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PRIME STOCK NEWSLETTER FOR March 17th, 2009

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Position Statement: In our Prime Recommendation Letter we attempt to identify the recommendation with the highest probability of moving higher.  We recommend that stop orders be placed at the time of purchase,  and once the position has moved profitable we recommend a stop be placed a minimum of $0.375 above the purchase price and moved higher as the position moves higher.

Today's Comments: The overall market finished Monday slightly lower on a day that saw the overall market mixed. There was weakness in the Airlines, Disk Drive Manufacturers, Broker/Dealer, Retailers, Internet, Interactives, Telecom, High Tech, Computers, Biotech, Healthcare Providers, Networking, and Banking indices. There was strength in the Chemicals, Cyclicals, Commodities, Consumer, Transports, Oil & Gas, and Insurance indices. Interest rates moved sharply higher as there was weakness in the bonds. I would like to point out a couple of things that I noticed were that the publicly traded education stocks all moved lower, and that the yield on the 30 year long bond as measured by the CBOE 30 Year Treasury Index 'TYX' traded at its highest level since mid November of last year, also the Wall Street Journal had an article today about the foreign outflows of capital in the month of January (more on this later).


Sterling Calendars for March 17th, 2009
Date Est. Time Release

For

Consensus Prior
03/16 9:15am Capacity Utilization Feb. 71.1% 72.0%
03/17 8:30am Building Permits Feb. 510k 531k
03/17 8:30am Core PPI Feb. 0.1% 0.4%
03/17 8:30am Housing Starts Feb. 453k 466k
03/17 8:30am PPI Feb. 0.4% 0.8%
03/18 8:30am Core CPI Feb. 0.1% 0.2%
03/18 8:30am CPI Feb. 0.3% 0.3%
03/18 8:30am Current Account Balance Q4 ($136.7B)  
03/18 10:30am Crude Inventories 03/13   749K
03/18 2:15pm FOMC Rate Decision     0.0-0.25%
03/19 8:30am Initial Claims 03/14   654k
03/19 10:00am Leading Indicators Feb. (0.6%) 0.4%
03/19 10:00am Philadelphia Fed. Mar. (40.0) (41.3)
  Misc. Calendar
Date: Comments:
03/16 U.S. Hones 'USHS' announces earnings after the close. Est. $0.09
03/17 Adobe Systems 'ADBE' announces earnings. Time N/A. Est. $0.44
03/18 Darden Restaurants 'DRI' announces earnings. Time N/A. Est. $0.68
03/18 General Mills 'GIS' announces earnings before the open. Est. $0.88
03/18 Nike 'NKE' announces earnings at 4:15pm ET. Est. $0.80
03/19 3Com Corp. announces earnings after the close. Est. $0.10
03/19 Blockbuster 'BBI' announces earnings after the close. Est. $0.25
03/19 Discover Financial Svs. 'DFS' announces earnings before the open. Est. ($0.15)
03/19 Fedex 'FDX' announces earnings. TIme N/A. Est. $0.46
03/19 Palm, Inc. 'PALM' announces earnings. Time N/A. Est. ($0.60)
03/19 Winnebago 'WGO' announces earnings at 7:00am ET. Est. ($0.30)
03/20 Kirkland's Inc. 'KIRK' announces earnings before the open. Est. $0.52
  The full earnings calendar for this week can be found (here)

Recommendation: BUY

EOG Resources, Inc. 'EOG'

Company: EOG Resources, Inc. Symbol: 'EOG' Closing Price: $61.52

Web: www.eogresources.com

YH: $144.99 YL: $45.03 EPS: $9.73 P/E: 6

Shares Outstanding: 274 Million

Forecasted EPS:.None Market Cap.: $15 Billion
Dividend: $0.58 Yield:1.00% Aver. Daily Trading Volume: 4.2 Million Shares  
Price Targets:  $63.72 and then $79.99 Downside Stop:  $60.317/share
Options Rec.: April 60 Calls @ $5.30 / contract. Options Symbol: EOG DL
Additional information on EOG Resources, Inc. "EOG" can be found (here)

Company Description: EOG Resources, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, production, and marketing of natural gas and crude oil primarily in the United States, Canada, offshore Trinidad, and the United Kingdom North Sea. The company holds interests in the Fort Worth Basin, the Upper Gulf Coast area, the Permian Basin, the Rocky Mountain area, the Mid-Continent area, south Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, and the Appalachian Basin with approximately 3,204,000 net undeveloped acres in the United States. It owns interests in the southeast Alberta/southwest Saskatchewan shallow natural gas trends, including the Drumheller, Twining, and Halkirk areas, and the Pembina/Highvale area of central Alberta, the Grand Prairie/Wapiti area of northwest Alberta, and the Waskada area in southwest Manitoba with a total net undeveloped acreage of approximately 1,250,000 in Canada. EOG Resources has interests in the South East Coast Consortium Block offshore Trinidad with approximately 233,000 net undeveloped acres; and the Southern Gas Basin of the North Sea with approximately 177,000 net undeveloped acres in the United Kingdom. As of December 31, 2007, its total estimated net proved reserves were 7,745 billion cubic feet equivalent, including 6,669 billion cubic feet of natural gas, and 179 million barrels of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids. The company was founded in 1985 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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Recent News: 03/12 Energy Stocks: Oil service firms lead gains on bullish natural gas supply data at MarketWatch (Thu, Mar 12)
  03/09 Sector Snap: Oil stocks rise with crude prices AP (Mon, Mar 9)
02/23 EOG Resources Is A Long-Term Winner at Investopedia (Mon, Feb 23)
A full list of the news headlines for EOG Resources, Inc. 'EOG' can be found (here)

Our Analysis: The shares of EOG Resources, Inc. 'EOG' have moved solidly higher over the course of the last couple of trading days on heavier than normal trading volume. yesterday they moved solidly higher again on relatively heavier than normal trading volume, and in the process closed above several points of upside resistance. This is a is a fairly bullish trading signal. The shares of 'EOG' should continue to move higher and test $63.72/share, the point from which they gapped lower on the open of the point from which they gapped lower on the open of trading on February 17th, of this year. If the shares of 'EOG' close above that level, then I expect them to continue to move higher and test $79.99/share, the point from which the shares of 'EOG' gapped lower on the open of trading on December 4th, 2008. I see downside support on the shares of 'EOG' @ $60.73/share, and have set my stops accordingly at $60.31/share.


Stocks Looking Higher

IMGN, LANC, ASGR, C, IBM, PG, MOM, SLB, AMZN, MET, VZ, MCD, UPS, MO, FDX, CSX, NSC, BVI, MRO, SBUX, BG, CPLA, OII, GMCR, JACK


Stocks Looking Lower
MSFT, INTC, APOL, STRA, DELL, ITW, NSM, CECO, HURN

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