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Schlumberger (SLB): A 'Great Opportunity'

Schlumberger (SLB) logo"Schlumberger Limited (SLB) is the world's leading oil services company, assisting in exploration, production and most other oil services; its operations include being a leader in applying proprietary technologies to extract hard-to-extract oil and gas," says Michael Shulman.

The editor of The Short-Side Trader suggests, "Let's ask ourselves the following question: Over the next year is the there going to be more, less or an equal demand for oil? The answer is clearly more demand.

"Another question: Over the next year is there going to be more, less or an equal supply of oil?

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Three Favorite Stocks of Wealthy Investors

Apple (AAPL) logo"According to the Spectrem Group, which recently polled the country's wealthiest people, they're the most optimistic they've been in months," says Marc Lichtenfeld.

The contributing editor to Investment U explains, "Let's take a look at 3 stocks that millionaires (and aspiring ones) should pay attention to: Apple (AAPL), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) and Varian Medical Systems (VAR).

"And according to Fidelity, 83% of millionaires surveyed said the financial crisis did not shake their confidence in investing. And of those who said they'll invest more money in the stock market, nearly 60% of them plan to buy technology stocks. And just under half expect to acquire pharmaceutical and healthcare stocks.

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Physical Precious Metals Basket (GLTR): All in One Metals ETF

"The ETFS Physical Precious metals Basket (GLTR) is the first physical-bullion ETF to own more than one metal. GLTR's all-in-one convenience and relatively low expense ratio make it an attractive option," notes exchange traded fund specialist Mark Salzinger.

The editor of The Investor's ETF Report explains, "We like this ETF for investors who want to complement exposure to gold bullion with extensive exposure to silver and modest exposures to platinum and palladium.

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Cisco Systems (CSCO): A 'Colossus' in Technology

"We live in a networked world. And much of the backbone of that wired and increasingly wireless data/voice/video network is built on equipment produced by Cisco Systems (CSCO)," says Stephen Leeb.

The editor of Leeb's Income Performance Letter explains, "A colossus of the technology sector, it's the market leader in each of its business segments, including area networks, routing, switching, wireless LANs, web conferencing and digital video.

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Ben Graham-Style Techs with Rising Estimates

Jabil Circuit (JBL) logo"We screened the Investors Business Daily (IBD) and Zacks databases to find companies whose earnings are accelerating and whose earnings estimates are being increased by analysts," says J. Royden Ward.

The editor of the Cabot Benjamin Graham Value Letter continues, "All of the stocks in our list have IBD Composite Ratings of 95 (99 is best) and Zacks Ratings of 1 or 2 (1 is best). These recommendations offer excellent appreciation potential with moderate risk.

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QR Energy (QRE): A New Buy Among MLPs

"As partnerships, MLPs pass through the majority of their income to investors in the form of regular distributions; the average MLP currently yields about 6 percent," observes eneergy sector expert Elliott Gue.

The editor of The Energy Strategist explains, "QR Energy LP (QRE) debuted as a publicly traded master limited partnership on Dec. 17, 2010.

"QR Energy owns upstream assets from which it produces oil and natural gas. Oil and natural gas liquids account for about 70 percent of the outfit's reserves (29.7 million barrels of oil equivalent) and production (5,184 barrels of oil equivalent per day).

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A 'Fool-Proof' Retirement Plan for 20-Year-Olds

"I've put together a retirement blue print that will allow anyone who is 20 years old or younger to retire a multi-millionaire," says Steve Christ.

The editor of The Wealth Advisory explains, "This diversified portfolio, contains a transport, a utility, a tech company, a health care giant, and a defense contractor, all of which pay nice steady dividends with room for growth.

"All you need to start is $15,000 initial investment to go along with an additional $100 bucks a week in total contributions divided among the five stocks.

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Suntech Power (STP): Shining Opportunity?

"Fossil fuel prices are once again on the rise, and not so coincidentally, demand has been growing as well for solar energy modules," notes Stephen Leeb.

