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From: "Martin Weiss & Larry Edelson" <martinweiss_larryedelson2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 03/18/2003 07:34pm
"WAR RELIEF RALLY" COMES EARLY,
LURING MILLIONS OF INVESTORS
INTO GIANT TRAP! DOW NOW SETTING
UP FOR CRUSHING 2,800-POINT CRASH!
If you've been expecting a
"war relief rally," look at this
chart -- odds are you've already
seen it ...
http://64.176.139.163/3716/chart.html
Also inside this issue:
-- 5 ticking time bombs that
now virtually GUARANTEE the most
painful stock crash of your lifetime
is DEAD AHEAD. Dow to plunge to
5000 and lower!
-- How you can pile up profits
like 400% ... 217% ... 374% and more
from limited-risk investments that
soar at times like these. Plus ...
-- A strategy that can generate
up to 950% profits, turning a $2,500
investment into as much as $26,260!
Dear John,
As you can clearly see in the above chart, the
Dow's recent rally brought it smack up against major
resistance.
This is just ONE reason we believe the recent
rally is nothing more than the early arrival of the
widely expected "war relief rally," luring millions
of blinded investors into a giant trap.
Indeed, every technical aspect of the recent rally
is just like those of all previous failed rallies:
* Trading volume during the rally never exceeded
1.8 million shares. Very anemic.
* The number of stocks advancing versus those
declining was also very weak. In a real bull
market move, you would expect to see 4 or 5
stocks climbing for every 1 falling. In
the recent rally, there are only an average of
2.54 stocks up for every 1 down. Terrible.
* Every technical indicator we rely on confirms
the recent rally is nothing more than another
short-term bear market bounce.
Now, investors who recently jumped into stocks
are going to get raked over the coals. The smart
money is going to use this rally to start dumping
stocks all over again. Meanwhile ...
--------------------------
Under the fog of war,
5 ticking time bombs are
undermining the US economy
--------------------------
As investors, you and I have been through a lot
in recent years: We've witnessed the Accounting
Frauds of 2002 ... the Tech Wreck of 2000 ... the
Debt Disaster of 1998 ... and the Asian Crisis of
1997.
Each one of these crises gutted investment
values -- and each one vaporized the prosperity,
the financial security, and the retirement dreams
of millions.
Now, while the fog of war with Iraq is confusing
everyone, 5 ticking time bombs are rapidly converging
upon the US economy.
In the next few months, they will simultaneously
slam into Wall Street and Main Street, triggering the
most painful economic decline since the 1930s.
We're talking about a financial apocalypse that
will ...
-- Slaughter the profits of hundreds of the
world's oldest and wealthiest banks ...
-- Smash hundreds more large companies and
thousands of smaller companies, sending them marching
into bankruptcy courts ...
-- Level the economies of Japan, Korea, Southeast
Asia, Latin America, Europe and ...
-- Drive the Dow down to 5000 and lower ... the
S&P 500 to below the 500 level ... and absolutely
cream the Nasdaq to below 800.
-------------------------
Time Bomb #1
The Debt Disaster of 2003
-------------------------
When stocks crashed in 1929, major US corporations
were cash rich and mostly debt-free. But this time
around, dozens of corporations have less than a dime
in cash per dollar of current debts. US companies
now owe a record $7.1 TRILLION to banks, venture
capitalists, bondholders, money funds, and other
institutions!
Meanwhile, 13 big-name public companies are now
on a collision course with bankruptcy ...
-- American Airlines has $12.4 billion in debt
with only $2.8 billion in cash.
-- Sprint PCS has $4 BILLION in debt coming
due within a year and less than one-tenth that -- or
just $400 million -- in cash to cover it.
-- Rite Aide, which is drowning under
$3.8 billion of debt, but has only $237 million in
cash on hand.
-- Lucent with $3.4 billion in debt, annual
interest expenses of more than $378 million -- and it
doesn't even generate any cash.
Then, there's Gateway, CKE Restaurants, Earthlink,
Nortel Networks, Primedia, and Silicon Graphics.
