| Friday Nov 18, 2005 Fear and Greed Issue #695 By Andrew Snyder
Twelve times more profitable than owning Apple at the beginning of the iPod craze... If you 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 fool's money. 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, 2005 or your money back -- guaranteed! http://www.agora-inc.com/reports/TRZ/WTRZFA32/ Hot off the wire… For once, the Democrats have done something I agree with. But I think you would be hard-pressed to find anybody that disagrees with their latest plan. House Democrats recently unveiled a US$128 billion plan that works toward getting affordable hi-speed Internet access in every home in America. I say bring it on. Not only will it be a significant boost to the nation’s economy, it will also make Volume Spike Alert subscribers a ton of money. But I’ll get to that in a minute. In a speech to the National Press Club on Tuesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that widespread Internet access would “propel advanced Internet applications, such as distance learning, health IT, video-on-demand, and Voice over IP." The proposed “innovation agenda” includes plans for a series of subsidies and incentives for broadband providers to extend their services into rural communities. Currently, for homes located far from the broadband grid, hi-speed Internet is unobtainable. The plan would be great news for the company that William and I recently detailed in a special report for our Volume Spike Alert subscribers. This company developed technology that will allow the major Internet providers to connect to rural homes very inexpensively. Best of all, it could do it with out adding any expensive new wires, the main reason these rural communities do not already have hi-speed access. In our special report, we detailed how many major Internet providers will be willing to spend incredible amounts of money to get their hands on this technology. This could be the event that gets the bidding war started. This company is looking like a better investment every day. Don’t miss out on it. To read the special report, click here. http://www.agora-inc.com/reports/RTD/WRTDFA12/ Crunching the numbers… With little Econo-Data affecting the market today, let’s take a look at the latest energy prices. For the most part, it’s been a good week. Crude oil prices continue to look better and better. So far today, prices have slipped by US$0.55. A barrel of oil is selling for US$56.60. With cold, wintry weather finally settling across the country, it will be tough for those prices to fall too much further. After all, it’s only been a few months since we saw US$70 oil. But once we get through the winter heating season, we’ll be talking about US$40 oil again. The falling crude prices are having an impact on gasoline prices. At the moment, US$1.45 will buy you a gallon of gasoline on the wholesale market. On the retail side of things prices are a bit higher. This week, the average price for gas around the country was US$2.28. That’s over 25% less than the post-Katrina highs. Hopefully, folks will use those savings to buy a few extra holiday gifts this year. Making money… I’d love to be able to tell you that Value Vision (VVTV:NASDAQ) is leading the Fear and Greed portfolio today. But, unfortunately, it isn’t. I’m not concerned. After I recommended the stock yesterday, VVTV saw a lot trading pressure and made a hefty gain. Today, the action is calming and prices are getting back to where they belong. From here, we should see a steady climb until after the holiday’s. The leader of the portfolio is Gentex (GNTX:NASDAQ). It is currently up by nearly 3%. Most of that gain has come this afternoon when shares add approximately US$0.40 to their trading price. Currently, GNTX is trading for US$18.43, a gain of US$0.59 on the day. Finally, I wrongly quoted America First Apartment Investors (APRO:NASDAQ) at US$2.80. The correct price is US$13.73. I apologize for the mistake. Enjoy your weekend. Andrew Snyder Assistant Editor, BreakAway Investor  | 
