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This post is part of our Hottest Products of 2007 feature. Check out our other Hottest Products of 2007 posts and let us know which product you think is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Second LifeIf you find life a little boring, stifling and basically bland, then you may be a prime candidate to check out one of this year's hottest properties. Second Life is for people who wish to expand the boundaries of their life experience. Second Life opens up opportunities (albeit virtual ones) that most people would never encounter in their own personal daily grind. Much of the "news" that surfaces in mainstream media regarding Second Life is just dicey, sensationalist spin. What we want to know about are the things that make Linden Lab's Second Life worthy for consideration as a product of the year.

A good place to start investigating is Second Life Insider, a blog dedicated to tracking that constantly changing virtual environment. For instance, did you know that Second Life has an economy of its own, which actually maintains an exchange rate against real American dollars? It's true, and according to Second Life Insider, on November 1, Second Life membership invested U.S. $1,372,000 into Linden dollars (the site's virtual currency) at an exchange rate of L$268.7 to one U.S. dollar. In fact, there was quite a moan put out by the IRS at the beginning of this year when they again realized that people do generate significant income in virtual spaces.

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Airlines stocks are entering the seasonally strongest period, after having a pretty good correction. It looks like a good trading opportunity.

One stock we have blogged about in the past with good success has been UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA). UAL has had a serious correction, dropping from a January 2007 high of $50 and is now around $35.50.

What is attractive about UAL is that it has a strong franchise name and a boat load of cash and little debt. Finishing up the first quarter with $4.2 billion and just $1.2 billion in balance-sheet debt.

Operating cash flow increased by 38% from the first quarter of 2006 to approximately $626 million.

While there are some capacity issues for the most recent quarter, buying a stock with $4.2 billion in cash, balance-sheet debt of $1.2 billion and generating $626 million in OCF, is just too cheap to pass up. Look for United to revisit its $50 higher.

Correction in UAL leads to good buying opportunity originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 08 May 2007 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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