Most of us know all too well what our kids want for the holidays. But imbedded within the toys, gadgets and cool electronics we all want, are the component parts that make up big profits for in sync investors. Often, just a little peak under the hood of our favorite toys brings out unbelievable investment opportunities.

This year, my personal holiday shopping list is loaded down with lots of electronic goodies for the people in my life, and I'm sure yours is too. Let's take a look at the investment opportunities that come wrapped up with each gift, starting with one of the most popular company that has revolutionized both the cell phone and the computer industry: Apple.

The Golden Apple of Holiday Shopping

Like many of you, Apple (symbol: APPL) sets squarely at the top of my holiday shopping list. I have to admit, Apple has all the marketing bells and whistles, not to mention growing market share as it begins to dominate both the personal computing industry and the cell phone industry worldwide. The company's clout doesn't stop there. This golden Apple even helped the stock market rebound 300-plus points earlier this week as Apple nears closing a deal to sell the iPhone in China.

But it's not Apple's overwhelming popularity (or the fact that you can't walk down the street without being blinded by the white light of an Apple store) that makes it a top holiday stock. The real reason is what I like to call, Apple's "Killer App"—it's new MAC OS X Leopard operating system.

When a Leopard Shows His Spots

The beauty of the Leopard is how easily you can switch from your home computer, laptop and office PC to a Mac and still use all of the Windows software you had before. The only difference is … it won't crash.

But when this Leopard finally shows its spots, will revolutionize the computer industry?

Tobin Smith, editor of ChangeWave Investing, and the rest of the ChangeWave team wanted to find out. So they asked the ChangeWave Alliance—a powerful network of 13,000 early technology adopters who prove to be ideal indicators of when a new trend is about to emerge. ChangeWave's latest survey shows strong momentum among future PC buyers who are looking to snatch up Macs with the new Leopard OS.

Ok, but what does this tell me as an investor? Apple's new Leopard Operating System is just what the stocks needs to push it's price well above $200! In fact, the ChangeWave Alliance has been keeping an eye on Apple ever since they announced their Intel chip deal back in June 2006. Back then, Alliance members were geared up to buy the new Macs once the chip was available. Then, when the iPhone was previewed in January 2007, Alliance members simply couldn't wait to get their hands on it. Since then, iPhone sales have already exceeded expectations, selling 1.4 million phones since its launch.

The ChangeWave Alliance has been right on target with Apple, and time and time again identified consumer trends well before Wall Street. But most importantly, the Alliance helps Tobin Smith recommend winning stocks so his subscribers can rack up the profits!

ChangeWave Investing predicts that Apple's earning power won't even peak until 2010 once all the new iPhone sales level out. Wrap it all up in a pretty bow and many analysts are looking at sweet Apple profits soaring to $225 a share!

Here's Another Tech Stock to Toy Around With…

So, you bought a new Mac for you mother, a new iPod for your sister and the new iPhone for yourself. Now think about every time you watch "Dancing with the Stars" or download "A Christmas Story."

Most likely, it comes to you over the Internet through this company's servers.

The MIT geniuses who created the second stock on my holiday wish list were smart enough to figure out that if they could co-locate high speed servers in close proximity to the actual computer that was downloading the files—they could charge a premium if they cached those files on their servers. They were right.

With more than 20,000 massive server locations in 71 countries, these guys are the undisputed kings of content. This company currently handles more than 20% of the Internet traffic around the world today and that percentage is literally growing as we speak.

Do You Hear What I Hear?

When music is a big part of your life you want your music to go with you wherever you go. So what's next on the list? No, it's not an iPod (although that's not a bad idea) it's all about the flash storage, my friend.

Whether you store your music on an iPod or in the Microsoft's Zune digital media player, you probably already use a memory stick from SanDisk (Symbol: SNDK) or their licensees. These storage devices, in turn, use special small controller systems made by the next stock on my holiday wish list.

The world has an almost insatiable need for NAND flash memory because phone, music, satellite radio and, of course, photo gadgets, are all now using flash memory instead of plain old hard drives. This company's biggest customers are the major flash storage card makers, including Samsung, SanDisk and Lexar Media.

Coming to a Home Theatre Near You

Flat-screen high-def TVs are more popular than ever. Although the prices have come down dramatically since two years ago, these next generation TVs are still considered a high-end holiday gift.

I love it when prices come down sharply due to technology, and when it comes to TVs, this phenomenon plays itself out perfectly. Consider the fact that you can still get that 42" ED plasma set for the family room for under $1,000—less than half of what he would have had to pay this time last year.

Now let's not forget that once you have that high-def set installed on the wall, you'll soon likely become addicted to high-def programming. I'm guessing that's why the growth rate of pay-per-view (PPV) high-def programs from this company has been staggering—from 50 million PPVs a few years ago to more than 1 billion for this company in 2006 alone!

Tech Stocks: The Gift That Keeps on Giving!

Here's to making a list and checking it twice—for sweet profits that'll be oh-so-nice. Get Tobin Smith's Buy List by signing up for your 90-day RISK-FREE trial to ChangeWave Investing .

Will I have more? You bet—especially after the ChangeWave Alliance releases their Consumer Holiday Spending Survey in the coming days.

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