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Stocks are on track to generate their smallest year-over year move in more than 40 years. The market’s economic data-inspired positive mood and a better than 3 percent move last week – not to mention the quarter-to-date 12.5 percent jump – are pushing the S&P 500 index into a positive territory for the year after a dreadful third quarter. Read More

We think the Europeans will eventually reach the conclusion that they must print or the Euro will perish. It’s really just a matter of what level of share prices that printing will occur.   For now, however, we would remain somewhat cautious. With two positions that are leveraged to the downside, the Gap (GPS) March 18 put option and the Lexmark (LXK) April 31 put option, we have enough protection on the downside for now.   The Gap received a positive write-up in Barron’s this weekend; the share-price boost from the article is about 2 percent, not a big move considering that it reasons that the stock could jump 40 percent in a private-equity deal. While boosts that stocks receive from Barron’s write-ups are often temporary, we’ll monitor Gap closely and recommend exiting a position if it’s warranted; for now, however, the option remains a buy for new subscribers at or below $1.20 per contract. The Lexmark April 31 put option is also a buy, at or below $2.35 per contract. Oil prices are moving higher and so is our newest recommendation, the SPDR Energy ETF (XLE) March 68 call option.  Because energy-related stocks have lagged the commodity lately, we think they can move higher still in catching-up with the commodity. If you don’t own this position, use a limit order to pay no more than $3.90 per contract.   Read More

South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index rose 1.1 percent to 1,867.22, to bring the index 1.5 percent higher during a week which saw the death of North Korea’s longtime dictator Kim Jong-Il. The KOSPI declined 3.4 percent on Dec. 19 after North Korea’s official news agency announced Kim’s death. However, the… Read More

We remain cautious with our trading positions. Earlier today we did add the SPDR Energy ETF (XLE) March 68 call option on expectations the sector will continue to make up lost ground. Use a limit order to pay no more than $3.90 per contract if you don’t own it already. Read More

China announced that it would impose duties as high as 22 percent on US imports of large autos and sport utility vehicles for the next two years, in a sign of rising trade friction between the two countries. The move was seen as largely symbolic. The US shipped just USD3.5… Read More