Image by squareintheteeth via Flickr March 7, 2007 The U.S. stock market is rallying off its recent lows, but you shouldn’t expect a return to the recent highs just yet. These events never play out exactly the same way, but they do follow a general… Read More
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Being both long and short, we had mixed returns as a result of yesterday’s action. Taking advantage of the plunge we closed out our position in Public Storage Properties September 110 put option for a 40 percent gain ahead of the company’s profit report. After the close the company reported… Read More
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 4, Number 9 February 28, 2007 If the stock market was a cartoon character it would have stars circling overhead and a fat lump rising on noggin right about now. The market suffered its worst one-day decline… Read More
We opened two new trades and sold two others in the past week. Earlier today we bought to iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) September 89 put option (TLT + UK). This is a play on falling bond prices (and rising yields) we look to unfold in the… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 4, Number 8 February 21, 2007 Today’s trading notwithstanding, stocks continue to work their way higher. Pundits are concerned that prices are overextended, and a quick glace at the price charts of the major averages indeed show that we’ve been through… Read More
Seeing an opportunity to play a short-term rebound in Internet advertising and search solution company Google (GOOG) yesterday, but not wanting to take on the sizeable cost (in absolute terms) of an at-the-money call option, we instead went with a bull call spread. We bought to open the Google… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 4, Number 7 February 14, 2007 We’re in a sweetheart of a market these days. While stocks are a bit overbought, share prices have room for at least one more leg up before a correction of any real size sets in. Read More
Yesterday we opened a long position in the Corning May 20 call option (GLW + ED). The company is the dominant supplier in the rapidly growing market for flat panel display screens. With its earnings out we’re not likely to suffer any negative surprises and there’s plenty of room the… Read More
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 4, Number 6 February 7, 2007 The general tone of the stock market continues to be bullish. The last piece of the puzzle, the Dow Transports, has finally fallen into place. With the average having finally moved… Read More
This morning we closed the Amylin Pharmaceuticals April 40 call option for a loss of 64 percent. The company reported better-than-expected quarterly results yesterday after the close. Its losses narrowed in the fourth-quarter loss to 45 cents a share compared to a year-ago period loss of 61 cents a share. Read More