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    Introducing… The "Million-Dollar Tech Portfolio"

    By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

    [Editor's Note: Nearly half of American families have no net worth at all, and are about one paycheck away from disaster. Meanwhile, retirement savers have a median nest-egg of just $14,500. And that's precisely why we're sharing Michael's Strategic Tech Investor column with you this weekend. This powerful, easy-to-use method can pull anyone out of dire straits and into a comfortable, protected lifestyle or retirement. Here's Michael...]

    If you're like most Americans, you're locked in a nightmarish cycle. You work. You spend. You work some more. You earn enough to cover most of your bills - pretty much. You fear those financial emergencies that show up at the worst time.

    But I can show you a way out...

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Introducing… The "Million-Dollar Tech Portfolio"

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

[Editor's Note: Nearly half of American families have no net worth at all, and are about one paycheck away from disaster. Meanwhile, retirement savers have a median nest-egg of just $14,500. And that's precisely why we're sharing Michael's Strategic Tech Investor column with you this weekend. This powerful, easy-to-use method can pull anyone out of dire straits and into a comfortable, protected lifestyle or retirement. Here's Michael...]

If you're like most Americans, you're locked in a nightmarish cycle. You work. You spend. You work some more. You earn enough to cover most of your bills - pretty much. You fear those financial emergencies that show up at the worst time.

But I can show you a way out...

This "Eureka Moment" Tech Investment Is Taking a Page from Apple's Playbook

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

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About two weeks ago, my local alarm company came out to upgrade my backup cellular transmitter. I got a package deal that also included installation of the advanced touch-screen control panel.

As a gadget and security geek, that touch-screen blew me away. It includes a mobile app for remote monitoring, and it seamlessly integrates with the system's digital surveillance video.

I ended up ordering three more motion-sensitive, full-color surveillance cameras. Plus, I ordered a second control panel.

And then I had a "eureka" moment...

Alibaba IPO Price May Come at a Discount to Investors

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -

According to a Bloomberg report, the Alibaba IPO price could be 22% lower than most analyst valuations when the company goes public later this year - but the reason is actually good for investors.

A discount would not signify weakness in the IPO – rather, it would be Alibaba’s attempt to avoid a flop like the one Facebook experienced during its initial public offering, when it ended up losing half its market value in four months as investors worried about slowing growth.

Here's how a more modest valuation will actually help Alibaba investors...

Another Great "Backdoor" Play

By , Executive Editor, Money Morning • @privatebrief -

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There's nothing we like better than discovering a "back" way into the current hot deal.

It's just so gratifying to find that sorta-secret way to bag profits from the IPO or merger that's dominating the headlines and that everyone you work with is so excited to talk about.

We did that for you with the Alibaba Holdings Inc. initial public stock offering (IPO). In our special research report, How to Make a Fast 153% from the Alibaba IPO, we give you three "backdoor" ways to profit from the upcoming stock offering of the China Internet giant.

Today we're coming back with a different "backdoor-profit-play" strategy.

This strategy offers an alternate way to profit from the already-announced $67.1 billion bid that AT&T Inc. has made for DirecTV.

It's also a way to profit from the surprisingly strong tech sector that's emerging right next door... Full Story

Four Reasons Tech Stocks Will Rebound in 2014

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

The year is nearly half over, and the mainstream media continues to obsess over a whipsaw stock market that's been cutting highflyers down to size.

The sullen outlook has lots of retail investors dumping tech stocks and running for the "safety" of the sidelines. That's a mistake no one should be making.

But tech stocks - and especially biotech stocks - are poised to do very well in the last half of 2014.

And there are four big reasons why…

The Three Investing Secrets Wall Street Is Terrified You’ll Discover

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

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An endless stream of impenetrable reports comes from the bankers in New York and our elected leaders in Washington, but most Main Street investors lack the knowledge to “decode” these reports, so they can’t respond in a constructive manner.

But I’ve identified the three specific economic reports that matter – and have deciphered what they mean.

These are the only three investing “secrets” you really need...

