Image by jpellgen via Flickr Volume 3, Number 27 July 5, 2006 The holiday may be over, but the fireworks continue on Wall Street today. After surging on light volume on Monday, stocks are giving up those gains today. The bullish trend, however, remains in… Read More
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Hess (HES) has gained roughly 14 percent off its lows of last week, while Transocean (RIG) and Chevron (CVX) up 8 and 6 percent, respectively. The lone exception is Halliburton (HAL), which has been essentially flat. Hess is getting a boost today on a bullish report out of Merrill Lynch. Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 3, Number 26 June 28, 2006 What’s the word Ben? The Federal Open Market Committee is conducting its third meeting under recently installed Chairman Ben Bernanke today and tomorrow. Market participants are betting the central bank will hike short-term interest rates… Read More
There’s a lot of red on our computer screens representing our current open trades. However, with the exception of the Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold August 65 call option (FCX + HM), all of our trades continue to offer good near-term profit potential. The Freeport call is too far out… Read More
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 3, Number 25 June 21, 2006 In all of our years of closely observing the stock market we’ve seen just about everything imaginable under the sun. So we think it’s fair to say that we’ve witnessed a… Read More
We closed out the Best Buy September 52.50 put option this week for a small loss after the company reported better than expected earnings yesterday. We also closed out our margined position in Sun Microsystems for a modest loss. The action in Sun suggests it will be some time before… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 3, Number 24 June 14, 2006 It looks like the Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has painted himself into a corner. Inflation data out during the past two days virtually guarantee the central bank will raise rates at its upcoming meeting, even… Read More
We’ve added two new positions since our last Weekly Update. Both trades are bearish bets that should work regardless of what the market does in the coming weeks and they’ll act as a hedge should stocks fall further. We bought the Best Buy September 52.50 put option (BBY + UX)… Read More
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 3, Number 23 June 7, 2006 In an effort to establish his Street-cred," Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke went on record Monday saying that inflation was at the upper end of his-comfort zone," removing any remaining doubt that… Read More
Yesterday we closed out our put position in SanDisk for a 25 percent gain in under a month. Like many tech stocks of late, SanDisk has been roughed up lately and is due for a rebound. Given the bleak outlook for flash memory though, we may reenter a short position… Read More