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9:00 AM EST, Friday, March 27, 2009. Several investment services have issued "buy" signals. Many successful investors have loaded up recently. The market is up 21% from its lows. There have been huge gains in specific sectors-- e.g. banks, mining and solar stocks.

No one knows if this rally is the beginning of a bull market or another bear trap. I'm thinking it has some legs and deserves a little of your monies. I'm thinking index funds. But I can't be more specific, since we had a late night and I slept in -- it's just before 6:00 AM in California.

More on all this in today's Journal. Click here.

I'll spend some time this weekend researching opportunities and report back on Monday.

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