Since I wrote the introductory piece for the next 25 stocks for the NEXT 25 years, I have received some pretty interesting emails from you -- the readers. It seems many of you would like to participate in this exercise. I would love to have you join in. No one has the market cornered on good (or great) ideas. Please send in your thoughts and stock suggestions for the ultimate list.

I should tell you I have my 25 stock ideas for the NEXT 25 years researched and ready to reveal. However, six of them are barely hanging on the list ... I am still having trouble becoming convinced. I like the companies, but remember, these have to be very special. The remaining 19? I've arrived at reasonable certainty these have a chance to be big, relevant game-changers over the next couple of decades. Doesn't mean there aren't better ideas from you the readers...even the sacred 19 are vulnerable!!

The power of an idea is a remarkable phenomenon to watch and absorb. Think back for a moment ... go back only 15 years, to 1992. How many incredible companies either did not exist or were just a twinkle in the eye of some venture capital firm? These are companies that are now part of our everyday lives and have become part of our shared vocabulary. "Google" was something toddlers did to the aaawh of parents and grandparents; now grandpa's is saying "leave me alone, I am Googling for lyrics to that Barry Manilow song -- and did anybody see my iPod?"