After watching its shares plunge more than 20% over the past month, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) decided to embrace a different strategy with regards to its looming third-quarter profit report: It opted to get out in front of the flood of corporate earnings reports that are headed this way by providing Wall Street with a preview of its third-quarter results.

GPS technology has exploded in recent years. But shares in onetime market leader Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) have plunged 73% from its peak due to fierce competition in the market.

Money Map Report editor Horacio Marquez says Garmin is an attractive buy at its current price of $34.46. The company is aggressively improving product technology and extending the services it offers to customers. It should also receive a boost from Christmas shopping.

Horacio says Garmin’s high-growth potential combined with its value share price is too much of a bargain to ignore…

There was some reprieve for U.S. shares yesterday. Helped by expectations that the government is ready to bail out stricken mortgage giants Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE), the markets closed mostly higher.

But the markets are still in turmoil, says Aaron Lehman in The Smart Profits Report. And the Fed is running out of options to save the system. But some stocks still offer investors great long-term potential returns.

Aaron is bullish on cellphone maker Nokia Corp (NYSE: NOK) and small biotech Enzo Biochem (NYSE:ENZ)…

Southwest Feels the Love; Minimum Wage Bump; Qualcomm and Nokia Accord; Fertilizer Firm Reaps Rewards; Unemployment Claims Mount; Ford’s Worst Quarter in History; Dow Unable to Recoup Losses; Gaming Taking Off in Macau.

If you are looking for a company with rocket-like potential, Smart Profits Report tech investing expert Paul Moore says small-cap Immersion (Nasdaq: IMMR) could fit the bill.

Immersion develops haptic technologies that allow people to use touch to operate digital devices. Think the type of fancy touch-screen technology used by the much-hyped iPhone.

Paul says Immersion remains loaded with potential but remains still somewhat on the launchpad. But with three major set to toss the firm new business, Paul is bullish…

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A few years ago, I had a phone from Nokia (NOK) and I hated it. It was annoying. The games weren’t fun and the quality of the phone wasn’t the best. But Nokia has changed a lot since then.

Yesterday, I left you with the thought that the London traders had been buying dollars since they arrived back from their three-day Holiday weekend. The U.S. traders did the same… And I believe profit taking was the order of the day.

I don’t know at this point if this is a true reversal of the dollar rally or a false dawn… But either way… Just to see some chinks in the dollar right about this time is probably a good thing to currency holders!

Yellen stated that she ‘would be pleased’ if the economy was strong enough to raise rates by year-end. That’s all nice and sweet, Ms. Yellen… But did you realize you would move the markets with that ‘wish upon a star’?