Each one of these companies is drowning under
massive debts ... experiencing catastrophic earnings
losses ... suffering from dwindling or nonexistent
cash flow ... or a combination of these problems.
Each one of them is a candidate for bankruptcy, in
our view.
Plus, we estimate there are another 220 companies
that are in such dire financial shape that they will
have a hard time surviving another year.
--------------------------
Time Bomb #2
The Banking Crisis of 2003
--------------------------
US banks are already being bludgeoned by billions
of dollars worth of loan defaults.
In 2002, banks and thrifts charged off 20.8% more
bad loans than they did in the previous year.
In the fourth quarter, two more banks failed,
for a total of 11, making 2002 the worst year since
1994. With 136 more institutions on the FDIC
"problem list," it's going to get worse before it
gets better.
Bank shares have been plummeting worldwide, as
insiders see the handwriting on the wall. In
Germany, leading bankers are already calling for
contingency bailout plans by the government
to prepare for a possible banking catastrophe.
----------------------------
Time Bomb #3
The Real Estate Bust of 2003
----------------------------
Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan recently gave stark
warnings on real estate in testimony before the
Senate.
Days later, St. Louis Federal Reserve President
William Poole roiled the stock market when he said,
"massive liabilities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
threaten the economy."
They finally see what we've been warning you
about all along: Commercial real estate prices
falling ... office vacancy rates at their highest
levels since 1993 ... rental rates plunging.
Already, home foreclosures are at record highs.
In just one recent three-month period, more than
640,000 homeowners lost their homes by foreclosure.
Those homes are now coming on the market.
Falling real estate values will smash consumer
spending ... destroy what's left of corporate
earnings ... send tens of billions of dollars more
in loans up in smoke ... pound banks and credit card
companies yet again ... and hammer the stock
market into the gutter.
-------------------------
Time Bomb #4
The Derivatives Time Bomb
-------------------------
Back in October 1998, when currencies from Japan
to Russia and Europe were crashing, highly leveraged
derivatives cost Union Bank $240 million. Chase
Manhattan lost $160 million. Deutsche Bank lost
$770 million. And Credit Lyonnais lost a whopping
$2 billion.
You'd think governments would have stepped in
since then and forced banks to limit their exposure
to these highly leveraged derivatives. Well, think
again!
In 1998, US banks held about $27 trillion in
derivatives contracts. Today, the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency tells us that US banks
are exposed to more than $56.1 TRILLION in
derivatives!
That's more than FIVE times America's entire gross
domestic product ... more than TWENTY times the
banking industry's TOTAL PROFITS ... nearly $198,233
for every man, woman, and child in the country!
Worse, the risk levels to the banks that trade
in these derivatives is out of control. For every
$1.00 of capital (after the Fed's adjustments for
other risk factors) ...
* Citigroup has $2.01 in credit risk related to
derivatives.
* The top 7 banks have $1.98 in credit risk
related to derivatives.
* JP Morgan Chase has an incredible $6.54 in
credit risk. SIX times greater that its equity.
That means if just 16.7% -- a mere one in
six -- of its bets on derivatives go bad, JP
Morgan Chase & Co. is broke. Bankrupt. Kaput!
And if you think heavy derivatives risk is limited
just to these huge money center banks, please think
again: More than 400 commercial banks and insurance
companies in the US trade in financial derivatives!
Any major global economic hiccup could trigger
TRILLIONS of dollars in derivatives losses.
----------------------------
Time Bomb #5
The Japan and Asian Meltdown
----------------------------
Japanese banks are drowning in debt, and they're
desperate to raise cash to avoid bankruptcy. How
will they do it? Simple: By dumping the $447
billion worth of US stocks and bonds they hold.
They've already begun selling off these assets.
Soon, that trickle will become a raging torrent.
Japanese stocks are now at 20-year lows -- at
1983 levels -- and still falling. Japanese stock
portfolios are worth less than one-third of what they
were worth in 1990.
Back in October 1998, a major Japanese bank
died, killed off by dumb investments and excessive
debt. The shockwave from that single failure crushed
Hong Kong ... Seoul ... Singapore ... and the entire
Pacific Rim.
