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Use Options To Cash In On The Next Selloff

| June 6, 2012 | 0 Comments
Use Options To Cash In On The Next Selloff

Stocks have been bruised and battered by a barrage of negative news lately. The S&P 500 is down 10% from the bull market high of 1,422.  And it’s in danger of falling much lower. You see, the S&P closed below a key technical support on Friday.  And the last time the large cap index fell […]

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Stock Options To The Rescue! Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)

| May 30, 2012 | 0 Comments
Stock Options To The Rescue!  Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)

Today we’re going to look at a stock replacement strategy on Hewlett-Packard.  It allows you to reduce your risk and gives you upside potential. Here’s what happened… Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) shares opened up more than 7% today after reporting earnings after the market closed yesterday.  In their latest quarter HPQ beat analyst’s earnings estimates.  And they announced […]

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The Spread Trader: Triple Your Money On Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG)

| May 23, 2012 | 0 Comments
The Spread Trader: Triple Your Money On Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG)

You’ve probably noticed investor sentiment has taken a bearish turn of late. The bullish momentum that carried the Dow 25% higher from around 10,500 in October to over 13,000 earlier this year is gone.  It’s been washed away by the problems in Europe and weaker than expected economic data in the US and China. Obviously, […]

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Triple Your Money On JP Morgan’s (JPM) Downfall

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments
Triple Your Money On JP Morgan’s (JPM) Downfall

Last week Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase (JPM), revealed the bank had suffered a massive $2 billion loss on a bad trade. The stunning revelation has shaken investor confidence in JPM and the financial industry as a whole. No doubt about it, this is a major blunder for JPM and their previously untarnished […]

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The Spread Trader: Bear Put Spread On Morgan Stanley (MS)

| May 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Here we go again… Investors are once again hitting the sell button in May.  It looks like the old Wall Street maxim, ‘sell in May and go away’ is proving to be true once again. Just last week, the S&P 500 had a bullish breakout from its April trading range.  And the large cap index […]

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Stock Options To The Rescue! Qualcomm (QCOM)

| April 25, 2012 | 0 Comments

Today we’re going to look at Qualcomm and how you can use options to reduce your cost basis and profit from the recent decline in the stock. Here’s what happened… Qualcomm (QCOM) shares dropped more than 4% from $66.50 to around $64 per share after its quarterly revenue and earnings beat estimates, but their forecast […]

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Research In Motion (RIMM) Buyout Coming?

| April 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

It’s no secret the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone has been stuck in a downward spiral.  However, there still may be a way to profit on Research In Motion (RIMM).  I’ll explain exactly how to do it in a moment. But first, let’s recap what’s happened to the former high-flier… Shares of RIMM have plummeted […]

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Options Trading: Buying Puts On TJX

| April 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

The TJX Companies (TJX) has had a great run… The low-end retailer’s stock has shot up nearly 80% since the beginning of 2011.  But that’s just the tip of the iceberg… TJX has gone parabolic since a 2 for 1 stock split on February 3, 2012.  It’s up more than 15% in the eight weeks […]

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Covered Calls: How To Generate Profits In A Flat Market

| March 28, 2012 | 0 Comments

Stocks are having an epic first quarter of 2012.  The S&P 500 has surged 145 points so far this year.  That amounts to an eye-popping 11.5% gain for the large cap index. No doubt about it, investors are happy to see stocks on the upswing. But here’s the thing… At the beginning of the year, […]

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Call Options Or Put Options On AAPL?

| March 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

Apple (AAPL) can seemingly do no wrong… The maker of the world’s hottest gadgets has seen its share price soar from $363 per share around Thanksgiving to more than $600 today… an amazing 65% jump in just four months. Obviously, that’s no small feat for any company.  But it’s even more impressive when you take […]

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