Traders have been punishing stocks that fail to meet analyst expectations this quarter. In some cases, the earnings actually exceeded expectations but revenue fell short and a sell-off followed with the stock experiencing a double- or even triple-digit decline the next day. Read More
Call & Put Option Sells
Last month, a combination of high volatility and drastic long-term price decline made BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) a great candidate for a cash-secured put strategy. Specifically, I recommended selling to open the RIMM Aug 7 Puts at 50 cents or better. With RIMM trading… Read More
I was surprised to discover a stock in a real estate market I never realized was tradable. Despite this market’s huge potential, the stock is undervalued, probably because there are so many reasons to… Read More
Even though Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB) first quarterly earnings as a publically traded company were in line with analysts’ expectations, the stock plummeted to all-time lows following the report. Facebook’s nearly straight down move since the much-anticipated initial public… Read More
We’re about to get paid for not buying shares of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). What’s more, there is a similar opportunity setting up right now. I recently recommended that readers sell a cash-secured put on FB in hopes that we could get into… Read More
Right now, any serious investor should be interested in buying shares of Microsoft. Microsoft has a near-monopoly position in the computer software market. This dominant position allows it to sport giant… Read More
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters’ (NASDAQ: GMCR) shares dropped from atmospheric heights of over $100 per share to under $20 during the past year. The stock’s potential downside has been dramatically reduced; however, trying to catch a… Read More
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) has been a victim of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone phenomenon. While it still retains a significant amount of business users, the consumer market has slipped away, and the stock dropped from the low $30s… Read More
Income traders have gotten a big raise this month… One of the world’s greatest income strategies is using the options market to collect “instant income” on high-quality stocks. You do that by selling naked puts and… Read More
Today, I’m going to describe the best income-producing trading strategy in the world. When you do this right, you can consistently produce 15%-20% returns per year with much less risk than owning stocks. I’ve written about this strategy several times in Growth Stock… Read More