This time, it's not just one bank, or even two
or three that are speeding towards collapse -- but
nearly EVERY major bank in Japan: They're buried
under as much as a mind-boggling $1.3 TRILLION in bad
debt!
The disaster in Japan is going to race across
Asia like a tsunami ... pound European markets deeper
into the red ... and hit our markets like a two-ton
sledge hammer.
--------------------------------------
If Money Is Important To You,
Now Is The Time To Get To Safety
And Get Set To Profit From This Crisis
--------------------------------------
The recent rally that you've witnessed is one
of the biggest traps for investors that this bear has
set.
These 5 ticking time bombs that we just told
you about are unfolding right now -- under the fog of
war -- and they are going to hammer our Dow down to
5000 ... the S&P 500 Index down to at least the
500 level ... and slam the Nasdaq from its current
1340 level down to the low 800s.
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----------------------------
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Title: Stock Options Alert
If you've been expecting a "war relief rally," look at this chart -- odds are you've already seen it ...
Also inside this issue:
-- 5 ticking time bombs that now virtually GUARANTEE the most painful stock crash of your lifetime is DEAD AHEAD. Dow to plunge to 5000 and lower!
-- How you can pile up profits like 400% ... 217% ... 374% and more from limited-risk investments that soar at times like these. Plus ...
-- A strategy that can generate up to 950% profits, turning a $2,500 investment into as much as $26,260!
Dear John,
As you can clearly see in the above chart, the Dow's recent rally brought it smack up against major resistance.
This is just ONE reason we believe the recent rally is nothing more than the early arrival of the widely expected "war relief rally," luring millions of blinded investors into a giant trap.
Indeed, every technical aspect of the recent rally is just like those of all previous failed rallies:
• Trading volume during the rally never exceeded 1.8 million shares. Very anemic.
• The number of stocks advancing versus those declining was also very weak. In a real bull market move, you would expect to see 4 or 5 stocks climbing for every 1 falling. In the recent rally, there are only an average of 2.54 stocks up for every 1 down. Terrible.
• Every technical indicator we rely on confirms the recent rally is nothing more than another short-term bear market bounce.
Now, investors who recently jumped into stocks are going to get raked over the coals. The smart money is going to use this rally to start dumping stocks all over again. Meanwhile ...
Under the fog of war, 5 ticking time bombs are undermining the US economy
As investors, you and I have been through a lot in recent years: We've witnessed the Accounting Frauds of 2002 ... the Tech Wreck of 2000 ... the Debt Disaster of 1998 ... and the Asian Crisis of 1997.
Each one of these crises gutted investment values -- and each one vaporized the prosperity, the financial security, and the retirement dreams of millions.
Now, while the fog of war with Iraq is confusing everyone, 5 ticking time bombs are rapidly converging upon the US economy.
In the next few months, they will simultaneously slam into Wall Street and Main Street, triggering the most painful economic decline since the 1930s.
We're talking about a financial apocalypse that will ...
• Slaughter the profits of hundreds of the world's oldest
and wealthiest banks ...
• Smash hundreds more large companies and thousands of
smaller companies, sending them marching into bankruptcy courts
...
• Level the economies of Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia,
Latin America, Europe and ...
• Drive the Dow down to 5000 and lower ... the S&P 500
to below the 500 level ... and absolutely cream the Nasdaq to below
800.
Time
Bomb #1
The Debt Disaster of 2003
When stocks crashed in 1929, major US corporations were cash rich and mostly debt-free. But this time around, dozens of corporations have less than a dime in cash per dollar of current debts. US companies now owe a record $7.1 TRILLION to banks, venture capitalists, bondholders, money funds, and other institutions!
Meanwhile, 13 big-name public companies are now on a collision course with bankruptcy ...
• American Airlines has $12.4 billion in debt with only $2.8 billion in cash.
• Sprint PCS has $4 BILLION in debt coming due within a year and less than one-tenth that -- or just $400 million -- in cash to cover it.
• Rite Aide, which is drowning under $3.8 billion of debt, but has only $237 million in cash on hand.
