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Editor's Note: Parts of today's Wealth Daily originally appeared in our sister publication, Gold World, over the weekend. We didn't want you to miss out on this buying opportunity, and are again sharing it with you.

In September 2007 Citigroup analysts Alan Heap and Alex Tonks called for the spikes in coal and iron ore prices "because of demand from China and congestion at ports in Australia and South Africa."

And they were spot on.

Long term this is a no-brainer buy.  Short term, the price of copper is going down due to fall in US housing market, and Southern Copper in particular will be having labor issues as their Peruvian miners have voted to strike on OCT 2.  When the strike is resolved, re-assess and probably buy.  Long term this is a winner.

Filed under: Newsletters, Broadcom Corp'A' (BRCM), Stocks to Buy

Options expert and stock trader Bernie Schaeffer combines fundamental, technical and sentiment-based metrics to select his specific trades.

In his latest The Options Advisor, he looks at a trio of diverse trades: wireless semiconductor play, Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM); homebuilder, Ryland Group (NYSE: RYL); and miner, Southern Copper (NYSE: PCU).

Options expert Bernie Schaeffer combines fundamental, technical and sentiment-based metrics to select his specific trades.

In his latest The Options Advisor, he looks at a trio of diverse trades: wireless semiconductor play, Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM); homebuilder, Ryland Group (NYSE: RYL); and miner, Southern Copper (NYSE: PCU).

"Broadcom has rocketed up the charts in 2009, racking up a year-to-date gain of about 74%. 

"The stock has stair-stepped consistently higher since January, capitalizing on support at its 10-week and 20-week moving averages.

When investors decide whether to buy a stock, they typically prefer investor-friendly companies that disclose sufficient data and information to facilitate investment analysis. Applying this rule to Chinese online gaming stocks, I think NetEase (NTES) is the most investor-friendly company in this industry. I have listed three reasons:

"When it comes to numbers, Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) is the kind of company that accountants can only dream about; with a pro?t margin above 70% and huge cash reserves, the stock is selling well below book value," says Jim Trippon.

In his The China Stock Digest he explains, "Giant was founded in November 2004 and as become one of the fastest-growing and most pro?table companies in the Chinese online game industry."

"Despite constantly rising earnings as more and more Chinese log on to the Internet, Giant Interactive is reasonably valued with a P/E multiple of 12.5.