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ISSUE 16
2 May 2007
DOUG GERLACH: ENTER THE BLOGOSPHERE
STOCKCENTRAL JOINS "NEW MEDIA" BANDWAGON
As a seasoned professional journalist, this reporter is often asked about the new-fangled interweb sensations called "blogs." These "blogs" are written by "bloggers." This "blogging" phenomenon has apparently swept the nation, empowering millions of johnny-come-latelys to moonlight as legitimate journalists, voicing their opinions without deadlines, revisions, maniacal editorial browbeating, or meager paychecks -- they miss out on the best parts of journalism!
Still, it seems as though this "Web 2.0" nonsense has its place in today's increasingly digital world, especially if it allows commoners like us to gaze into the ethereal mind of a true genius.
Yes, friends, StockCentral's own Doug Gerlach is now a financial "blogger." You can read his daily musings under the Learn tab. Recent postings include analyses of Wal-Mart and Bed, Bath & Beyond.
(Remember, the entire Learn tab can be accessed by non-Members as well. Tell your friends -- they might just learn something.)
ICLUB LAUNCHES TOOLKIT REBATE PROGRAM
THIS REPORTER NEEDS $20, AND SO DO YOU
Even in today's modern times, our best and brightest have not figured out how to coax money from trees. This reporter is suspicious of our scientific leadership -- if we can send a monkey to the moon with a couple yards of tinfoil and a slide rule, then how hard could it possibly be to engineer a money bush? Clearly, someone (The EPA? Steve Jobs? NASA?) needs to re-apply themselves to this critical economic problem.
In the meantime, the ICLUB brain trust has devised a scheme to hold us over until "ATMaples" start shipping. Between now and June 30, ICLUB will rebate your investment club $20 for each copy of Investor's Toolkit 5 when your club purchases 5 or more copies.
It sounds like the perfect opportunity to get your entire club involved in stock analysis, but this reporter is skeptical. Sources from deep inside ICLUB's world headquarters claim that the office ficus has inexplicably started to bloom $20 bills. If these rumors are true, this reporter demands that instead of merely offering a ridiculously outstanding deal on their #1 analysis product, ICLUB should share their fiduciary ficus technology with the world.
DELL DOES LINUX?
WINDOW MAY BE CLOSING FOR MICROSOFT
After you recover from that heinous pun, visit the MSFT forum for a lively discussion of Dell's recent announcement that it will offer computers loaded with the Linux operating system, rather that maintain its current Windows exclusivity.
This news is part of a growing sentiment that Microsoft's stranglehold on the PC OS market may be in jeopardy. With increasing competition from Linux, Apple, and potentially Google, coupled with the fair-to-middling early reviews of Vista, evaluating your current or potential investment in MSFT has never been more critical.
Voice your opinion and share your stock studies in the MSFT forum.
POINT-BLANK INVESTING METHODOLOGY
"The stockbroker services his clients in the same way that Bonnie and Clyde serviced banks."
- WILLIAM BERNSTEIN
Money Bush, LLC.;
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