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VIP Alliance Weekly Update

I. Conservative Recommendation

UnitedHealth Group (UNH)

UnitedHealth Group is a current recommendation in my weekly trading service, Alpha Algorithm.

The company announced the acquisition of Advisory Board Co.’s health care analytics, research and consulting operations for $1.3 billion.

On the one hand, this is small beans for UnitedHealth, which has a market cap of $190 billion.

On the other, it fits with the company’s M&A modus operandi. UnitedHealth now accounts for more than 70% of the successful deals undertaken by North American managed-care providers in the past five years.

UnitedHealth Group is also currently a 100% “buy” based on all short-, medium- and long-term technical indicators I use.

II. Aggressive Recommendation

Raytheon Company (RTN)

Raytheon is a recommendation in my weekly trading service, Momentum Trader Alert.

Defense stocks across the board rose yesterday after North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

That’s good news for Raytheon, which makes the Patriot system while Lockheed produces the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor missiles.

From a technical standpoint, Raytheon scores 100% on all technical indicators I follow for the Momentum Trader Alert service.

Sincerely,

Nicholas A. Vardy

Nicholas Vardy

Nicholas Vardy has a unique background that has proven his knack for making money in different markets around the world. He was the Editor of The Global Guru, a free weekly e-newsletter, and also edited the trading services Momentum Trader Alert, which focused on making short-term profits in the hottest markets in the world, and The Alpha Algorithm, which was designed specifically to deliver big, fast triple-digit winners, month after month. He was also the editor of Smart Money Masters, a monthly service focused on longer term investments recommended by the brightest minds in the business. Mr. Vardy has been a regular commentator on CNN International and the Fox Business Network. He has also published articles in The New Republic, The World and I, and The Baker & McKenzie Legal Review. The Global Guru/Nicholas Vardy has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Fox Business News, CBS MarketWatch, Yahoo! Finance, and MSN Money Central. Mr. Vardy graduated from Stanford with a B.A. — with honors and distinction — in both Economics and History, and he also earned an M.A in Modern European Intellectual History. After winning a Fulbright Scholarship, he earned a J.D. degree at Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. When not uncovering investment opportunities for his subscribers and investors, Mr. Vardy is a keep-fit enthusiast and an avid student of classical music.