Despite meeting or beating expectations each of these retail stocks failed to respond accordingly. The government shutdown married with ferocious winter weather likely dampened recent sales trends. In an unforgiving market, I suggest exiting these positions. Read More

Masco stock has behaved well and the options are up roughly 30% in less than one month. Recent weakness in some other housing suppliers makes me a bit nervous so I suggest booking the gain. Read More

Sell these puts to collect any premium remaining. Both expire mid-February and will lose value as we closer to the expiration unless the stocks fall dramatically. Some may choose to place stop losses at the suggested prices but volume will also dry up as the days pass. Read More

Carbonite has been a tremendous stock for Profit Catalyst Alert but will soon lap its purchase of Mozy, which may put pressure on revenue growth. Book the gain and think about revisiting this as a long after the fourth quarter is announced in mid-February. Read More

We're coming back for a second helping on the bearish burger trade. Commentary from recent industry events highlights the pain of increasing labor expenses and lackluster traffic. Buy puts on McDonalds and Wendy's Company. Read More

The wholesale sell-off in homebuilding related stocks offers some fabulous values. Masco is less correlated to new home builds than its value reflects and is trading at record low valuations. Read More