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MORNING UPDATE: Man Securities Issues Alerts for CMCSA, NTAP, ADSK, AFCI, and GT CHICAGO, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Man Securities issues the following Morning Update at 8:30 AM EDT with new PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020214/MANSECLOGO ) Before the open... PriceWatch Alerts for CMCSA, NTAP, ADSK, AFCI, and GT, Market Overview, Today's Economic Calendar, and the Quote Of The Day. QUOTE OF THE DAY "HP delivered a strong quarter with solid revenue gains and continued profitability across the portfolio." -- Carly Fiorina, chairman and chief executive officer, Hewlett-Packard New PriceWatch Alerts for CMCSA, NTAP, ADSK, AFCI, and GT... PRICEWATCH ALERTS - HIGH RETURN COVERED CALL OPTIONS -- Comcast Corp. Class A (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Last Price 28.13 - JUL 27.50 CALL OPTION@ $1.70 -> 4 % Return assigned* -- Network Appliance Corp. (NASDAQ:NTAP) Last Price 20.70 - SEP 17.50 CALL OPTION@ $4.30 -> 6.7 % Return assigned* -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) Last Price 33.69 - OCT 30.00 CALL OPTION@ $5.30 -> 5.7 % Return assigned* -- Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFCI) Last Price 17.30 - SEP 15.00 CALL OPTION@ $3.30 -> 7.1 % Return assigned* -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE:GT) Last Price 8.16 - JUN 7.50 CALL OPTION@ $1.05 -> 5.5 % 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, "The Secrets of Smart Election Year Investing - Insights, Stocks, And Strategies." go to: http://www.investorsobserver.com/FREEelection NOTE: All stocks and options shown are examples only. These are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. MARKET OVERVIEW Overseas markets are looking higher once again with all 15 markets that we track in positive territory with an average increase of 1.56 percent. Markets were in a temporarily oversold condition over geopolitical fears. An absence of any major problems in the Middle East may help markets to continue to push forward in the near-term. Many of the underlying problems that have caused the pullback in equity prices, such as high energy prices, the specter of higher interest rates, and increased risk factors, are still in place and could cause further declines. Oil prices finally came down yesterday after gaining nearly seven percent on five straight trading sessions. OPEC is now considering increasing their production; President Purnomo Yusgiantoro says the organization could supply an extra 10 to 15 percent more oil to the world market if necessary, but it is already producing two million barrels per day over its current production ceiling. The Bush administration has said that it will not release crude oil from the nation's emergency stockpile to help ease record high gasoline prices. 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 Monday's 564-point market meltdown, India's Bombay stock exchange inevitably rebounded after such a huge slump. The index clawed back 371 points (8.2%) on Tuesday, on news that leader of the incoming Congress party Sonia Gandhi has turned down the prime minister's job. Apparently, President A.P.J. Kalam has doubts that Gandhi can form a stable government and her family is concerned for her security. Gandhi is the subject of vigorous protests that she shouldn't lead the country because she only claimed Indian citizenship in 1983, having been born in Italy. According to Uma Bharti, sports minister in the outgoing government, having Gandhi as prime minister "will put national security and country's self-respect in jeopardy". Alternatively, Senior Congress member Salman Khursheed said the "cause is lost" with Gandhi rejecting the prime ministerial job. Nevertheless, she will offer the job to former finance minister Manmohan Singh. After Monday's huge slide, Ian Cooper, editor of Taipan's Red Zone investment group, followed one of the team's key profit-making trading rules: "When a market crash occurs, find the companies that sank the most ... then buy them." He applied it to Indian companies HDFC Bank and Satyam Computers Services, knowing that both were likely to bounce following the sell off. And bounce they did. Less than 24 hours later, Cooper cashed out today and took 29% and 10% gains respectively for his investors. 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