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Analyst Articles

Our hat’s off to the White House (along with the Federal Reserve). They have done an outstanding job of talking up the stock market since early March. With little in the way of funds available to bail out the ailing banks, and Congress in no mood to provide more cash for the cause, they’re trying to talk their way out of the slump. Read More

Gold’s strong move prompted us to take profits in our Kinross August 15 call option (KGC + HC) last Thursday. With the metal and gold stocks now consolidating we’re looking to add a replacement position shortly. In the meantime, we’re holding on to tiny Gabriel Resources (GBU.TO).   We’ve… Read More

Sell to close the Kinross Gold August 15 call (KGC + HC) at the market.   The powerful move in gold prices in the last few days has handed us a decent profit on our Kinross Gold call option.   Read More

After nine weeks of strong gains with barely a pause, stocks ran into a brick wall last week, dropping 5 percent by Friday’s closing bell as doubts about a quick recovery for the economy started to set in. Whether that pullback proves to be merely the pause that refreshes on the start of a significant correction remains to be seen. Read More

We’ve got a nice gain so far on our Starbucks October 14 put option (SQX + VK) trade. The option has move up out of our buy range so hold on for further gains, but new clients will have to sit this one out. Sears Holdings (SHLD) has climbed… Read More

With the rally looking a bit long in the tooth we closed out a couple of our long positions last week. We took a 48 percent profit on the Transocean August 65 call option (RKJ + HM) and a 13 percent loss on the FPL Group June 55 call… Read More

Car Country

Perhaps no better illustration of Canada’s economic dependence on the US can be found than in the history of car making in North America. From the early days, the Canadian auto industry, and thus to a large to degree the Canadian economy, has been a junior partner to the Big Three and the US economy. Read More