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All-time Return +24.35% (in 1 year)	Risk (SD) Moderate 0.00%	Sharpe Ratio -7.96
Followers 0	Winning Picks 1 of 1	Total Views 852

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	All-Time	1 Week	MTD	YTD
Avg Return	+24.35%	+0.90%	+9.65%	+12.11%
Sharpe Ratio	-7.96	0.69	4.62	5.24
Risk (SD)	MID 0.00%	HIGH 1.30%	HIGH 2.09%	HIGH 2.12%

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NEG Ratings:
       0 active, 0 closed
NEUTRAL Ratings:
       0 active, 0 closed

Avg Holding Time: 592.00days

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ROCK-STAR INVESTORS

Rank	Name	Sharpe Ratio	Avg Return	Followers
1	noshoes	21.10	+34.44%	381
2	Gerald Greene	18.14	+71.24%	211
3	stockmarketfunding.com	17.66	+25.60%	55
4	akiralegrand	13.47	+14.32%	62
5	anup2104	12.13	+74.22%	40

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POPULAR STOCKS

Symbol	Company Name	Sentiment
AMD	Advanced Micro Devices Inc
LEH	Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc
C	Citigroup Inc
BIDU	Baiducom Inc ADS
GLD	streetTRACKS Gold
WM	Washington Mutual Inc

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TODAY'S HEADLINES

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by Zack Miller (BloggingStocks) about MER

Until Housing Improves, Don't Expect Stocks to Rebound
by J.D. Steinhilber (Agile Investing) about SPY

Google Blows Q2: Multiple Compression to Continue
by Henry Blodget about GOOG

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TODAY'S TOP PICKS

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ISIS		ISIS - Last Tuesday's Drop Presents a Nice Buy Opportunity by Ivan Mutaftchiev

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