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What's Thinner Than Ally McBeal?

Volume- this is the headline we used in an edition on June 9, 2001. At the time Ally McBeal, since withdrawn by its creator, was one of the hottest shows on TV. Calista Flockhart played Ally McBeal. She is razor thin and was the catalyst for a whole "thin is in" revolution in Hollywood. 

Like Ally McBeal, another memory of days gone by is volume in the stock market. In fact, investment sentiment numbers are historically some of the lowest on record. The American Association of Individual Investors recently published the results of their sentiment surveys. Currently, only 21% of those polled were bullish, the lowest reading in years. Many view this as a positive contrary indicator.

Today's market environment is unprecedented. Never have so many been camped on the sidelines, afraid to place a bet, waiting for a highly publicized pending event to dictate which way they will go. The War with Iraq is the most publicized "surprise" for the market in years. 

Clichés like "Calm Before the Storm" and "Eye of the Hurricane" come to mind. Volume will pick up in a big way. In fact, the longer this anemic trading activity lasts, the more ferocious the volume and price swings will become when investors come back.

To us, it feels like the California real estate market in 1995. A strong ten year expansion and inflation cycle ended for the California real estate market in the about 1990. By 1995, just before it turned back up, you couldn't give homes away. Foreclosures were the highest in history, and reasonable mortgages were impossible to find. Oh!!!- had you bought back then and waited five years- Financial security would be yours today.

The market's anemic volume, as with all things, is cyclical and will run its course. In fact, two of the hottest names in Hollywood today are Jennifer Lopez and Queen Latifah, both fuller figured women. If volume is back in Hollywood, can the stock market be far behind? 

As the Roman poet Terence said: "Fortune Favors the Brave." When you act in the climate of the greatest fear, the rewards can also be the greatest. Regardless of whether you end up right or wrong in the long term- congratulations to investors with the courage to accumulate in the current climate.
 

Do You Know About the Kyoto Accord? The Management at SHEP Technologies (OTC BB: STLOF) Does

Most Americans don't. The United States has not joined the other 124 nations, including the European Union, that have joined the accord as of February 24, 2003.

The Kyoto Protocol is a legally binding international agreement that commits industrialized countries to reduce their emissions of six greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (“CO2”), methane, nitrous oxide (“NO2”), hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.

The Protocol is one of the main reasons we introduced our members to our most current idea- SHEP Technologies Inc, in last weekend's profile release.

Under the Protocol the participating industrial nations must reduce their polluting emissions to pre 1990 levels during the time frame from 2008 to 2012. For the 15 EU (European Union) countries, this amount is equivalent to about 8% below today's levels.

Countries have to stay within their assigned amounts of emissions over a five-year period, from 2008 to 2012, the first commitment period. Under the Protocol, overall emissions from industrialized countries will be reduced by 5.2% below 1990 levels during that commitment period.
 

What's the Solution?

124 countries have committed to a legally binding agreement to significantly reduce their countrywide pollution emissions by 5% to 8%, depending on the current measurable emission levels within the specific country, and to achieve this goal over the next five years.

Motor vehicles are responsible for a large portion of this pollution, and simple methods of reducing emissions are being aggressively sought. There has been a lot of publicity recently about hybrid electric/gas cars, and short range electric cars are in vogue with left wing Hollywood elite.

However, SHEP's stored hydraulic energy propulsion system is by far an easier solution, and much more readily adaptable for the manufacturers as no radical design changes are required. 

• On Ford's Proof of Concept Navigator, a full 51% less pollution was emitted by the vehicle. 

Herein lies the opportunity for SHEP. The company is currently demonstrating the system to vehicle manufacturers world wide, and getting positive receptions. Manufacturers know they have to act now to meet the future demand for lower emissions on a world wide basis.
 

SHEP's Trading Activity- A Little Schizophrenic

As you can easily see from the chart, the price of SHEP's stock has fluctuated wildly since launching our first edition on the company last Friday after the market closed.

Since the stock had run up quite nicely from early December through last week, we thought it prudent to advise a very conservative trading approach, which turned out to be the wise course. Volume spiked over the last five trading days, and finally quieted down today.

We believe every microcap investor should own some shares of SHEP Technologies. In fact, we believe the upside potential for this technology is so great, you should plan to put 10% of your risk capital to work in this stock.

Early this week SHEP demonstrated it is has strong support at $1.25. With the bottom established the time to act is now. If you don't own shares of SHEP Technologies yet, we strongly recommend you invest 25% of your allocated capital immediately. The short term bottom is in, and the stock seems to want to rebound. 

If you didn't read last Friday's release, now would be a great time to do so. Click Here to read our initial profile on this exciting technology.

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