL

http://www.chartmoney.com/stockquotes.php/?ticker=xdsl

mPhase Technologies, Inc. is close to selecting a manufacturer to construct the Always Ready Reserve Battery that will be used in the AlwaysReady Emergency Flashlight.

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UBRG

http://www.chartmoney.com/stockquotes.php/?ticker=ubrg

Universal Bioenergy, Inc., a development stage company, focuses on the production of biodiesel fuel using primarily soybean and other vegetable oil and grease in a refining process to yield biodiesel fuel and a byproduct of glycerin.

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Chrysler Plans Pitch to Dealers in Effort to Sell More Vehicle

Chrysler LLC executives are fanning out across the country to ask dealers to order new cars and trucks as part of an urgent bid to increase revenue following the company’s flirtation with financial collapse.
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A Note To The President

Consumers will never be able to pay off their debts if credit card companies keep raising their credit card rates. As a result, credit scores are showing people debt never going down. How dare the banks request bailouts and still raising their rates on their bad business decisions and gambling, and then require the general public to maintain immaculate credit scores!! Who is kidding whom?

What you could do Mr. Obama is mandate an interest rate cap on all credit cards to a manageable figure (12%?). And not allow credit card companies to retroactively increase APRs. This would be the best news families could receive, other than lowering their mortgage payments.

Achieving Your Financial Goal

Times are tough, and I don’t think I can keep paying these rates,” Mr. Weinkrantz says he told an AT&T representative. A communications-industry consultant who keeps a close eye on the space, Mr. Weinkrantz says he hoped for a reduction of about 10% to his $159 monthly bill.

To his surprise, AT&T reduced his bill to $94 a month, a drop of almost 50%, for a one-year period.

Maybe you should try reducing your telephone and cable bills?

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Stock Recommendations
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Dr Stock Pick

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1. LSI Corporation
….(LSI) 3.86

2. CEMEX
….(CX) 10.55

3. Chicago Bridge & Iron
….(CBI) 11.80

4. Las Vegas Sands Corp.
….(LVS) 8.40

5. Citrix Systems, Inc.
….(CTXS) 23.96

6. Red Hat Inc.
….(RHT) 15.69

7. The Blackstone Grp
….(BX) 8.10

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Knowledge is power!

What’s Going On?

Our nation’s unemployment rate jumped to 7.2 percent in December, the highest level in 16 years and the most since 1945, as employers slashed 524,000 jobs, capping one of the worst years in modern history for American workers. And this year is starting off to a rough start with all of the corporate layoffs continuing, pointing to another year of hefty job reductions.
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Not only are employers slashing jobs; they also are cutting workers’ hours and forcing some into part-time work. The average work week in December fell to 33.3 hours, the lowest level on records dating to 1964. In total, 11.1 million people were unemployed in December. In addition, 8 million people were working part time — and a sign of more job reductions in the months ahead, economists said.
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In October, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. increased the amount it will insure in each depositor’s account to $250,000 from 100,000..
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Oil prices fell below $40 per barrel Friday for the first time this year as the government reported the nation’s worst annual job losses since World War II.

Two Reasons Why To Purchase Stocks?

When it comes to financing a purchase of stocks, there are two reasons: purchasing stock with money that is currently in the buyers ownership, or by buying stock on margin. Buying stock on margin means buying stock with money borrowed against the stocks in the same account. These stocks, or collateral, guarantee that the buyer can repay the loan; otherwise, the stockbroker has the right to sell the stock (collateral) to repay the borrowed money. He can sell if the share price drops below the margin requirement, at least 50% of the value of the stocks in the account. Buying on margin works the same way as borrowing money to buy a car or a house, using the car or house as collateral. Moreover, borrowing is not free; the broker usually charges 8-10% interest. Note that this is an entirely different structure from that of stock lending at the institutional level, or private placement stock loans or hedged portfolio stock loans. Loan proceeds from the latter, for example, cannot be used to purchase marginable securities.

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Happy New Year To All Of Our Friends

Stock Recommendations

Dr. Stock Pick

LSI Corporation
(LSI) 3.86

CEMEX
(CX) 10.55

Chicago Bridge & Iron
(CBI) 11.80

Las Vegas Sands Corp.
(LVS) 8.40

Citrix Systems, Inc.
(CTXS) 23.96

Red Hat Inc.
(RHT) 15.69

The BlackstoneGrp
(BX) 8.10

What’s Going On?

Economist Gary Shilling, author of the popular INSIGHT newsletter says the recession will run for the duration of this year (2009), as well as saying that at the earliest, a recovery isn’t likely to happen until 2010.