The editor of The Complete Investor observes, "So you would think manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and systems would be winning the favor of investors as well. But that hasn't been the case-far from it.

"Rather, shares of many solar manufacturers, including Suntech Power (STP), have been hitting the skids.

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EZCorp (EZPW): Profits in Pawnshops

EZCorp (EZPW) logo"As the old saying goes, banks are happy to make loans to anyone who can prove they don't need them," observes Alexander Green.

The editor of The Oxford Club explains, "But what do you do if you're a blue-collar worker with a checkered credit history, an uncertain unemployment picture and no high-quality collateral? These folks are turning to pawnbrokers such as EZCorp (EZPW).

"Based in Austin, EZCorp operates more than 1,000 pawnshops and payday loan storefronts in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It also has equity stakes in pawnshops in Britain and Australia.

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Towerstream (TWER): Bandwidth Buy

"Despite the stomach churning volatility that we've seen recently with Towerstream (TWER), nothing has really changed regarding the firm's bullish outlook," says tech expert Paul McWilliams.

The editor of Next Inning newsletter explains, "Towerstream provides enterprise WiMax broadband services. Its base model is growing fairly steadily and should continue to do so going forward.

"Since there is very little new capital cost that has to be invested in this model, the marginal profit from this growth is very high. Therefore, time is on our side when it comes to making money from the base model.

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Intel (INTC): Screaming to Be Bought?

Intel (INTC) logo"We have chosen Intel (INTC), the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, as our last 'Bargain Stock'," notes Vita Nelson, who focuses on stocks offering dividend reinvestment plans.

The editor of Direct Investing explains, "Intel set a 52-week high back on April 15, and a 52-week low on August 31. The stock has yet to rebound from the August swoon -- in spite of record earnings in the first and second quarters.

"The company earned 43 cents per share in the first quarter and 512 cents in the second. Those results were aided by pent-up global chip demand, as manufacturers began digging deep into their inventories.

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Cellcom Israel (CEL): Dividends and Shekels

"Cellcom Israel (CEL), Israel's leading mobile-phone company, delivered decent fourth-quarter results, highlighted by modest +4% top-line growth but more robust +11% net income growth," says Amy Calistri.

The editor of The Daily Paycheck explains, "That caps off a fiscal year that saw impressive expense control, and a shift to higher-margin offerings. So the full-year results were even more dramatic than the quarterly trend, with net income soaring almost +20%."

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Take a LEAP with Citigroup (C)

"Imagine a business backed by taxpayers; better yet, a business that gets taxpayers' money at zero percent interest (or close to it) and then loans money back out to those same taxpayers at a 3% rate, or more," suggests Karim Rahemtulla.

The editor of The Xcelerated Profits Report explains, "Sounds like a sweet deal, right? But it gets even better. Taxpayers also cover a good chunk of the bad debts, too. So if you have toxic loans, you get to write them off at almost no cost. Where is this financial utopia? Right here in the United States."

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Utility Expert Calls on AT&T

"On the operations front, it's all coming up roses for AT&T, Inc. (T) this year; as such, we have selected the stock as our latest 'Growth Spotlight'," says utility sector specialist Roger Conrad.

The editor of The Utility Forecaster explains, "The company reported a 24.4% boost in fourth-quarter 2009 earnings, with its extremely profitable alliance with Apple activating 3.1 million iPhones."

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Talking Turkey: An Emerging Markets ETF

"My sights at this time of the year now are set on the country of Turkey, which is offering what could be an appetizing investment opportunity through the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (TUR)," says fund specialist Doug Fabian.

The editor of Making Money Alert explains, "This exchange-traded fund gives investors exposure to a promising emerging market. This ETF zoomed a jaw-dropping 98% in 2009 when the Turkish stock market was one of the world's top performers.

"An interest rate cut to record lows by Turkey's Central Bank last year probably fueled the stock market's gains.

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