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Sunday, January 27, 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... These "Global Gorillas" Offer Safe Emerging Market Gains... Platinum's Rise Above Gold a Good Sign for the Economy? The "Slap In The Face" Award: Barron's Business Roundtable... You can check it out in this video. Sponsored Over 33 Million Miles Away, It's Now Searching for Life on Mars Did you know it can take up to 21 minutes just to send a control signal to the Red Planet from Earth? Yet the Mars Curiosity Rover continues to perform flawlessly. It's now headed to Mount Sharp, considered the best spot for hunting down the building blocks of life. Yet here's what most people don't know: Curiosity's journey wouldn't be possible without a tech breakthrough from one small Midwest firm... a company already working on its next shocking innovation... one so huge, it could soon revolutionize every computer, television, and smartphone here on Earth... and make early shareholders very wealthy. See the details here. Here are the top stories that were featured in our Investment U Daily this week... Alexander Green Chief Investment Strategist The Most Amazing Business and Investment Story of Our Time If your son dropped out of college before getting a degree and without taking a single business class, joined a far-left commune dedicated to progressive ideals, and made no secret of his heartfelt belief that business is all about greed, selfishness and exploitation, what would you say the odds are that he would found and run a Fortune 500 company with $12 billion in annual sales and gross yearly profit of more than $4 billion? Don't ask Bill Mackey. Because his son John did just that when in 1978 he founded with a single shop the company that would eventually become Whole Foods (Nasdaq: WFM)... Click here to read full story Alexander Green Chief Investment Strategist The Biggest Risk - And Greatest Reward - Facing Your Portfolio Today Virtually every American knows Uncle Sam is carrying a gargantuan debt and that we face sharply higher deficits in the future. What you may not know is how bad the situation really is, how much worse it will soon become, how widespread the problem around the world, and how little will be done about it anytime soon. In the next few minutes, you may find my depiction of the problem more than a little depressing. But stick with me. I am not a gloom-and-doomer. Indeed, I intend to reveal something in my next few columns that trumps our ailing public sector problems and represents a titanic investment opportunity. So hear me out... Click here to read full story Marc Lichtenfeld Associate Investment Strategist Lessons Learned Travelling with Senator Rand Paul It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while, you open up your email inbox and find a message that makes your day. In my case, it was a note from Dr. Mark Skousen, who just returned from a fact-finding tour of Israel with Senator Rand Paul. I have enormous respect for Dr. Skousen and was glad to hear that he agreed with my column that Israel is a market investors should not ignore - especially considering it's outperformed the S&P 500 by 1,305% since 1999. So, I asked him to sit down for an interview to discuss his experiences in Jerusalem... Click here to read full story Carl Delfeld Senior Analyst What I Learned From Sir John Templeton... When recently asked about Vietnam by a reporter from the nation's leading investment daily, I knew its stock market must have some mojo. Why? Nobody ever asks me about a country's stock market unless it's on a hot streak. Sure enough, during the month of December 2012, Vietnam's market was up 9.6%. And over the last month, the Market Vectors Vietnam ETF (NYSE: VNM) is up over 20%. Vietnam is a volatile market where you can make - and lose - a lot of money in a short time. In a moment, I'm going to offer you a simple approach that I learned from the legendary global investor, Sir John Templeton. It'll maximize your upside potential and limit downside risk... Click here to read full story There's Still Money to Be Made in This "Dead" Business by David Eller Senior Analyst, Investment U So, is the era of the PC finally over? Last week, Gartner published PC-unit growth estimates for the fourth quarter, showing a decline of 5%. This concern was supported by Intel's (Nasdaq: INTC) December quarterly results, showing a 6% decline in its PC business. Clearly, there's a shift occurring as people choose tablets over laptops. But I believe the PC isn't dead - it's just sleeping. And more importantly, there's still a place to profit... 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 Macau Still Driving Growth for These Casinos Jim Cramer, You're Right... Dow Chemical Will Shine in 2013 Health Care REIT, Inc.: Taking Advantage of a Monumental Trend The Cheaper iPhone is Good for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Here's Why

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