Time to Turn High-Tech "Rust" into Gold

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

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As a tech analyst, I spent my early years in Detroit, and I know a lot about the Rust Belt.

In fact, when I moved to the West Coast in the mid-1980s, I drove a Honda that had already started rusting. Every once in a while, some wag would come up and ask if I was from the Midwest.

No doubt, rust like that was obvious. But in my more than three decades of working with Silicon Valley companies, I've found high-tech "rust" may be a lot less obvious and much more insidious.

The good news is that while this "rust" often takes down companies, it happens to be setting up three cash-generating firms that are handing us a big opportunity now... Full Story

Tech Investing: No Matter Who Loses This Silicon Valley Battle… You'll Win

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

The growing rivalry between the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 is becoming one of the biggest battles in tech today.

Gamers and industry analysts alike are parsing all sorts of stats to say one platform or the other is truly ahead.

But we've found a way to make money no matter which ultimately becomes the top seller.

And it’s about as close to a “sure thing” as you’ll find in tech investing…

Future of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Stock Hinges on the Cloud

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

In his first “report card” since taking the reins of Microsoft Corp. in February, CEO Satya Nadella showed why he was exactly the right choice to get MSFT stock moving again.

Microsoft beat expectations in when it reported earnings Thursday mostly on the strength of its cloud computing products – Nadella’s area of expertise, and the single most promising business segment for the Redmond-Wash.-based tech giant.

The small bump Microsoft stock enjoyed as a result is just the start, however. Here’s why MSFT could double from here.

Give Your Grocery Bill a Kick in the Teeth with This Tech Investing Play

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

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If you're like most Americans, you're being eaten alive by zooming food prices.

Thanks to a three-year drought in California - the state that accounts for between 85% and 99% of most of this country's fresh produce - every trip to the supermarket has turned into a financial flogging for U.S. consumers. In fact, vegetable prices have jumped 50% in the past month alone.

But here's a tech investing profit play that helps you put some of that money back into your pocket...

As Alibaba IPO Date Approaches, These Stocks Are Getting a Boost

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -

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According to a Reuters report this week, Alibaba could file for an initial public offering as soon as Monday, April 21, meaning an IPO date for the Chinese e-commerce company is just months away.

As interest in Alibaba grows, companies that are affiliated with the e-commerce giant are seeing short term gains based on Alibaba news.

Here are three stocks that will keep basking in that glow right up until the Alibaba IPO...

Why Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Stock Is Going to $100

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

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It usually pays to heed the advice of Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani when looking for stocks to buy now.

Since Gilani, a retired hedge-fund manager who runs the Capital Wave Forecast and Short Side Fortunes advisory services here at Money Map Press, first recommended Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) stock last summer, MSFT is up about 16%.

But Gilani believes MSFT can get all the way to $100 a share.

In this Q&A with <strong><em>Money Morning</em></strong> Executive Editor William Patalon III, Gilani explains why....

These Stocks Will Prosper Regardless of Obamacare's Fate

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

Now that all the key deadlines for Obamacare have finally taken effect, a lot of tech investors are busy trying to figure out how this will affect their portfolios.

It's easy to see why. This is the largest and most fundamental change to hit the healthcare sector in decades.

Not only that, but Wall Street is currently trying to pick the winners from the losers - and frankly isn't doing a particularly good job of it.

Fact is, Obamacare is at least partly responsible for some of the biotech sector's recent sell-off... Full Story

These CEOs Will Make You Rich

By , Executive Editor, Money Morning • @privatebrief -

We're sharing this edition of Private Briefing with you because it contains some of Bill's best insight into what turns good companies into great ones - and how you can profit from them. Bill's readers profit from analysis like this all the time...

During the 30 years I've spent as a business journalist and financial columnist, I've developed a long list of personal axioms that have helped me identify "Best of Breed" investments.

These axioms touch on such topic areas as finance, marketing, intellectual property, and even competitive threats. But some of the most important of my personal investment aphorisms have to do with leadership and a company's management team.

And leadership starts with the CEO.

As one of my precepts holds, "A good CEO can create a very strong company. But a great CEO can create an empire."

Just like these... Full Story