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Last week we offered a cautious view of the stock market for the year ahead based on current valuations, expected earnings growth and the length of time since we last experienced a 10 percent correction. This week, we want to offer a more optimistic view, this one based simply on… Read More

The Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) May 16 put option can be purchased with a limit order set at $1.33 per contract. The United Continental Holdings (UAL) March 25 put option is also buy, likewise with a limit at $1.33 per contract. Our Dollar Tree (DLTR) February 45 call option is a hold. Read More

Buy to open Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) May 16 put option. Use a limit order to pay no more than $1.33 per contract. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) is up some 40 percent from its late November low. While the struggling technology stock was oversold and is not likely to revisit that low again… Read More

Buy to open United Continental Holdings (UAL) March 25 put option. Use a limit order to pay no more than $1.33 per contract. Airline operator United Continental Holdings (UAL) will report its quarterly and year-end results next week. Expectations are running fairly high, judging by the stock’s recent performance. Read More

We have entered the latest earnings season. Aluminum producer and general economic bellwether Alcoa kicked the season off to a solid start by reporting that demand from China has clearly rebounded and that Europe wasn’t doing as poorly as many believed. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi added to the… Read More

While there are still unanswered questions regarding the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling that must be addressed in the coming months, and the fourth-quarter earnings season is likely to be lackluster (as was the case last quarter), the stock market is acting well these days – notwithstanding this week’s… Read More

We closed out our Cirrus Logic (CRUS) March 28 call option last week, pocketing a 26 percent gain in three weeks. Concurrently, we closed out the Whirlpool (WHR) March 97.50 put option for a 50 percent loss after the stock gapped up at the open on the first day of… Read More

Stocks opened 2013 with the best single-day rally in more than a year. The fiscal cliff negotiations indeed went down to the wire. Shortly after Vice President Biden – who serves as the President of the Senate – and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed on the terms of a fiscal… Read More