Author: Marco Hickey

With the stock market in turmoil. Nothing sounds better than some comfort food… Enter to win the Cheese of the Month club: Cheesy Giveaway : Golden Age...

Today I will write about five stocks which I am rotating into that will allow me to get a little more defensive but still participate in this market. As stated in a recent article How to Hedge With Vertical Put Spreads I believe...

Today I will explain why I plan on getting into three consumer discretionary stocks and how I plan on getting into them. First, I will state that I do expect a bit of a pull back (no more than 5%-7%) as outlined in How to Hedge...

Someone once asked me “how have you made the most money playing in the stock market?” I had to think long and hard because in today’s market there’s no easy answer like the old days “buy and...

Perhaps the worst kept tech secret in history was that the Apple (AAPL) iPhone would be on Verizon (VZ) someday. Now that it has finally been confirmed by both companies, we’re seeing examples of classic buy on the rumor...

I always say it’s better to have insurance before your house burns down rather than try to buy it as it’s burning down. This can also be said when talking about purchasing insurance or put options to hedge an equity...

As the market has been grinding higher over the past few months, we’ve heard many bears state that we are overbought and that we’re due for a correction. The overbought part was likely true, but no correction was in...

Today we have a continued Bull and a BIG Bear. One strategist looks like they’re going to keep their bet on CB Richard Ellis Group (CBG) rolling out of the January 20 calls and into the February 22 calls. Over 9k January...

As stated in my last article 3 Dow Stocks to Buy-Write Now I believe financials will outperform the market in the early part of this year. The most attractive financial stock to me is Citigroup (C). I believe Citigroup will...

In this post I will outline three Dow stocks which are attractive at the current levels and will explain why I would choose to buy-write them. The buy write option strategy is the simplest option strategy it is simply purchasing...