Market Pulse Announces Its Hot Stock Alerts for Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008: SPKL, AAPL, PCLN, ORCL

Market Wire, February, 2008

Market Pulse is pleased to introduce our featured stock, Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc. (OTCBB: SPKL), to the investment community! Spicy Pickle Franchising is new to Market Pulse and is poised to become a significant player in the fast-casual segment of the restaurant industry! Spicy Pickle(TM) just had excellent news out in a press release after Monday's bell announcing the sale of a multi unit restaurant development for Houston, TX, bringing the total number of franchises sold up to 123! This could be great news for investors! Other notable stocks that should be closely watched due to existing fundamental and technical factors affecting each company include:

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL): Market Outperform

Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN): Attractive

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL): Bearish

Stock Pick Meanings

These stock picks are the investment opinions of MP's editor and reflect MP's belief regarding the potential price movement over the next one to four weeks of trading of each of the stocks presented. This analysis is done from a technical and fundamental perspective.

After Monday's Bell Market Commentary

On Monday, the Commerce Department reported that orders placed with U.S. factories rose by 2.3 percent in December, which was an improvement from the 1.7 percent gain posted in November and marked the biggest increase since July. The markets fell despite the increase as confidence in the economy continues to waver. Bond prices fell. The dollar slipped against most other major currencies. Gold prices fell. Light, sweet crude oil rose $1.06 to settle at $90.02 a barrel. The Dow fell 108.03, or 0.85 percent, to close at 12,635.16. The Nasdaq fell 30.51, or 1.26 percent, to close at 2,382.85. The S&P 500 index fell 14.60, or 1.05 percent, to close at 1,380.82. The Russell 2000 index fell 7.04, or 0.96 percent, to close at 723.46.

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You should be aware that MP is often compensated for issuing analyses, recommendations or opinions concerning particular companies. Its opinion is therefore not unbiased and you should consider this factor when evaluating MP's statements regarding a company. MP has been compensated thirty thousand dollars from Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc. In addition, MP has been compensated three hundred thousand restricted shares of Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc. from the company. In 2006, MP acquired two hundred thousand shares of Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc. directly from the company in a private offering for fifty thousand dollars. These shares were subsequently included in a registration statement filed by the company with the SEC. To date, MP has sold two hundred thousand shares of stock in Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc. for proceeds totaling one hundred ninety thousand seven hundred dollars. MP's officers and directors reserve the right to buy additional shares of the companies discussed in this opinion and may profit in the event those shares rise in value. When MP receives free trading shares as compensation for a profiled company, MP may sell part or all of any such shares during the period in which MP is performing such services.