Investors let their guard down in February, and they tightened it up as the year went on.

We cannot afford to let our guard down,

This is an odd beast overall. There's a lot going against it.

On a strategic basis, big companies often are invested in protecting their market share and expanding from a big base. This leaves small market niches to be developed by companies that can understand and help grow 'under the radar' market niches. If the 'undiscovered niches' grow by leaps and bounds then shareholders reap big rewards.

Eden has a product that's really neat. Like a number of companies (going public) now, they have a product that's just introduced and is coming out of beta testing or is ready for prime time.

big sleeper of the week.