A Stock I Wrote About is up 67% in Less than a Month…
My loss is your gain. Less than a month ago, I told readers about the potentially strong upturn in place for carbon fiber maker Zoltek (Nasdaq: ZOLT).
Thanks to a just-released quarterly report, shares are now up a heady 67% from where I recommended them. And that's in just one month! I didn't add the stock to my $100,000 Real-Money Portfolio, awaiting a better entry point that never arrived. Hopefully, you were able to get in the action and have been able to secure a tidy gain.
Here's the odd part. This stock still has a lot more upside.

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Solazyme's Algae Work in the Dark
The oil production potential in algae is beguiling….at least I thought so until data on actual yields disclosed laid bare a discomforting fact. Algae tend to become slackers and stop working at peak efficiency when crowded in the large-scale production containers used by biofuel producers.

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Gold Juniors Poised to Rebound: Joe Mazumdar
The Gold Report: What is the consensus among Haywood analysts on what 2012 will bring for mine commodities, particularly precious metals?
Joe Mazumdar: Last year, risk aversion was a common market theme. In 2012, some of the same global economic concerns, such as the ongoing Eurozone crisis and the future of the euro, will continue to draw attention. But we also believe there is potential for positive economic indicators, primarily from the U.S., where there have been upticks in manufacturing and GDP growth. Also, unemployment in the U.S. is down to 8.5%, generating some consumer confidence.

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An Important Update on my $100,000 Portfolio
The stock market continues to grind higher. And you can give the U.S. economy at tip of the cap for the recent gains. Recent data points imply that the incipient economic strength we saw last fall has continued into 2012. If this trends remains in place, then the economically-sensitive stocks in my $100,000 real-money portfolio will surely benefit.
Ford (NYSE: F) is a great example. Though I recently took stock of a subpar fourth quarter, I also think many investors underestimate the rising demand for cars and trucks.

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Split between “Real” and “Asset” Economies Never More Clear Than Now
Many average investors like to think that the performance of the STOCK market is closely tied to the underlying ECONOMY. And in most normal times, that’s true. But the current market environment is anything but normal.
I say that because we’re in the midst of yet another round of money-printing-driven action. The fingerprints are everywhere …
Super-low volume rallies in stocks. Levitation in gold.

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It’s Not Enough To Like A Company, It’s All About Valuation (AMZN, LNKD)
I’m sure you’ve heard such things before:
“Look for companies that you know and do business, look at how well they are doing and then make stock purchases on that basis”

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Still No Word On Greece Talks, Non-Farm Payrolls Loom
Source: Advanced Currency Markets | G10 Advancers and Decliners vs USD GBP 0.08 JPY -0.05 EUR -0.11 CHF -0.12 Yet another day goes by without a resolution to the Greek bond swap talks; meaning we are still sat with a major hurdle preventing risk appetite from accumulating or EURUSD from making further upside progress. Yesterday, the EU’s Rehn said he expects an agreement between Greece and its private sector creditors by end of this week; a comment which is only likely to increase the potential for…
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US Non-Farm Payrolls Set to Generate Heavy Volatility
Source: ForexYard US Non-Farm Payrolls Set to Generate Heavy Volatility
Today's US Non-Farm Payrolls figure, widely considered the most significant economic indicator on the forex calendar, is set to generate heavy trading today. At the moment, analysts are predicting that the US added somewhere around 150K jobs in January. Should the final result come in below expectations the USD may come under renewed pressure to close out the week.

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The Best Stocks to Hold Forever
A few months ago, I sent a report to readers of my Top 10 Stocks advisory covering my "10 Best Stocks to Hold Forever."
It's quickly become one of the most popular pieces of research in StreetAuthority's history.
Simply put, these are the 10 stocks that we think you can buy today and basically hold for the rest of your life.
When you own them, you don't have to worry about events such as inflation or deflation, bear markets or recessions… flash-crashes or rising interest rates.

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Liquids-Rich Companies Will Weather the Dry Spell: Luc Mageau
The Energy Report: With Brent Crude trading at about US$110 per barrel (bbl) and natural gas futures trading at 10-year lows, are you leaning more heavily toward oily names than you did in 2011?
Luc Mageau: Absolutely. In fact, although gas prices have been reduced to around the $2.50 level, it still seems like the picture could get worse before it gets better. Current natural gas storage is at ~3.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf); that’s a full 0.4 Tcf fuller than an average winter. The reason we have such a glut of gas is the winter has not been co-operating.

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