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Oil is no longer moving downward. In fact, oil prices are giving up early gains, as signs of recession mixed with tension in the Middle East are gaining grounds.

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A panel of academic economists with the National Bureau of Economic Research, the group officially responsible for declaring recessions, said in November that the recession began in December 2007 — making the current downturn the longest since the 16-month slump from July 1981 to November 1982 and threatening to be the longest since 43-month-long downturn from August 1929 to March 1933.

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In Europe, a contract dispute between Russia and Ukraine shut off Russian gas supplies to six countries and reduced gas deliveries to several others.

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Hyundai offers a new return policy! “LOSE JOB, RETURN CAR”

Stock picks for 2009 (buy now and hold on to them)

Duke Energy, (DUK) $15.41

Southern Co. (SO) $35.85

Microsoft (MSFT) $20.84

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) $59.11

General Electric (GE) $16.78

MGM Mirage (MGM) $16.07

National Lampoon Chief Faces Charges

CEO Daniel Laikin and two others were charged with conspiracy and securities fraud for allegedly manipulating the stock price of Los Angeles-based National Lampoon, the company that owns the rights to the “Vacation” and “Animal House” movies. The CEO of National Lampoon, and six others face charges that they allegedly conspired to artificially inflate the stock prices

Fed sees longer economic decline than earlier forecasts

The U.S. economy is likely to deteriorate further this year and unemployment will rise into 2010, according to the latest forecasts from the staff of the Federal Reserve.

Achieving Your Financial Goal

The past 15 months have been by far the most upsetting time period of many investors’ lives in the financial market.

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Here’s what I learned?

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To follow the advice of author and speaker Raymond J. Lucia, an authority on financial planning, to keep many years worth of spending needs in cash or near cash.

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To take some comfort in knowing that even Warren Buffett’s stock fell by about 45 percent in the 2007-2008 (Misery Loves Company)

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To know that my sons, daughters, daughter-in-laws and grand children has not lost value.  As for my wife, she has gained value by going through the storm with me, instead of against me.  By the way, my friends have not lost value (at least those who are still around since my income has gone south). The sunshine outside of my house in Henderson, Nevada, has not lost value. Note, that I did not state that my home has not lost value. (Smile)

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In reference my remaining years as an investor, I will just do the best I can — and then go eat a nice stake once in a while, as I plan my attack on the investment market this year.

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I recommend that you do the same. Forget about yesterday and lets plan for tomorrow.

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Good Riddance 2008

and Happy New Year!

Stock Recommendations

Dr. Stock Pick

Prior Recommendations:

Buy: 11/17/08 (NYSE:GS) 67.79

Sell: 11/28/08 (NYSE:GS) 78.99

Buy: 12/01/08 (ISRG) 121.28

No Sell Date Given

Buy: 12/23/08 (RHT) 13.20

No Sell Date Given

Buy: 12/23/08 (BX) 5.97

Sell: 12/30/08 (BX) 6.41

Buy: 12/23/08 (AA) 9.56

Sell: 12/30/08 (AA) 10.46

Buy: 12/23/08 (NYX) 24.57

No Sell Date Given

Buy: 12/23/08 (CVAT.OB) 1.25

No Sell Date Given

What’s Going On?

It was another grim week for economic numbers. November Existing Home sales fell 8.6% from October’s low levels while New Home Sales of 407,000 units annualized reached their lowest levels in almost 2 decades. Initial Jobless Claims surged to a 26-year high at 586,000; Durable Goods orders declined 1.0% and Personal Income fell 0.2%.
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Wall Street wavered in early trading Monday, Dec.29th, as crude prices rose on concerns that Israel’s attack on Gaza might disrupt oil production and shipments from the Middle East.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc’s (Other OTC: LEHMQ.PK) emergency bankruptcy filing wiped out as much as $75 billion of potential value for creditors.
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Treasury Department said on Monday that it will provide $5 billion to GMAC Financial Services LLC, the ailing financing arm of General Motors Corp., from the $700 billion bank rescue program.
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The government will receive preferred shares that pay an 8 percent dividend and warrants to purchase additional shares in return for the money, the department said.
Treasury also said it will lend up to $1 billion to General Motors so that the company can purchase additional equity that GMAC is planning to offer as part of its effort to raise more capital.

NexCen Brands, Inc (NasdaqGM:NEXC) a buy at Tuesday’s trade of 0.11

I learned that the company sold nearly all of its Bill Blast licensing business for approximately $10 million in cash Monday.

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