• Lucent with $3.4 billion in debt, annual interest expenses of more than $378 million -- and it doesn't even generate any cash.
Then, there's Gateway, CKE Restaurants, Earthlink, Nortel Networks, Primedia, and Silicon Graphics. Each one of these companies is drowning under massive debts ... experiencing catastrophic earnings losses ... suffering from dwindling or nonexistent cash flow ... or a combination of these problems. Each one of them is a candidate for bankruptcy, in our view.
Plus, we estimate there are another 220 companies that are in such dire financial shape that they will have a hard time surviving another year.
Time
Bomb #2
The Banking Crisis of 2003
US banks are already being bludgeoned by billions of dollars worth of loan defaults.
In 2002, banks and thrifts charged off 20.8% more bad loans than they did in the previous year.
In the fourth quarter, two more banks failed, for a total of 11, making 2002 the worst year since 1994. With 136 more institutions on the FDIC "problem list," it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Bank shares have been plummeting worldwide, as insiders see the handwriting on the wall. In Germany, leading bankers are already calling for contingency bailout plans by the government to prepare for a possible banking catastrophe.
Time
Bomb #3
The Real Estate Bust of 2003
Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan recently gave stark warnings on real estate in testimony before the Senate.
Days later, St. Louis Federal Reserve President William Poole roiled the stock market when he said, "massive liabilities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac threaten the economy."
They finally see what we've been warning you about all along: Commercial real estate prices falling ... office vacancy rates at their highest levels since 1993 ... rental rates plunging.
Already, home foreclosures are at record highs. In just one recent three-month period, more than 640,000 homeowners lost their homes by foreclosure. Those homes are now coming on the market.
Falling real estate values will smash consumer spending ... destroy what's left of corporate earnings ... send tens of billions of dollars more in loans up in smoke ... pound banks and credit card companies yet again ... and hammer the stock market into the gutter.
Time
Bomb #4
The Derivatives Time Bomb
Back in
October 1998, when currencies from Japan to Russia and Europe were crashing,
highly leveraged derivatives cost Union Bank $240 million. Chase Manhattan
lost $160 million. Deutsche Bank lost $770 million. And Credit Lyonnais
lost a whopping $2 billion.
You'd think governments would have stepped
in since then and forced banks to limit their exposure to these highly leveraged
derivatives. Well, think again!
In 1998, US banks held about $27 trillion
in derivatives contracts. Today, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
tells us that US banks are exposed to more than $56.1 TRILLION in derivatives!
That's more than FIVE times America's entire
gross domestic product ... more than TWENTY times the banking industry's
TOTAL PROFITS ... nearly $198,233 for every man, woman, and child in the
country!
Worse, the risk levels to the banks that trade
in these derivatives is out of control. For every $1.00 of capital (after
the Fed's adjustments for other risk factors) ...
• Citigroup has $2.01
in credit risk related to derivatives.
• The top 7 banks have $1.98 in credit risk related to
derivatives.
• JP Morgan Chase has an incredible $6.54 in credit risk.
SIX times greater that its equity. That means if just 16.7% -- a
mere one in six -- of its bets on derivatives go bad, JP Morgan
Chase & Co. is broke. Bankrupt. Kaput!
And if you think heavy derivatives risk is
limited just to these huge money center banks, please think again: More
than 400 commercial banks and insurance companies in the US trade in financial
derivatives!
Any major global economic hiccup could trigger
TRILLIONS of dollars in derivatives losses.
Time
Bomb #5
The Japan and Asian Meltdown
Japanese
banks are drowning in debt, and they're desperate to raise cash to avoid
bankruptcy. How will they do it? Simple: By dumping the $447 billion worth
of US stocks and bonds they hold.
They've already begun selling off these assets.
Soon, that trickle will become a raging torrent.
Japanese stocks are now at 20-year lows --
at 1983 levels -- and still falling. Japanese stock portfolios are worth
less than one-third of what they were worth in 1990.
Back in October 1998, a major Japanese bank
died, killed off by dumb investments and excessive debt. The shockwave from
that single failure crushed Hong Kong ... Seoul ... Singapore ... and the
entire Pacific Rim.
