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The bull market is now coming out for investors to see as this week many indexes broke to new highs.
In this 15 minute video I discuss the importance of technology stocks leading a bull market.
Charts include: Microsoft and Cisco emerging out of the 1986 and 1990 Bear market, Gulf War and Recession.
Current Market charts: US S&P 500, Large Cap Technology, Apple Computer, Priceline Dot Com, EMC, Nike, Caterpillar, Home building stock Lennar, Oil and Gold ETF, Thailand ETF , financials, and US Internet tracking ETF PNQI.
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July 4,2011 The Bull Market Alive and Well

Video Market Update:   watch?v=oOvkbOMpLi4 (6 minutes)

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Video Summary:

Last week earnings releases from the technology sector drove the market to strong gains.   But the real leader last week was the emerging market sector.  For instance, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, Emerging Europe, and Indonesia gained 3-5%.   Below are a few US stocks I profile in the video that hit new highs last week.  This is the type of behavior I would expect to see in a strong bull market.

Stocks below have a market cap greater than $10 billion:

1. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM): Up 2.14% to $168.28. International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) provides computer solutions through the use of advanced information technology. The Company’s solutions include technologies, systems, products, services, software, and financing. IBM offers its products through its global sales and distribution organization, as well as through a variety of third party distributors and resellers.
2. Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL): Up 1.88% to $34.75. Oracle Corporation supplies software for enterprise information management. The Company offers databases and relational servers, application development and decision support tools, and enterprise business applications. Oracle’s software runs on network computers, personal digital assistants, set-top devices, PCs, workstations, minicomputers, mainframes, and massively parallel computers.
3. SAP AG (NYSE:SAP): Up 1.79% to $66.62. SAP AG is a multinational software company. The Company develops business software, including e-business and enterprise management software, consults on organizational usage of its applications software, and provides training services. SAP markets its products and services worldwide.
4. EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC): Up 1.75% to $28.45. EMC Corporation provides enterprise storage systems, software, networks, and services. The Company’s products store, retrieve, manage, protect, and share information from all major computing environments and mainframe platforms. EMC operates offices around the world.
5. Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE:VWO): Up 0.86% to $50.71. Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Daily TR Net Emerging Markets USD Index. The Fund invests its assets in the stocks that make up the Index, holding each stock in the same proportion as its weighting.

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