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August 12, 2005  Sell to close your September 90 XAU call option (XAU + IR) at the market for a gain of about 80 percent in a little over five weeks. The precious metals staged an impressive rally yesterday and the gold and silver mining stocks rose accordingly.  Read More

August 11, 2005  Sell to close the Coeur d'Alene Mines September 2.50 call option (CDE + IZ) at the market, for a profit of about 40 percent.  Precious metals have been moving up as expected and handing us nice gains on our two precious metals plays in the process.  Read More

August 10, 2005  Sell to close your September 40 Nasdaq 100 Trust put option (QQQ+UN) at the market for a 17 percent loss.   We added the September 40 Nasdaq 100 put prior to the Federal Reserve's latest rate hike on concerns that the wording of the Fed's statement would set off alarm bells on Wall Street.  Read More

August 8, 2005 Buy to open the September 40 Nasdaq 100 Trust Put Option (QQQ+UN) at the market. With oil prices moving to record levels, the market has shown remarkable resilience. However, tomorrow's action is far from predictable.  Read More

June 21, 2005 Sell to close your position in Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE) at the market for a 6% loss. Simultaneously, buy to open the September 2.50 Coeur d’Alene Mines call option (CDE+IZ) at the market. Read More

Crude oil prices set fresh new highs yesterday. The ostensible reason for the new high was news of the death Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. In effect, nothing has changed there since the Kingdom's new official ruler, Fahd's half brother Crown Prince Abdullah, has been the de facto leader for the past decade. Read More

Sell to Close your Sepracor September 60 call option (ERU+IL) at the market. Sepracor (SEPR) remains under pressure. The latest round of selling was set off by news that prescriptions came in weaker than expected.  Read More

Sell to Close your Sepracor SEPR September 60 Call option (ERU+IL) at the market. Sepracor SEPR continues to be under pressure, now because the latest rescription trends turned out to be weaker than we expected. We still think that Lunesta is the best product in the highly competitive sleeping aid market.  Read More