This time, it's not just one bank, or even
two or three that are speeding towards collapse -- but nearly EVERY major
bank in Japan: They're buried under as much as a mind-boggling $1.3 TRILLION
in bad debt!
The disaster in Japan is going to race across
Asia like a tsunami ... pound European markets deeper into the red ... and
hit our markets like a two-ton sledge hammer.
If Money Is Important To You, Now Is The Time To Get To Safety And Get Set To Profit From This Crisis
The recent rally that you've witnessed is one of the biggest traps for investors that this bear has set.
These 5 ticking time bombs that we just told you about are unfolding right now -- under the fog of war -- and they are going to hammer our Dow down to 5000 ... the S&P 500 Index down to at least the 500 level ... and slam the Nasdaq from its current 1340 level down to the low 800s.
If
you've been following our advice in the Safe Money Report, you're
out of stocks and in safe investments, making money while nearly everyone
else is losing money.
If you have NOT been following our advice -- or if you have been doing so only partially -- it's still not too late. But please don't wait one more instant.
FIRST, get every last remaining stock out of your portfolio (except the mining shares, Enerplus, and Provident Energy Trust).
Call your broker. Tell him to sell EVERYTHING NOW and put the proceeds into a money market fund.
Next,
as soon as you can, shift most of those funds to the investments we recommend
in the March issue of Safe Money, starting with a Treasury-only
money fund.
THEN, with a small portion of your funds that you can afford to speculate, get set up to profit from this crisis. What's the best way? Limited-risk options. That's what our options subscribers have been doing -- using the bear market to rake in profits like 217% ... 400% ... 374% and much, much more (less minor broker commissions, which we don't think you'd mind very much).
Turn $2,000 into $10,000 ... and turn another $2,000 into $9,480 -- in just 17 days!
Take Verizon Communications. Just after we told subscribers to our sister service to buy puts on the company's stock, its share price plunged 34.5% -- and subscribers who followed our recommendations scooped up 400% profits! A $2,000 investment would have turned into $10,000!
Then, there's IBM. Its share price plunged 17.2%, and subscribers who followed our email alerts on the company picked up 374% profits on put options -- in just 17 days! A $2,000 investment here would have turned into $9,480!
That was on top of 217% profits on RF Micro Devices puts ... 100% profits on Siebel puts ... another 66% and 171% profits on Verizon ... 222% profits on Tyco. Plus ...
65% and 100% profits on Lucent
92% profits on Genentech
81% profits on Genzyme
100% and 113% profits on two different put option trades on JP Morgan
Chase
ANOTHER 403% on IBM!
And many more!
Of course, not all trades are profitable. Losses are entirely possible. But the potential profits on options can be many, many times greater than the maximum loss on any single trade.
That's why, of all investment vehicles, put options provide the greatest leverage in a falling market, with total control over risk.
And as you can see, the profits you can make as shares fall -- 400% ... 100% ... 217% and more -- are outstanding! Plus, you know exactly what your level of risk is going into each trade.
So, if you want the opportunity for profits that are truly extraordinary -- and you want to exactly pinpoint in advance how much you are risking -- this is the ideal vehicle, in our view.
It's also why a similar options service we offered earlier this year is full. It sold out fast. This one will sell out quickly as well.
Earn up to $23,760 or 950% in profits with a modest $2,500 investment!
Right now, we're eyeing a slew of companies that are on a collision course with bankruptcy. With the right put options on just a small selection of these vulnerable companies, for a modest, strictly limited-risk investment of about $2,500 -- you could earn up to $23,760 in profits as their share prices plunge to next to nothing.
One of the companies we're eyeing, for example, owes $159 BILLION and is losing money hand over fist. The company is a victim of a vicious deflationary price war and lost $800 million last quarter ... $5.1 billion the quarter before.
Where it's going to get the money even to pay the interest on its $159 billion debt beats us.
That's disastrous for the company, but means potentially huge profits for you. If you get your put options in place in a company like this, before the company's share price nosedives toward a big fat ZERO, the profits you could make will astound you.
