In September, Changing Times Vitamins announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with World Class Events, giving the company the exclusive rights to promote the popular World’s Strongest Man Super Series in the United States. Changing Times plans to do 4 events in the next year including one in their home state of Arizona and one at Madison Square Garden (MSG) to follow up the successful event held there last year.

Shortly after that agreement, the company announced that baseball superstar Manny Ramirez, a two-time champion, signed on as the leading spokesperson. A former world championship series MVP and a 12-time All-Star selection, Ramirez has led the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. Ramirez will appear in commercials, make personal appearances, and attend other events on behalf of the company’s product.

Changing Times Vitamins has also signed on UFC Fighter

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Jeff is traveling, so we are republishing his recent interview from the Kirk Report, one of our featured sources.  The Kirk Report is an excellent investor resource, with many specific stock ideas for members.  Charles Kirk also reads very widely and provides regular links to articles we might otherwise have missed.  He came up with some excellent questions for the interview, getting Jeff to discuss many topics he has not covered on "A Dash." Here is the Kirk Report interview: It is with great pleasure to have Jeff Miller, from A Dash Of Insight, to participate in this month's Q&A. Many of you know Jeff because I've linked to many (if not the vast majority) of his blog posts. In this Q&A we'll cover a variety of topics ...

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On Monday, the SEC filed suit against Mark Cuban for insider trading. The suit alleges that in 2004 Cuban used non-public information to sell shares in Mamma.com, then a fledgling internet search engine.  The action allowed Cuban to avoid a $750,000 loss on the shares.

The suit states that Cuban dumped his 6.3 percent stake in the company after getting word that the company planned a private offering the next day, which would dilute the value of existing shares.

Of course, Cuban disagrees with the lawsuit, saying “I am disappointed that the Commission chose to bring this case based upon its Enforcement staff’s win-at-any-cost ambitions. The staff’s process was result-oriented, facts be damned. The government’s claims are false and they will be proven to be so.”

The real irony here is that in 2006, Cuban started the website sharesleuth.com that is “aimed at exposing securities fraud and corporate chicanery”. Oops.

Without knowing the real

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Today, Changing Times Vitamins announced that a licensing agreement has been signed with King Features Syndicate, Division of Hearst Corporation, one of the United States’ largest diversified media companies. Through the agreement, Changing Times Vitamins acquired the right to use Popeye(R) and associated characters to promote its line of water drinks.

During the Summer Olympics, Charging Times Vitamins used the Popeye image in a cartoon commercial for its RecoveryX sports/energy drink and experienced great success. The company has further plans to introduce new Popeye Water for children in the near future.

Brian Jensen, spokesperson for CTV, stated, “Popeye is an American icon and is known and loved throughout the world, and we’re thrilled to be using him with our entrance into the children’s sector of the drink market. We also plan to do joint commercials with Popeye and our sports/energy drink RecoveryX, using baseball superstar

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Performance Health Technologies, Inc. is a New Jersey based company that develops and markets performance evaluation and rehabilitation products that monitor and guide exercise and give real-time motivational feedback. With an array of talented members on the Performance team, the young company’s products have been tested, accepted, and endorsed by leaders in the medical, rehabilitation and athletic communities.

While Performance Health has branched out into many markets, the company has begun to make its mark in three distinct fields: Rehabilitation, Fitness and Home Care. Within each of these markets, Performance has taken a lead role in the business world and has positioned itself to become a force in the marketplace.

In the rehabilitation field, Performance has gained national recognition for their breakout product SportsRAC. SportsRac is designed to help rehabilitate professional baseball players from rotator cuff surgery. SportsRac is

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Yesterday's post about taking 4% of principal as retirement income from the portfolio elicited a couple of opposing views which makes for a good debate.It is possible that this decade ends up being breakeven (or worse) for equities. While a ten year hitch with little to show is not unprecedented you figure most people have three to three and half decades to accumulate money. It seems like most people don't save much in their 20s but maybe that is wrong. So they have their 30s, 40s, 50s and a few years in their 60s.Once we get out of this funk domestic equity returns could be a few percentage points below normal for a while and folks may not put enough in foreign or other assets to make up for weak domestic results.How many people are going to be able ...

Market forecasting can seem like a futile exercise. After all, 95% of the time, predicting what will happen next is impossible. But Justice Litle says its the huge opportunities on offer in the other 5% that make investing worthwhile. Here, he explains how traders can draw inspiration from ice-hockey legend Wayne Gretzky…

This from Taipan Daily:

Wayne Gretzky is widely regarded as the greatest ice hockey player of all time.

At first glance this is an odd thing. When you think of hockey players, you normally picture big, burly, broken-nosed guys with hulking frames and lighting-fast reflexes. (Or at least that’s what I picture. But then I’m not Canadian, eh.)

Gretzky, in contrast, was never all that big. At six feet and 185 pounds, he comes up an inch shorter than your humble editor (who also happens to weigh 185).

That’s not a lot of

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For many years, the major four sports, A.K.A. the “Big Four,” in the United States have been football, baseball, basketball and hockey. While other sports have generated large incomes and interest such as boxing and wrestling, the “Big Four” seemed untouchable. The Fight Zone and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) may change the way the world looks at sports and MMA may sneak into the “Big Four” in the very near future.

MMA is a full contact sport that includes a mix of boxing, wrestling and martial arts. While violent and controversial, the sport has an incredible amount of live and television appeal. While many stadiums and casino-type forms have drawn large crowds for MMA events, television has become the main-stay for this young sport.

The leader in the MMA arena is Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). UFC will likely

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For many years, the major four sports, A.K.A. the “Big Four,” in the United States have been football, baseball, basketball and hockey. While other sports have generated large incomes and interest such as boxing and wrestling, the “Big Four” seemed untouchable. The Fight Zone and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) may change the way the world looks at sports and MMA may sneak into the “Big Four” in the very near future.

MMA is a full contact sport that includes a mix of boxing, wrestling and martial arts. While violent and controversial, the sport has an incredible amount of live and television appeal. While many stadiums and casino-type forms have drawn large crowds for MMA events, television has become the main-stay for this young sport.

The leader in the MMA arena is Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). UFC will likely

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