Baltimore-(TFN):Time to panic? If you are part of the Obama administration the answer is yes. If you are an American investor, hold off on the freaking out for at least another month or so.

With the nation’s unemployment rate officially in double-digit territory and the under-employed rate ready to the 20% mark, the politicians that promised bliss in the days ahead are eating their words today.

And that means Wall Street is eating its recent gains.

For nearly a month, the Dow has hovered around the 10,000 mark. After hundreds of billions of dollars were withdrawn earlier this year, it was relatively easy to put that money back to work and send the equities market higher.

But now that the economic data is showing facts of slower-than-expected expansion rather than “ideas” of growth, investors are forced to explain their logic. The Dow doesn’t want to budge from 10k.

So far, I’ve heard very

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Doctor Up Your Portfolio With This Medical Communications Company

by Louise Harris, Investment U Research

The healthcare reform debate continues to swirl in Washington. And Marc Lichtenfeld and Louis Basenese have discussed this crucial topic recently, offering their thoughts on the companies best positioned to profit.

That’s because regardless of the back-and-forth and political slanging match, the healthcare sector still offers strong potential for solid returns, due to skyrocketing demand.

In particular, one small-cap poised for gains is the Utah-based firm ZYTO Corp. (OTC: ZYTC). It focuses on medical communication software and services, including an operating system that transfers information from computers to humans.

But ZYTO goes beyond simple data input. It uses patent-pending methods that monitor biological states in near-real time, creating a stimulus-response experience called a bio-survey.

(Translation: It reads life signs and converts them into easily readable

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This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy.

• Mohamed El-Erian and Ramin Toloui (Financial Times): How to fill the gaps left by dollar decline, November 5, 2009. We should expect to see more discussion in the next few years on new types of reserve assets.

• James West (GoldSeek): Gold price is no bubble, November 4, 2009. The price performance of gold recently has all sorts of armchair economists waxing philosophical on the idea that this is the advent of a price “bubble”. While certainly everyone has and is entitled to their opinion, there are other features of humanity that we all possess, and much like many opinions, are best obscured from view. Declaring that gold is in a “bubble” demonstrates complete ignorance of or disregard for

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PowerSafe Technology Corporation (PSFT.PK) subsidiary Amplification Technologies Inc. (www.amplificationtechnologies.com) (ATI), is offering higher performance thermoelectrically cooled discrete amplification single photon counting solid state photodetectors. These photodetectors are mounted on a two stage thermoelectric cooler inside a hermetically sealed TO8 package and can be operated down to a temperature of -30oC.

Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq:DAKT), the world’s leading digital billboard manufacturer, today revealed its 6th generation digital billboard product: the Valo(R) 3000 Series. Highlighted by its substantial

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BRE Properties Inc. (BRE), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that operates apartment communities, has reported a decline in third quarter 2009 FFO (fund from operations) to $32.5 million or 59 cents per share compared to $36.3 million or 69 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. Total revenues from continuing operations during the quarter were $86.5 million versus $87.9 million in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) were $55.7 million for the quarter, compared to $61.8 million in the prior year quarter. Overall same-store net operating income decreased 7.9% during the quarter, primarily due to a 6.9% year-over-year decline in average same-store market rent from $1,540 per unit to $1,434. Average ...

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Consorteum Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) announced that it has proceeded to launch its consumer stored value rebate card. The consumer rebate card program will offer manufacturers and retailers a new way to process mail-in rebates that ensures increased customer loyalty and decreased overhead costs. Consorteum will work directly with manufactures and retailers to reduce the administration costs associated with mail-in rebate programs while providing a new way to increase consumer awareness. Additional revenue and cost-saving opportunities will be available to all parties through unspent funds remaining on the

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Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) reported strong third quarter 2009 results with FFO (funds from operations) of $234.2 million or $1.25 per share, compared to $159.8 million or 97 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Funds from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. After adjusting items for comparability, FFO during the quarter was $1.18 per share, compared to $1.17 in the prior year quarter. Vornado is the largest publicly traded office REIT in the New York region. The core properties of the company are still performing at a high level and it is maintaining strong occupancies in its NYC office and retail portfolios. The company is also increasing rents in most property formats. We believe this puts the company well ahead of many competitors who have ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 3, 2009 - Good news for American motorists: Despite doomsday prediction from energy-industry-funded interest groups, U.S. consumers actually will see a net reduction of $13 billion in 2020 and $46 billion in 2030 in their gasoline expenditures ($100 and $326 in average net savings per household, respectively) if Congress moves ahead to impose a cap-and-trade system, according to a new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).