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GameStop (NYSE:GME) shares have been on a tear since Thursday, now up 5.6% in two trading sessions. 
The Street was pleased GameStop's Q3 earnings call but as the share price rises the short float is also alive. 

One of the only stocks up today, iRobot Corporation (Public, NASDAQ:IRBT) is showing serious strength in the face of today's downturn.

Not a lot of news to report on iRobot today, but last month they announced that Colin Angle, iRobot’s chairman and chief executive officer, will discuss the role of robots in the future of healthcare during a presentation at the TEDMED conference in San Diego, Calif.

Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ:MVIS) shareholders are feeling the pain with today's 20% drop in share price thanks to the company offering to sell 6.7 million shares of stock at $3 each in an effort to raise about $21.5 million.

BRIC, BRIC, BRIC!!!  Mark Mobius believes stocks in Brazil, Russia, India and China are likely to rise by 30 to 40% within three to four years as higher economic growth and lower government debt spurs corporate earnings.  Super, so how can you play it?
You can buy the stocks or just go the ETF route with one of the following choices: iShares MSCI BRIC Index Fund (ETF) (NYSE:BKF), Claymore/BNY Mellon BRIC (ETF) (NYSE:EEB) or SPDR S&P BRIC 40 (ETF) (NYSE:BIK).

How much longer can Potash prices continue to plunge?
At some point the two all-star potash companies are worth reviewing, those weapons of choice being Potash Corp. (NYSE:POT) and Mosaic Co. (NYSE:MOS). Thanks to Agriculture (AG) making a recent comeback another one-size-fits-all investment is the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE:DBA).  But Don't call it a comeback...

Ultralife Corp. (NASDAQ:ULBI) have shares fallen hard since Oct 19th, down almost 30% decending from $6 to just under $4.  On Oct 29th Ultralife reported a Q3 loss of 4 cents a share and they plan to be profitable before the end of the year.  The selling hasn't stopped since October but the insiders at Ultralife have been buying shares during November at the high $3 and low $4 level. 
Ultralife execs have picked up 278,942 shares during November to the tune of $1.14 million, should you do the same?

As the market gains and gains with no downside in sight, a good play here could be a Short Squeeze. Two potential Short Squeeze candidates are Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) and NutriSystem Inc. (NTRI).

Costco (COST) is all upset over pricing of Coca-Cola (KO) products and has put a stop restocking all Coke products.
"At this time, Coca-Cola has not provided Costco with competitive pricing so that we may pass along the value our members deserve." 
How about a Pepsi (PEP)?

Thank you American Taxpayer, GMAC has taken $12.5 billion in TARP funds and now would like just a bit more, to the tune of an additional $5.6 billion.
Meanwhile, its Ally Bank offers depositors best-in-the-nation rates (including 'high yield cds'), hurting other banks, despite terrible financial condition. Maybe it shouldn't have an ally in government, says Rolfe Winkler - and should be put out of its misery.

UBS is going to bat for some big healthy tech names, the three that caught the Masters attention are Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE), and Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL).  All three of these bad boys are trading less than $1 away from their 52-week highs, and Wall Street is saying they can go even higher.