Another example is a hi-tech company that has lost $536 million for the last four quarters -- and expects to lose even more this year. Plus, it's saddled with $2.7 billion in total debt, as well as another $512 million it owes its employees.
Then, there's a household-name company that has been burying itself in pension liabilities -- it's down to its last $3.9 million in cash, but it owes its employees' pension fund $453 million! That's why Moody's and S&P have a negative outlook on this company.
Because these companies are deteriorating so rapidly, when you come on board, the actual companies we pick may differ, while the actual cost and profit potential can also vary.
And since there are 13 companies headed toward bankruptcy now and another 220 vulnerable, there'll be plenty more opportunities out there to rake in great profits on stocks that are plunging left and right.
Stock Options Alert helps you make great PROFITS with 100% LIMITED RISK
While you can take out huge potential profits, because you are buying options, you can never lose a penny more than you invest. That's how you can go for profits knowing exactly what your risk is.
So whether you're new to options, have limited experience, or you have invested in options for years, our service makes it simple for you to go after profits like turning $2,500 into as much as $26,260. Plus, profits like the 217% ... 400% ... 374% and more our subscribers have already made.
We give you everything you need to know in simple, easy-to-understand terms. This allows you to act efficiently and with peace of mind ...
• No complex, confusing option
strategies where you risk more than you invest. We never recommend
investments or strategies that expose you to unlimited risk. You have
the potential to make huge profits, but can never lose a penny more than
you invest.
• You get simple, clear, and
concise recommendations. The issues are easy to read. No fancy
double talk that other advisors give you.
Plus, when it's time to act on a recommendation,
the instructions are so simple, all you have to do is read them to your
broker.
And if you prefer to make it even easier,
we can show you how to set up a relationship with a broker who will give
you automatic trade execution, but within guidelines you establish when
you open the account. This way, you don't have to worry about missing
an email alert from us. We accept no compensation in any form whatsoever
from brokers for this referral. We make the referral strictly to help
you.
• You get solid, easy-to-follow
updates on the markets and the recommendations. We won't bombard
you with unnecessary issues that waste your time. Your time is precious.
But you will get solid follow-up on our
analysis and the recommendations, telling you when to hold them, when
to fold them, and when to take profits. Plus, when we feel there is something
brewing in the market that can affect you, your business, or your family
finances, you will get a special in-depth report from us. These are available
only to VIP subscribers.
• If you have a question,
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You get VIP service. Nothing less.
Similar services
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Institutional
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that can be as profitable as Stock Options Alert. Some even cost as much
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subscriptions to our services.
We fully recognize it's a substantial commitment. But if you are seriously interested in going for profits and can peel off some speculative capital, Stock Options Alert is for you.
If you can't afford the subscription fee at this time, please don't subscribe. You will be straining your finances and we don't want you to do that.
But if you can afford the subscription, we think the service could pay for itself 5, 10, even 20 times over.
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Of course, we can't guarantee profits. Anyone who does, or tells you they have found the "holy grail" to profits, is lying to you. Losses can and do happen.
But if you are not 100% satisfied with the service -- for whatever reason -- you can cancel within the first 30 days of your subscription and we'll promptly send you a full refund.
You keep everything you receive from us. All the
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Plus, you can cancel any time after 30 days for a
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Act quickly -- before the service sells out -- and give yourself the opportunity to generate huge profits knowing exactly what your risk is
Earlier this year, a similar service to this one filled up and we had to stop accepting new subscribers.
This one will sell out too -- VERY quickly. So don't delay!
Heck, with just the one set of recommendations, you could crank out up to 950% profits, and turn a $2,500 investment into as much as $26,260.
Now is the time. The recent rally handed you a major opportunity to do what the smart money is about to do -- using the early "war relief rally" to start selling stocks and get set up for profits from the next leg down.
The sooner you act, the greater your profit potential. Reserve your VIP slot now!
Order online or pick up the phone and call Norman at 800-814-3029 -- right away. Or you can fax your order to us at 561-625-6685.
Best wishes,
Larry Edelson
Editor,Stock Options Alert
Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.
Founding Editor,Stock Options Alert
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