| Thursday Nov 17, 2005 Fear and Greed Issue #694 By Andrew Snyder
Twelve times more profitable than owning Apple at the beginning of the iPod craze... If you had bought Apple at $10.45 last October before the iPod took off and held until today, you'd be sitting on 410% gains! That's chump change. These 3 stocks are poised to hand you 14.34 times Apple's home-run performance. A buy now virtually locks in gains as early as November 22 or your money back - guaranteed. http://www.agora-inc.com/reports/TRZ/WTRZFA32/ Hot off the wire… It’s time to make some holiday profits. With Thanksgiving just a week away, the country is gearing up for another profitable holiday spending season. We wouldn’t be responsible investors if we didn’t take advantage of those profits. There’s lots of money to be made this year and I’ve got a recommendation that will stuff your wallet with profits. I hope you don’t mind me foregoing the normal Fear and Greed format, but today we’re concentrating on making some money. Value Vision Media (VVTV:NASDAQ), the owner one of the nation’s fastest growing alternative retailers, has been making large, predictable gains each holiday season for the last five years. This year is expected to be even better. Take a look at this chart: 
During the 2000 shopping season, shares rose from less than US$12 to just under US$20, a gain of over 60%. During the 2001 season, the gains were approximately 40%. Then they bounced back to close to 60% in 2002. The profits continued in 2003 as share price rose by over 25%. Last year, investors were able to celebrate the New Year with profits close to 40%. With slipping gas costs boosting consumer confidence and many shoppers admitting they are going to spend more than ever, 2005’s holiday shopping season looks like it will be very profitable. The best thing is that many analysts are afraid to admit it. Just a few months ago, it looked like it may be a rough holiday season. But now things are looking quite positive and many “experts” are finding it hard to swallow their words and admit they were wrong. I say let their egos drive their investments. It is keeping the prime holiday stocks undervalued. Once firm reports of success start flooding the market, these stocks will soar and VVTV will make us rational investors big profits. Why am I so excited about VVTV? First, its cyclical nature almost makes our profits guaranteed. It made big gains during the last five holiday seasons. This year is bound to be a repeat. The other reason I like VVTV is because of what it does. No matter where consumers decide to spend their money this year, VVTV is going to get a piece of the action. While you may not be familiar with the name Value Vision Media, I am willing to bet you have heard of one of its most successful business ventures, ShopNBC. It is the nation’s fastest growing shopping network and it is VVTV’s outlet to huge profits. Each year, consumers spend millions of dollars doing their holiday shopping from their living rooms. Thanks to celebrity salespeople and a well-balanced product line, VVTV makes a ton of money selling the products that people want for prices they can’t find by going to the mall. But for the folks who don’t have the time to plop in front of the TV for a day to do their holiday shopping, VVTV has a comprehensive website that offers quick and easy shopping. By shopping on the web, consumers can do all of their holiday shopping in less than an hour. I know because I’ve done it. I hate malls, especially this time of year. But some people do enjoy fighting for a parking spot, shuffling through crowded stores, and waiting in long checkout lines just to spend their hard-earned money. VVTV has a great way to get those folks to part with their money. The company has a handful of successful outlet stores located in some of the country’s best shopping destinations. No matter where folks decide to spend their holiday money, VVTV will get a big chunk of it. And so will you. Buy shares of VVTV under US$12. As I write, they are trading for US$10.94. We will look to sell our holding in early February for at least US$16 per share. That would be a quick gain of over 30%. Enjoy your day. Andrew Snyder  | 
