SHREVEPORT, La., Feb. 17, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- StockPickReport.Com (IARD #119079, http://www.stockpickreport.com -- the web's only non-mainstream stock rating service), rates Merck & Co Inc., Atmel Corporation, Tellabs Inc., Lexar Media Inc.
STOCKPICKREPORT RATINGS:
Merck & Co Inc.(NYSE:MRK) -- BUY
http://www.stockpickreport.com/abrating.php?sym=MRK
Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) -- BUY
http://www.stockpickreport.com/abrating.php?sym=ATML
Tellabs Inc. (Nasdaq:TLAB) -- BUY
http://www.stockpickreport.com/abrating.php?sym=TLAB
Lexar Media Inc. (Nasdaq:LEXR) -- BUY
http://www.stockpickreport.com/abrating.php?sym=LEXR
Thursday, February 17, 2005
StockPickReport Commentary
Ethics and The Market
There are days when you will win. Followed, many times, by days you will lose. Some days you don't even want to get out of bed. Other days you don't want to go to sleep.
Me? Well, I kinda like to win. I bet you do, too.
But, I don't like to cheat.
Don't get me wrong, there are times when cheating can get you what you want. Don't think so? Cheating is sometimes good, too.
Don't believe it?
Here's one way you can cheat and it's not bad: If you had a child with a peanut allergy and that child was having an allergic reaction, you would certainly drive over the speed limit -- if safety permitted -- to get them to the emergency room.
You would be "cheating" with regard to the speeding limit. But, your actions would not be seen as "bad" by most observors.
Here's the upshot, though: You could still get a ticket. You would still deserve a ticket. The law should give you a ticket.
That's because, "justice is blind." It must be. The reason you broke the law (read: cheated) should not weigh in the decision to give you a ticket.
I use the word "should", but we all know that you probably would be given a "pass" by any cop on the street.
At the end of the day, I am satisfied of one thing. No, not that I "did my best" as a stock-picker -- sometimes I don't do my best. Not that I'm the smartest or the nicest or the handsomest.
I'm happy that I can look at my kids and explain everything I did during the day without excuses, denials, or lies.
Sadly, though, that's not how all of "mainstream wallstreet" operates.
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All commentary written by Don Harrold, Senior Analyst.
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Merck & Co Inc. (NYSE:MRK) -- BUY
http://www.bigtimenews.com/russell1000/MRK-Stock-Quotes-News-and-Research.php
Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) -- BUY
http://www.bigtimenews.com/russell1000/ATML-Stock-Quotes-News-and-Research.php
Tellabs Inc (Nasdaq:TLAB) -- BUY
http://www.bigtimenews.com/russell1000/TLAB-Stock-Quotes-News-and-Research.php
Lexar Media Inc (Nasdaq:LEXR) -- BUY
http://www.bigtimenews.com/russell1000/LEXR-Stock-Quotes-News-and-Research.php