ATLANTA, Jan. 4, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Market Pulse is pleased to announce the following stock recommendations. Bernard Schmitt of Market Pulse states, "These notable stocks should be watched because they look great from a fundamental and technical perspective." Bernard possesses many years of experience in the financial industry recommending and evaluating stocks. He rates them as follows:
Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOM): Market Outperform
Nighthawk Systems Inc. (OTCBB:NIHK): Attractive
Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO): Bearish
Insmed Inc. (Nasdaq:INSM): Attractive
Recommendation Meanings
These recommendations are investment opinions of Market-Pulse.com and reflect the stock's potential to move over the next one to four weeks of trading. This analysis is done from a technical and fundamental perspective.
After The Bell Market Commentary
According to Bernard Schmitt, "On Tuesday, minutes released from the Federal Reserve's latest Open Market Committee meeting indicated that the Fed may halt its policy of raising interest rates. The Institute for Supply Management reported that its manufacturing index for December dropped to 54.2 from 58.1 in November. Construction spending in November rose 0.2% to a record annual rate of $1.146 trillion boosted by heavy government spending on school and highway construction. Optimistic investors cheered by the Fed's comments that the end of interest rate hikes is near lifted the markets to a higher close. The Dow rose 129.91, or 1.21 percent, to 10,847.41. The Nasdaq composite index gained 38.42, or 1.74 percent, to 2,243.74. The S&P 500 index added 20.51, or 1.64 percent, to 1,268.80. The Russell 2000 index rose 10.83, or 1.61 percent, to 684.05."
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