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All-time Return +106.71% (in 1 year)	Risk (SD) Moderate 0.00%	Sharpe Ratio 5.3
Followers 0	Winning Picks 2 of 3	Total Views 1595

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Last Activity: Added DFR to bullish list on 03/09/08

Current Stock List:

Symbol	Return	Since
DFR	+277.02%	03/09/08
RBS	+75.48%	03/09/08
DB	-32.38%	03/09/08

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DFR

RBS Time to Cut Your Exposure to Investment Banking and Mortgages 03/09/08 — I always try to separate my views of what I think the FOMC will do, versus what the FOMC should do.

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ROCK-STAR INVESTORS

Rank	Name	Sharpe Ratio	Avg Return	Followers
1	noshoes	21.10	+35.25%	368
2	Gerald Greene	18.14	+70.90%	206
3	stockmarketfunding.com	17.66	+25.78%	53
4	akiralegrand	13.47	+14.32%	60
5	anup2104	12.13	+69.23%	34

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POPULAR STOCKS

Symbol	Company Name	Sentiment
BIDU	Baiducom Inc ADS
YHOO	Yahoo! Inc
BA	The Boeing Company
MCD	McDonald's Corp.
AIG	American International Group Inc.
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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PALM		Pixi and beyond. by aitebar82
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