Today’s tickers: INTC, WFC, TIVO, DDUP, VLO, CBS & XLI INTC– The semiconductor chipmaker’s shares are down 2.5% to $15.79 amid broad market declines across the board. The gloom afflicting the stock currently has not...
Read MoreGreen shoots are just sprouting everywhere aren’t they? Don’t be alarmed that we are making little progress in our header- we’re only adding in theprofits as weclose positions from our April 10th start withour virtual$100,000....
Read MoreToday’s tickers: CAH, GLD, DOW, MA, FXI, NTAP, AET, STI & SLV CAH– The Ohio-based healthcare company has experienced a more than 11% decline in shares to $32.50 after its earnings forecast for 2010 came in below analyst...
Read MoreToday’s tickers: XRT, CSX, POT, MON, LO & DRYS XRT– Shares of the retail ETF have lifted higher by more than 6% to $29.19 today despite the decline in U.S. consumer spending for the second month in a row. Spending continues...
Read MoreWe are off to one crazy start this morning! The futures markets have gone wild, ostensibly led by China, which had a PMI of 53.1 for May and, even though that’s DOWN from 53.5 in April, it’s still positive enough to be called a...
Read MoreI often talk about stupid options tricks in member chat and I thought it would make for good weekend reading. Today we’ll look at salvaging bad positions, something that comes up once in a while in any portfolio. Not everything...
Read MoreToday’s tickers: EEM, DRYS, SLV, GLD, DHI, BRCM, STSI & LFC EEM– The emerging markets fund attracted a number of option investors again today following the put-spreading frenzy observed yesterday. A repeat performance looks...
Read MoreClearly there are people who will do anything for money. In the classic movie, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” the characters all lie, cheat, steal and kill as they chase after a chache of government gold. They all...
Read MoreToday’s tickers: SVNT, WFC, EEM, MCO, XHB, EXEL, GDX & HIG SVNT– The specialty biopharmaceutical company’s shares have slipped 2% throughout the trading day to $5.78. The slight decline has not deterred some investors from...
Read MoreToday’s tickers: STT, HPQ, AMAT, PBR, BYD, AMD, VALE & ITUB STT– The 1% decline in State Street’s shares to $43.75 today has not deterred one investor from enacting a bullish ratio call spread in the July contract. Hoping...
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