Sell Gold, Buy This And... The Top 4 Tech Stocks for 2013

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Sunday, January 13, 2013

In the current edition of the Investment U Weekly Update, Investment Analyst and Host of The Oxford Club's Market Wake-Up Call, Steve McDonald, runs down the key issues affecting the global economy - and your investments. (Click the image to play.) This week, you'll find... Steel is Making a Comeback in 2013... $50 Oil From Canada... The "Slap In The Face" Award: "Greed is Good" Edition... You can check it out in this video. Sponsored Kept In the Dark: 99% of All USA Residents Practically no one in America knows about this story. It involves two maverick scientists from England... a "miracle " material that sounds like it's from outer space... and a small Midwestern company about to render $357 billion in big-name electronics obsolete. If you get the scoop before the rest, you'll be well positioned to make a killing. Here's what your neighbors likely don't know. Here are the top stories that were featured in our Investment U Daily this week... Alexander Green Chief Investment Strategist Is it a Good Time to Invest in Stocks? More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek sage and philosopher Epictetus counseled, "It is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows." Nowhere is this truer than in the stock market. You need only ask the many thousands of investors who have sat out an historic rally - the market has doubled from its lows years ago - because they just knew stock prices were only going to go lower. That mindset has proved to be an expensive one. Yet these individuals now face another test... Click here to read full story Alexander Green Chief Investment Strategist The Bull Market Almost Everyone is Missing A powerful new bull market in stocks is just beginning to take off. Yet virtually no one you know - including seasoned investors - is taking advantage of it. No, I'm not talking about the U.S. market, which is in the midst of its own three-and-a-half-year upswing. I'm talking about Japan. The Nikkei 225 - Japan's equivalent of our S&P 500 - has surged 12% over the last eight weeks. In my view, this is just the beginning of a powerful move higher. Yet almost no one is on board. And it's not hard to see why... Click here to read full story Marc Lichtenfeld Senior Analyst Ignore the Smartest Guys in the Room, All 8,600 of Them Everyone loves the long ball. Home runs are exciting. Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire's steroid-fueled race in 1998 brought baseball back from the damage caused by the players' strike a few years earlier. Tony Gwynn's hitting singles and doubles en route to a .368 batting average in 1995 didn't excite anyone... While fans respect the hitters who get on base, they buy tickets to see someone smack the ball over the fence. Healthcare investors are often the same way... Click here to read full story Carl Delfeld Senior Analyst Sell Gold, Buy This... No question, gold has had a nice run. It's been up 12 consecutive years. And during this period, gold prices are up around 500%. This is probably why in 2012, 84% of new cash invested in commodities went into gold funds. But these investors would have done far better if they had invested in another commodity that we use every day. One that beat gold by 567% in 2012. While gold was up 6.6% last year... this commodity was up 37.4%. And its future prices were up 49%... Click here to read full story The Top 4 Tech Stocks for 2013 by David Eller Senior Analyst, Investment U There are so many great cutting-edge technology companies and hopes for the next 12 months that it's easy to lose your discipline and let greed take over. Here at Investment U, we prefer to follow tangible earnings growth rather than speculation. So for today's forecast I looked through more established companies, with real assets, and at least one stable earnings stream in addition to a good case for growth. In short, if the growth story doesn't work out as quickly as Wall Street expects, you won't end up holding an empty bag. After diligent research, I see the following four tech companies as standouts for safe outperformance in 2013... Click here to read full story Be sure to check out some of the other investment stories that we've published this week on our website at: www.InvestmentU.com New 401(k) Rules Following the Fiscal Cliff Compromise 2013 Consumer Electronics Show: What Investors Should Watch Uranium: Have We Finally Reached a Tipping Point? Why These Tech Firms Could Get a Boost From Obamacare

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