Author: The INO.com Team

Are you ready to take a bite out of Apple's secret weapon?

Apple has got to be one of my all-time favorite companies. I have used Apple computers for years and they never cease to amaze me at how easy they are to use and how well-designed they are.

But Apple's gone much further than ease of use and great design, they are now a fully fledged consumer company with their two breakthrough products, the iPod and the iPhone.

Both of these products have taken on a cult like status and are certainly icons for this generation.

I was recently in Washington D.C. for an appearance on CNBC that I ran into Walter Mossberg. Now here's a guy who can have any tech toy he wants (Walter writes on technology for the Wall Street Journal and gets inundated with free tech stuff) and there he was talking on his iPhone. Now how cool is that? I might add that CNBC and the Wall Street Journal share offices in Washington.

Now, Walter is around my age and he's using the most advanced smart phone on the planet. I said to myself right there and then, that I just had to get me one of these cool phones.

Now here's the challenge, once you check out the iPhone you will want one too! I know all my kids want one, now that they have tried out my iPhone.

We expect that Apple under the visionary leadership of Steve Jobs will grow dramatically in the future. We expect that Apple will become better known for its consumer products than for the computers it first started out with.

I just finished a short movie on Apple that explains the recent slide, and why we think the market may be getting ready for another big move.

There's no registration requirements to view the video, and you can watch it at any time.

This is Adam Hewison wishing you every success in trading and in life.

I'll see on the web.

First posted on June 25th, 2007

There used to be a time when investing was simple.

You know what I mean? You buy at 10 and sell at 15 and make 50% on your money. I can understand that, and so can most investors.

I have to admit that some of these off book derivatives that banks and hedge funds are creating and trading are just not that simple to understand.

When the time comes and it will, you will see the you know what hit the fan. Some of these hedge fund managers will see that a lot of stuff that looked good in computer simulations, may not look or work as well in the real world (see the sub-prime melt down).

Just look at what happened to this hedge fund, Amarath Advisors who lost 6 BILLION and how they thought they where more smart that the markets.

And now the Blackstone Group has gone public with great fanfare. Now that's going to be an interesting one to watch. I am going to be watching this one closely, if it drops below its initial public offering at price of $31.00, it could spell problems for the whole market. If this stock trades below 30 you are going to see a lot of press, finger pointing and speculating that we are seeing a top in the markets.

The only way to consistently be successful in the market is to learn how the market works, have a game plan and have two other key elements necessary for success.

Here they are:

* Discipline

* Diversification

Once you understand how the markets work, have a game plan and master discipline and diversification, you are on your way to success.

Every success in the future,

What an incredible week!!

It seems like if you don't like the price one day in the stock market, just wait a day and the market comes back. This will not continue forever. Sooner or later the downward trend in the stock market will reverse and go higher. But for now, the trend according to our market indicators is pointing lower.

Vote in this weeks poll: Do you think that stocks have bottomed out?

In the world of commodities, a bubble burst last week when we witnessed a dramatic drop in gold.

After trading as high as $1,030, gold hit an air-pocket as all the hedge funds bolted for the exit door at the same time. This mass exodus pushed gold dramatically lower and close to the $900 level in just a few days.

Has the commodities bubble finally burst?

Yes, we believe the bubble has burst. We expect commodity prices will continue to be volatile and more on the defensive in the weeks ahead.

This may not be good news for the hedge funds who have seen many of their profits evaporate in past few weeks. As we are coming to the end of the Q1, how many of these funds are going to show a negative or a flat return for the entire year?

You don't have to hold any fund-raisers for hedge fund managers, as they have done pretty well over the past few years. Now there are just too many inexperienced hedge fund managers doing the same thing. They are all chasing too few opportunities in too few illiquid markets. Maybe they all read the same book on how to start a hedge fund.

We expect that 2008 will be remembered for its volatility and the fact that many hedge funds closed up shop because of disappointing returns.

A few days after the end of Q1, we will be publishing our first quarter results. You may like to take a look at our Q3, Q3ag and our Q4 results.

I think you'll agree, that we have done very well in some difficult and volatile market conditions.

Take a look at how we approach and analyze the gold market in this short video that we've just finished.

Then take a look at our other educational trading videos in our "Traders Whiteboard" series.

If it all makes logical sense to you, I invite you to join thousands of other smart traders who rely on MarketClub everyday to spot winners in the stock, futures, metals and forex markets.

Every success in the future.

Adam Hewison
President,INO.com

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