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MORNING UPDATE: Man Securities issues alerts for XMSR, BIIB, LMT, THC, and PIXR CHICAGO, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Man Securities issues the following Morning Update at 8:30 AM EST with new PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020214/MANSECLOGO ) Before the open... PriceWatch Alerts for XMSR, BIIB, LMT, THC, and PIXR, Market Overview, Today's Economic Calendar, and the Quote Of The Day. QUOTE OF THE DAY "It is hard to imagine that housing could return to normal without some severe sluggishness in the economy, possibly another recession." -- Edward Leaner, director, The UCLA Anderson Forecast. New PriceWatch Alerts for XMSR, BIIB, LMT, THC, and PIXR... PRICEWATCH ALERTS - HIGH RETURN COVERED CALL OPTIONS ----------- -- XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR) Last Price 38.00 - JAN 37.50 CALL OPTION@ $2.45 -> 5.5 % Return assigned* -- Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB) Last Price 64.53 - JAN 65.00 CALL OPTION@ $2.30 -> 4.5 % Return assigned* -- Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT) Last Price 59.12 - MAR 60.00 CALL OPTION@ $1.75 -> 4.6 % Return assigned* -- Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE:THC) Last Price 12.18 - FEB 11.00 CALL OPTION@ $1.60 -> 4.0 % Return assigned* -- Pixar Inc. (NASDAQ:PIXR) Last Price 86.77 - APR 80.00 CALL OPTION@ $10.10 -> 4.3 % Return assigned* * To learn more about how to use these alerts and for our FREE report, "The 18 Warning Signs That Tell You When To Dump A Stock ", go to: http://www.investorsobserver.com/mu18 (Note: You may need to copy the link above into your browser then press the [ENTER] key) ** For the FREE report, "Is Your Investment Portfolio Disaster Proof? - Insights, Stocks, And Strategies." go to: http://www.investorsobserver.com/FREEDP NOTE: All stocks and options shown are examples only. These are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. NEWS LEADERS AND LAGGARDS So far today Ciena Corp and Xilinx Inc. lead the list of companies with the most news stories, while Ormat Technologies, Inc and Symmetry Medical Inc. are showing a spike in news. Ciena Corp, Costco Wholesale, and Toll Brothers have the highest srtIndex scores to top the list of companies with positive news. King Pharmaceuticals and Altera Corp lead the list of companies with negative news reports. Procter & Gamble has popped up with a high positive news sraIndex score. Go to http://www.investorsobserver.com/wssp to learn more about how our patent pending SmartReadMX technology continuously reads business news and identifies the best potential investment opportunities to keep you ahead of the pack. MARKET OVERVIEW Overseas markets are painting a bleak picture this morning, as all the markets that we track are drowning in a sea of red. The FTSE recorded a five week low, dragged down by telecom and utility sectors. The old market manipulator - crude oil prices contributed to the pullback. The Hang Seng is down 0.10% with the computer company Lenovo headed south as investors did not take kindly to its plans to acquire IBM's PC business. The U.S. Dollar Index gained 0.66 points during U.S. trading yesterday. The dollar's bounce against commodity-linked currencies sent the greenback higher against all of its major rivals. The dollar was last quoted at 104.04 yen, up 1.1 percent. One euro cost $1.3333, 0.7 percent less than it cost the day before. Nevertheless, there are still many key risk factors regarding the fate of the U.S. currency. Record trade deficits are acting to diminish foreign confidence in the ability of the U.S. to repay its credit. Foreigners have been acting to fund the U.S. trade imbalance for quite some time now, and they are beginning to tire of the practice. Be prepared for the investing week ahead with Bernie Schaeffer's FREE Monday Morning Outlook. For more details and to sign up, go to: http://www.investorsobserver.com/freemo DYNAMIC MARKET OPPORTUNITIES After watching helplessly for months while crude oil prices raced to around $56 per barrel in October, the oil market seems to have stabilized. Amid speculation that OPEC will lower its official production quota of 27 million barrels per day (a 25-year high) at a meeting on Friday, Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi moved swiftly to reassure the market on Wednesday. Al-Naimi stated that as long as current strong demand for oil exists, his country will continue pumping at the 9.5 million barrels per day pace it has maintained since August. Quoted on CNN, al-Naimi declared: "The winter is coming ... so why should we do anything?" Why indeed? His statement cheered the market and sent crude prices down to $40.55 - the lowest since July. That means in just over a week, crude prices have sunk by $9 per barrel (18%). But what do production limits mean to OPEC anyway? Yes, the official limit is currently 27 million barrels per day (bpd), but the cartel is pumping about one million bpd more than that. Most of the excess comes from Saudi Arabia, as it's the only country with any spare production capacity. Another issue up for discussion is the seemingly redundant oil price band. For the past year, crude prices have consistently traded above OPEC's $22-28 per barrel target price. Speculation was rife that the cartel would increase the band back in September, but it decided to leave it alone - a decision that puzzled many. Now, Iran and Venezuela are among those calling for an increase this time around. Receive incisive economic/market commentary, profitable advice and access to a network of leading investment exports. Simply follow this link: http://www.investorsobserver.com/agora2 TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR 8:30 a.m.: Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended November 4 (last plus 25,000) 8:30 a.m.: November Import Prices (last plus 1.5%) 10:00 a.m.: October Wholesale Trade (last plus 0.5%) 10:00 a.m.: DJ-BTM Business Barometer for the week ended December 4 (last plus 0.4%) 12:00 p.m.: October Chicago Fed Mfg Index (minus 1.0%) 4:30 p.m.: Money Supply for the week ended December 4 Motley Fool Investing Alert for 2005 - "The Case Against Mutual Funds" - New FREE report details a more successful way for you to invest your money. http://www.investorsobserver.com/phillips Man Securities is one of the world's leading option order execution firms. Man's in-house broker team offers a level of personal service and experience unavailable from no-frills discount brokers. To improve your understanding of option pricing get Man's FREE "Margin/Option Wizard software at: http://www.investorsobserver.com/mancd. 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