Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 5, Number 3 January 16, 2008 Citicorp’s massive $18.1 billion write off of its collateralized debt portfolio, coupled with more economic data that suggests the economy is slowing, sparked yesterday’s decline. Trading was quite ugly, with the… Read More
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We’ve had a flurry of activity in the past week. Suspecting it would rebound before heading south again, we took profits on our Starbucks (SBUX) April 22.50 put option (SQX + PX) on Monday, bagging a 105 percent gain in six weeks. Tuesday we returned to the stock after it… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 5, Number 2 January 9, 2008 Stocks have gotten off to a horrible start in 2008. Investors are increasingly concerned about the health of the economy and continuing problems in the banking sector. From a trading perspective, our short-term timing indicators… Read More
Crude oil is making another run at $100 a barrel, which is good for our two energy positions. But while we have a nice gain on our National Oilwell Varco (NOV) February 70 call option (NOV + BN), we’ve lost considerable time value on our Marathon Oil April 60 call… Read More
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 5, Number 1 January 2, 2008 The books are now closed on 2007. And while the major averages such as the Dow Industrials and the S&P 500 turned in sub-par returns for the year just ended, on… Read More
Today, we closed the Transocean February 130 call option (RIG + BF). The shares of the deep-water drilling leader moved very nicely in the past couple of weeks, and we closed this position with better than 55 percent gain. We are still holding two more energy positions. The Marathon Oil… Read More
Image by markhillary via Flickr Volume 4, Number 52 December 26, 2007 With only a few trading days remaining in 2007, the financial markets are looking into 2008 with the hopes for more rate cuts from the Fed- and with lowered expectations for economic growth. Read More
Yesterday we added the National Oilwell Varco (NOV) February 70 call option (NOV + BN) seeking to capitalize on the stock’s sharp decline following its announcement to acquire Grant Prideco (GRP). The deal is a smart one for NOV as GRP offers complimentary products and it will be accretive to… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 4, Number 51 December 19, 2007 The stock market during the past week can largely be characterized as suffering more from a lack of buyers than investors rushing to sell shares. Share prices have moved lower as investors fret over the… Read More
We added the Barrick Gold April 40 call option (ABX + DH) today in expectation of gold getting a big lift from the Fed’s recent moves. Set a limit to pay no more than $4.60 per contract to buy. Yesterday we closed out the U.S. Bancorp (USB) March 32.50 call… Read More