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EOT Trade Alert – May 25, 2010
May 25, 2010 Trade Alert: Buy WFC July 17 2010 $28 Puts at $2.05 or better Company Background: Wells Fargo (WFC) is a large regional bank offering a wide array of banking and other financial services. Short-Term Catalyst: The European debt crisis continues to mount. Is systemic failure of the world’s financial system a sure thing? […]
EOT Position Update – May 19, 2010
May 19, 2010 Market Snapshot How are the markets? To sum it up in one word… VOLATILE. Cyclical stocks led the markets higher for more than a year. But after three weeks of volatility and selling, their uptrends are in jeopardy. Take a look at this chart of the S&P 500. You can see it has […]
SET Monthly Issue May 2010
May 2010 SURVIVING THE MINI-CRASH – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? There’s been quite a bit of excitement in the financial markets lately. It’s the kind of excitement I can live without. A sovereign debt crisis in Europe… A mini-crash in U.S. markets… A massive oil spill… And financial reform… just to name a […]
EOT Trade Alert – May 14, 2010
May 14, 2010 Trade Alert: Buy ASIA Oct 16 2010 $30 Calls at $1.70 or better Company Background: AsiaInfo Holdings (ASIA) is a Chinese software and programming company. They provide IT solutions to the Chinese telecom companies. Short-Term Catalyst: ASIA is a Chinese growth stock. And like any good growth stock, the company is growing revenue […]
EOT Position Update – May 12, 2010
May 12, 2010 ***Editor’s Note*** Watch for a new trade in the next 48 hours. Market Snapshot What a wild week on Wall Street. The mini-crash last Thursday played havoc with the option markets. The bid-ask spread on many options became so wide, option traders didn’t even have a chance to profit from the chaos. Market […]
EOT Position Update – May 5, 2010
May 5, 2010 Market Snapshot It’s been a wild week on Wall Street. And for that matter… just about every other market around the world. There are undercurrents of good and bad news stirring things up quite a bit. First, the bad… Oh Europe, you’re really making a mess of things. The sovereign debt problems […]
SET Portfolio Update May 2010
May 4, 2010 Is it time to “Sell in May and go away”? “Sell in May and go away” is an old Wall Street adage. It comes from the stock markets historical tendency to have higher returns in the months November to April than from May to October. But where exactly are we supposed to […]
EOT Trade Alert – May 3, 2010
May 3, 2010 Trade Alert: Buy UTX Aug 21 2010 $80 Calls at $2.05 or better Company Background: United Technologies (UTX) provides technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries worldwide. Short-Term Catalyst: UTX reported Q1 earnings a few weeks ago. They came in “in-line” with analyst expectations. Their earnings growth is being […]
EOT Position Update – April 28, 2010
April 28, 2010 Market Snapshot Earnings season is rolling along. We’re seeing companies big and small alike beat analyst estimates. That’s a great sign the economic recovery’s ahead of schedule. However, any good vibes being generated by strong earnings are being offset by a series of downgrades on the sovereign debt of Greece, Portugal, and now Spain. […]
EOT Trade Alert – April 22, 2010
April 22, 2010 Trade Alert: Buy WYN Nov 20 2010 $30 Calls at $1.70 or better Company Background: Wyndham Worldwide (WYN) is a hospitality company. They operate hotels and motels under various brand names like Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Ramada, Days Inn, and Super 8 in the US and internationally. Short-Term Catalyst: This is truly a […]
