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Stocks Covered Today:
Apple (AAPL), Visa (V), and Starbucks (SBUX)
Target Returns: Up to 13.9% Return assigned (43.6% Annualized)*
Downside Protection: Up to 13.1%

Stocks to Watch This Week: Lowes (LOW), Transocean Ltd (RIG), Express Scripts (ESRX), Newmont Mining Corp (NEM) and American Tower Corp (AMT)
Target Returns: Up to 19% and 267.4% Annualized*
Protection: Up to 11.9%

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Who is Covered: Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQQ), Caterpillar (CAT)
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Downside Protection: Up to 39.8%
Dividend rate: Up to 8%or more.

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Stocks Covered: Chevron (CVX), IBM (IBM), Pfizer (PFE)
Target Returns: Up to 19.0% and 128% Annualized
Downside Protection: Up to 7.9%
Dividend rate: Up to 3.9%

1) Do We Have More To Worry About Than Just Costco (COST) This Week? + Lee’s take on NYT, DIS, KR, WFMI, SWY,TWX, SPLS, EBAY, AMZN, AMTD, SCHW, ETFC, COST, and HSY.

Lee Allen Contributor

With what’s been going on in the world news lately, Costco (COST) is close to the bottom of my worry list right now. Sure, Costco is reporting earnings soon and those results could affect the very foundation of the stock market at this shaky economic recovery, but there are at least four other things that I’m really worried about. When news like this all surfaces around the same time, it has to be more than pure coincidence. Other factors must be at work here. Factors that could possibly shake all our core beliefs, assumptions and expectations when it comes to how the world actually works.

No… These stories were not hidden in the back of the New York Times (NYT) or omitted from the ABC – owned be Disney (DIS) – nightly news. They were put right out there with the normal news. Yet to a vigilant person like me, the pattern was like ancient stone carvings, or crop circles, or like the secret to why there has not been an ice cream revolt yet, as grocery stores like Kroger (KR), Whole Foods (WFMI), and Safeway (SWY) keep making the containers smaller.  Remember when we could actually buy a half gallon of ice cream? But these four stories are even wilder and they can mean only one thing…

It’s a magazine… It’s a store… What doesn’t Costco (COST) do?

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5) Feature Articles

This Week: What Investors Need To Know About Stocks Reporting Earnings This Week: Strategies, Insights, And Trade Ideas For ETFs and Stocks Like HD, TGT, GRMN, SWY, and POM… 

• What former stock market darlings are reporting earnings this week?
• What “under the radar” stock went public recently, is reporting earnings this week, and may be ready for a play with up to a 139% annualized return and 15% downside protection?
  
• What high yield utility stock reports earnings this and could be ripe for a trade with a potential annualized return of almost 3% plus a 6.5% dividend yield and over 10% downside protection?

Get this week’s feature articles by our portfolio analysts. Expect the options and hedge strategies, tactics, insights, and specific trade ideas that could give you an inside edge. This weeks articles are titled:

• With Several Retailers Set To Report Earnings, Could There Be A New Retail Revolution On The Way?
• How Can Investors Add Some Power To Their Portfolios?
• Where Is The Value In This Market?
• Investing In Overlooked Stocks
• How Can Investors Profit From Retail In A Weak Consumer Environment?

Stocks Covered: American Tower (AMT), Hyatt (H), Pepco (POM)
Target Returns: Up to 13.6% or 191% Annualized*
Downside Protection: Up to 16.9%
Investor Level: Beginner to Advanced
Risk Level: Low to Moderate Relative Risk

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Stock Covered: Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFMI)
Target Return: 11.1% and 47.1% Annualized*
Downside Protection: Up to 15.0%
Investor Level: Beginner to Advanced

7) Portfolio Update: MarketSmart 10% Hedged Portfolio

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Stocks Covered: Apple (AAPL), Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX), Potash Co. of Saskatchewan (POT), Mankind (MNKD)
Targeted Combined Return: $2,300, 15.1%
Average downside protection: 14.5%
Investor Level: Beginner to Advanced
Risk Level: Moderate Relative Risk

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Summary: Food is an issue that is always at the front of Americans’ minds. Trips to the grocery store are a weekly ritual and some holidays seem to be based solely on great cuisine. The food industry saw many challenges during the Great Recession of 2008-2009, but leading companies found ways to cut costs and improve profitability despite dramatic changes in consumer behavior. This report summarizes the changes undergone in the industry as well as provides unique investment ideas designed to profit on the future of the food industry.

Stocks Covered:Kroger (KR), Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI), Safeway (SWY), Brinker International (EAT), Yum! Brands (YUM), Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI), McDonald’s (MCD), Kraft Foods (KFT), and more…
Target Returns: Up to 31.6% or 114.1% Annualized*
Downside Protection: Up to 12.5%
Investor Level: Beginner to Advanced
Risk Level: Moderate Relative Risk

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