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MORNING UPDATE: Mankus-Lavelle Group Issues Alerts for WMT, X, NFLX, HELE, and HSP CHICAGO, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Mankus-Lavelle Group issues the following Morning Update at 8:30 AM EDT with new PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks. Before the open... PriceWatch Alerts for WMT, X, NFLX, HELE, and HSP, Market Overview, Today's Economic Calendar, and the Quote Of The Day. QUOTE OF THE DAY "This environment is ideal for our model and plays into the strength of our strategy." -- Kevin Rollins, CEO, Dell Inc. New PriceWatch Alerts for WMT, X, NFLX, HELE, and HSP... PRICEWATCH ALERTS - HIGH RETURN COVERED CALL OPTIONS ----------- -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) Last Price 47.65 - SEP 47.50 CALL OPTION@ $2.20 -> 4.5 % Return assigned* -- U.S. Steel Group (NYSE:X) Last Price 38.98 - JUL 35.00 CALL OPTION@ $5.70 -> 5.2 % Return assigned* -- Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) Last Price 13.83 - SEP 12.50 CALL OPTION@ $1.90 -> 4.8 % Return assigned* -- Helen of Troy Corp. (NASDAQ:HELE) Last Price 23.61 - NOV 20.00 CALL OPTION@ $4.80 -> 6.3 % Return assigned* -- Hispanic Broadcasting (NYSE:HSP) Last Price 35.53 - AUG 35.00 CALL OPTION@ $2.45 -> 5.8 % 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, Taser International Inc., Getty Images Inc., and Tiffany & Co. lead the list of companies with the most news stories while PHH Corp. and Fortune Brands Inc. are showing a spike in news. Dell Inc., NVIDIA Corp, and Sanofi-Aventis have the highest srtIndex scores to top the list of companies with positive news while Research In Motion Ltd. and Qualcomm Inc. lead the list of companies with negative news reports. Google Inc. has popped up with a high positive news sraIndex score. For the FREE article titled, "Earnings Season Decoded - An Essential 15 Point Checklist For Finding Winning Stocks." go to: http://www.wallstreetsecretsplus.com/go/freemu/ MARKET OVERVIEW Overseas trading is off to a rough start, with only one of the 15 markets that we follow in positive territory. The cumulative average return on the group stands at a -0.286 percent. In Asia, Nikkei backtracked 0.26 percent and the Hang Seng plunged 0.72 percent. Futures are poised to bounce back this morning after yesterday's sharp sell-off. Investors are clinging to the positive earnings report released last night from Dell. The tech giant reported a 28-percent spike in net income for the previous quarter. Earnings rose to $934 million, or 37 cents per share, compared to 28 cents per share for the same period a year ago. Revenue for the three-month period rose 16 percent to $13.4 billion. Results for the quarter matched the Street's estimate. The company reported that sales in its European, Asia-Pacific, and Japanese markets climbed 20 percent, suggesting that the company is making gains outside its key U.S. market, which generates about two-thirds of the company's revenue. Furthermore, UBS upgraded Dell from "neutral" to a "buy," saying it believes the company can gain market share through calendar 2006 despite a potential deceleration in the PC market. 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 Fresh from Wednesday's surprising batch of US trade data, the UK and Canada also released upbeat data. First up, Britain, where the Office for National Statistics said the trade deficit dipped from 5 billion pounds sterling in February to 4.4 billion pounds sterling in March -- the lowest number in a year. Like the US data, the figure surprised economists, who had expected the gap to remain at 5 billion pounds sterling. The drop came as exports increased 3.4% to 21 billion pounds sterling, but imports fell 0.4% to 16 billion pounds sterling, as consumers continue to behave more frugally, now that interest rates aren't as accommodating. Proof of that came with the April retail report from the British Retail Consortium, which showed sales slumped 4.7% from a year earlier. That followed a 1.7% gain in March and was the biggest plunge since 1995. This doesn't bode well for an economy that has enjoyed a remarkable 51 consecutive quarters of economic growth, propelled largely by vibrant consumer spending. The manufacturing sector also added to the negativity, sinking by the largest amount in three years in March (1.6%). But it's because of the consumer spending slowdown that the Bank of England just revised its GDP growth this year from 2.7% to 2.6%. In Canada, a glut of energy exports helped the country's trade surplus swell slightly in March -- from C$4.1 billion to C$4.2 billion. Exports edged up 0.2% to C$35.8 billion, as energy shipments jumped ahead 10.6%. However, that still meant that the overall first quarter surplus was the smallest in five years -- plenty for the Bank of Canada to ponder, as it juggles that, and what has become a slightly prohibitive appreciation in the Canadian dollar, versus its American counterpart (up 25% over the past two years). 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