ATLANTA, Aug. 18, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Market Pulse is pleased to announce the following stock picks. Bernard Schmitt of Market Pulse states, "These particular stocks should be closely watched due to existing fundamental and technical factors affecting each company." Bernard possesses many years of experience in the financial industry evaluating and picking stocks. He rates them as follows:
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL): Market Outperform
Planet Resource Recovery Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRRY): Attractive
Applied Materials Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT): Market Outperform
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO): Bearish
Stock Pick Meanings
These stock picks are the investment opinions of MP's editor and reflect MP's belief regarding the potential price movement over the next one to four weeks of trading of each of the stocks presented. This analysis is done from a technical and fundamental perspective.
After Friday's Bell Market Commentary
According to Bernard Schmitt, "On Friday, despite falling oil prices, the markets closed mixed as consumer confidence posted a disappointingly small gain. The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said its index of consumer confidence edged up to 61.7 in early August from 61.2 in late July. The August reading was the second lowest since 1980 with the lowest set in June. The price of oil fell $1.24, or 1.1 percent, to settle at $113.77 a barrel. Gold fell below $800 an ounce to almost a nine-month low. The U.S. dollar rallied. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 43.97 points, or 0.38 percent, to 11,659.90. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 5.27 points, or 0.41 percent, to 1,298.20. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 1.15 points, or 0.05 percent, to 2,452.52. The Russell 2000 rose a point to 753."
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