Its Wednesday April 19, 2006, and the market rallied in yesterdays trading session shrugging off higher crude oil prices and powering upward, the Dow Jones closed up 194.99 to 11,268.77 while Nasdaq closed up 44.98 to close at 2,356.14. We may see some follow through in this mornings trading session.

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Political Front

Just like the Rolling Stones, Chinese President Hu Jintao was greeted with all the fan fare and media attention that he could ask for. He stepped on U.S. soil yesterday and was greeted by Microsoft founder (NASDAQ: MSFT) Bill Gates. This meeting seemed to have gone well as President Hu pledged that action would be made in regards to software piracy.

Another note on China, they have set limits as to how much a certain region can invest in the United States and according to reports China may lift that limit to encourage more global business. This is sure to boost the merger and acquisition activity in China and the United States. This is one of the reasons that brokerage firms such as Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and banks such as Citigroup (NYSE: C) have made great efforts to establish themselves in the region over the past year or so.

As the worry grows in regards to a potential conflict in Iran the price of Crude Oil skyrockets reaching historic highs. We mentioned a few companies to look at that stand to benefit from the rising crude oil prices and here is just a brief recap, companies to look at are Energy Partners Limited (NYSE: EPL), Forest Oil Corp (NYSE: FST) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY).

Korea and Japan are building a wall of tension as Korea warns Japan that it will take Stern measures against Japan if they carry out their plans of a marine survey of the islands that are situated between the two countries.

Movers and Shakers

Some major movers in yesterdays trading session include Imation Corp (NYSE: IMN) traded up $6.40 to close at $47.30, Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) traded up $829 to close at $66.16, Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) traded up $5.39 to close at $56.75, RSA Security (NASDAQ: RSAS) traded up $3.73 to close at $20.55, Franklin Electric (NASDAQ: FELE) traded up $7.77 to close at $60.77 and Timken Co (NYSE: TKR) traded up $$3.04 to close at $34.45.

IBM Back on Track

International Business Machines Corp, better known as IBM (NYSE: IBM) beat the analyst first quarter estimate of $1.05 to come in at $1.08 or $1.71 billion, now this is compared to 84 cents or $1.4 billion for the same period last year.

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Yahoo Meets Estimates

Now Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) posted a 22 percent loss compared to the same period a year ago. The company posted first quarter earnings of 11 cents a share, which was in line with analyst estimates, this is compared to 14 cents a year earlier.

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Tidbits

Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) hits one out of the park as they reported their first quarter results, posting earnings of 36 cents per share or $585 million, compared to 24 cents or $411 million the same period a year ago. This growth was due to a boost in phone chip sales.

Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) hits the billion dollar earnings mark as the company posted earnings of 82 cents a share compared to 67 cents share for the same period a year ago. This fell short of analyst estimated of 89 cents a share. Excluding items Amgen would have came in at 91 cents a share.

United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) and General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) are scheduled to report before the bell this morning.

Readers Speak

We received an email from one of our readers/listeners Abe in West Palm Beach, Florida and he wanted to know if Wall Street to Main Street would start to feature micro cap companies that trade under a dollar..

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The bottom line is that we try to bring companies to our readers/listeners that could put profits in their piggy bank and not coal, so we try to leave no stone uncovered.

We cannot stress enough that investors need to do their due diligence, call the companies, get the information, consult with your investment advisor and if you do not have one consider getting one. Put the same time into investigating these companies as you do when you go to purchase a new television, its only for your protection. When it comes to thinly traded securities stagger your orders or put a limit order in to avoid a run up.

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