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Upcoming Trading Alert- Leading off the New Year

We're starting off the New Year with a Trading Alert next Friday, January 4th. If you take a few minutes to review our Trading Alerts Track Record, you will note that we have never failed to get some appreciation within the five day window for an Alert. Click Here to view the track record. The last two Trading Alerts were up 18% and 27% respectively.

If all goes as planned, we will be introducing you to a virtually unknown company which is making the transition to the big leagues through a major fundamental development. Members of the OTC Journal will be the first to learn of this, giving you the competitive investing edge. Hopefully, we will start the New Year out with a short term money maker.
 

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Year End Update on XML Global Technologies (OTC BB: XMLG)

XML Global's year was a microcosm of the B to B sector on the NASDAQ, which was pounded into oblivion. In the late 90's Wall Street's enormous appetite for technology IPOs created an excess supply of technology in this sector, most of which becomes obsolete sooner than companies can get it to customers.

The shrinking economy forced a significant contraction of IT budgets at large corporations, and the market for XML Global's products vaporized temporarily. XML is a new universal computer language which allows large systems to communicate directly with each other. Analysts have long recognized this new language will eventually dominate the B to B space. Most importantly- the implementation of this language saves companies money over the long run, making its adoption inevitable.

However, after having survived a challenging environment, business seems to be turning the corner at XML Global. This small company has garnered an unusual amount of high profile publicity on its products. The December 24th edition of Business Week carried a feature on the company's stolen property tracking software, Xtract. Click Here to read the article. If you have a copy of the magazine, the article can be found on page 75.

The stock dropped all the way from $1 to just under $.20, but has since come off the canvas and tripled. Expect the company to continue to announce more positive fundamental developments in the first quarter of 2002 as the long awaited XML revolution finally begins to take hold.
 

MedGrup (OTC BB: CODX) Year End Update

MedGrup provides outsourced coding services for hospitals. Their business evolved out of the medicare related fraudulent practices of health care providers in the late 1980's and early 1990's.

We have always liked this company as they have been consistently profitable and nearly doubled in size every year for the past three years.

The company embarked on an aggressive expansion plan in the first quarter, gearing up staff to handle a significant increase in business from a large, Houston based hospital chain.

Towards the end of the summer the expansion was derailed by serious flooding in the Houston area, which led to the closing of several hospitals. Shortly thereafter the September 11th Attack on America also slowed new contract roll outs.

New business is back on track, and the company should report a relatively strong fourth quarter. Business should accelerate next year, and the company should easily exceed the $10 million revenue mark in 2002. Overstaffing for delayed contract roll outs hurt their performance in 2001, but the delays are now in the past.

This company has a unique market niche. There is no other company which specializes in outsourced coding for hospitals. In our opinion, this company is a good candidate for a merger or acquisition of some kind in 2002, which could put the stock on the map.

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