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As promised last week, this is the start of a series on options strategies I’ve planned in order to show you a world of possibilities that the mainstream “press” quite simply doesn’t want you to pay attention to. At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, I firmly believe that most investors are intentionally kept in the dark about anything that breaks away from the “buy stocks and mutual funds” mantra that makes Wall Street money.

Most mutual fund managers can’t see much further beyond Investing 101, and too many people in general are skeptical of options altogether. The problem is that they have no idea what they’re missing.

The options market was created for professionals, institutional money managers, and those who report to their wealthy, sophisticated constituents instead of the general public. But that doesn’t mean that the average Joe and Jane can’t use it too. They just need to get

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Many private investors have graciously given positive reviews for StocksHaven Investments’ latest conference call with emispherx BioPharma (Public, AMEX:HEB). Due to this, a follow up list providing essentials and guidance for successful conference calls seemed like a great idea. So without further adue, here is Michael Vlaicu’s strategies on championing this task:

1. INTRODUCTION Many people look forward to a conference call with the same enthusiasm as a trip to the dentist.  That’s because most people have had mediocre or downright terrible experiences with most conference calls. It really is a shame, because audio conference calls are the most underused yet highest value tool for helping a distributed team work together.  While we are continuing to see many advances in desktop videoconferencing and Web-based conferencing, the fact is that audio conference calls are the simplest, least

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Hot IPOs Coming Your Way: Why Innovation Will Lead Our Recovery

by Louis Basenese, Advisory Panelist

Senior Analyst, The Oxford Club

Most folks have long since left the IPO market for dead… and it’s no wonder.

Scan the financial markets and very little - if anything - is consistently moving in a positive direction. And the latest economic data - unemployment, home foreclosures, bankruptcy filings, consumer spending - only underscores how far and wide this recession is cutting.

One thing, however, keeps chugging along, undeterred - innovation…

Innovation Will Lead The Economy’s Recovery

“Innovation goes up while the economy goes down,” says W. Chan Kim, Fellow of the World Economic Forum. And history suggests he’s not wrong. In 1969, while the economy slumped 1.9%, the number of patents granted jumped 14%.

During the energy-induced recession of the early 70s, unemployment hit 9%. GDP dropped 4.7%. And yet innovation handed us major breakthroughs

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The world economy is experiencing the severe consequences of decades of monetary abuse, says Russel McDougal. And government stimulus plans, combined with the Fed’s unlimited ability to print fiat money, will just lead us towards an “epic disaster”. 

This from Investor’s Daily Edge:

The funny money trough has been wide open for business since mid-2008. The biggest hogs, like the banks and other crony capitalists, have already hit it really hard. They aren’t finished feeding but, finally, Jane and Joe are scheduled to slop up a few scraps.

President-Elect Obama is putting the final touches on his stimulus plan. Money is heading for Main Street in trickle down mode to the tune of $1 trillion or more. It is designed to jump start what’s left of the US “economy” and get people spending and borrowing again. Will it work?

You’ve heard IDE editors analyze

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Reed’s, Inc. (REED) is a maker of sodas, candies and ice creams with natural ingredients targeted at health conscious consumers. Reeds product line includes various flavors of ginger-brewed beverages such as original, extra, premium, raspberry, spiced apple, and cherry ginger; root beer, cream soda, black cherry cream soda, diet root beer, diet black cherry cream soda, diet cream soda, and Bavarian nutmeg root beer; and original china cola and cherry china cola. The company’s products can be found primarily in specialty food stores and gourmet outlets, in addition to the company’s website.

California-based Reeds is following in the footsteps of other natural soda makers like Jones Soda and Hansen’s in targeting consumers that crave carbonated beverages, but demand choices beyond traditional colas like Coca-Cola and Pepsi. It is estimated that carbonated sodas had a total of almost $66 billion in global sales in 2007, but sales of traditional sodas have been

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