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Earlier today we added the Diamond Offshore March 65 call option (DO +CM). Set a limit to pay no more than $12.60 per contract. This is in addition to our existing position in the Transocean May 75 call option (RIG + EO), which is a buy for new clients.We repurchased… Read More

Image via WikipediaWinter is in full force these days here in New York, with temperatures routinely dipping below the freezing mark. The weather has left more that a few people longing for the dog days of summer. The stock market, meanwhile, is seeming marking… Read More

At its core, Google (GOOG) is essentially an advertising company. Its bread and butter—help wanted and automobile classifieds—are in the tank right now and not likely to improve anytime soon. We’re not looking for Google to revisit its IPO price, but the stock is most likely headed below $200 a… Read More

Image via WikipediaWell, it’s official. The National Bureau of Economic Analysis (NBER), the non-profit organization tasked with dating business cycles, has declared the economy has been in recession for a year now. That’s the bad news. The good news is the organization is notoriously… Read More

Canada remains less affected than other countries by the financial crisis due to relatively conservative financial practices, which earned its banking system top honors in terms of solvency among 134 countries examined by the World Economic Forum. Read More

Last week we returned to Research in Motion (RIMM) looking for a hedge in this volatile market. The stock is down on word that Nokia is seeing weakness in its business that it hadn’t seen before. We took advantage of today’s decline and pocketed a modest 10 percent profit in… Read More

Image via Wikipedia Volume 5, Number 48 November 25, 2008  When the final bell rang last Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 52 percent from its high and the benchmark average was off nearly 40 percent below its 200-day moving average. Those figures actually surpass… Read More

We can’t say what sectors will lead the next bull market charge, but were confident that inflation hedges will once more come to the fore. New clients can buy the SPDR Gold Shares Trust January 79 call option (GVD + AA) at the market. Likewise, the Barrick Gold April 25… Read More

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 5, Number 47  November 19, 2008  This is a market that must be driving pure technicians absolutely crazy. No sooner does it look like stocks are about to break one way or another and the trend reverses. Read More