Phil's Stock World
Philstockworld.com (www.philstockworld.com) is the fastest growing stock and option newsletter on the Web. "High Finance for Real People - Fun and Profits" is our motto and our Basic and Premium Chat Sessions offer readers a chance to speak to Phil live during the trading day as well as authors like Optrader, Sabrient, Income Trader and Trend Trader - who send out Alerts during the market sessions and discuss trade ideas live with Members.
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Philip R. Davis is a founder of Phil's Stock World (www.philstockworld.com), a stock and options trading site that teaches the art of options trading to newcomers and devises advanced strategies for expert traders. Mr. Davis is a serial entrepreneur, having founded software company Accu-Title, a real estate title insurance software solution, and is also the President of the Delphi Consulting Corp., an M&A; consulting firm that helps large and small companies obtain funding and close deals. He was also the founder of Accu-Search, a property data corporation that was sold to DataTrace in 2004 and Personality Plus, a precursor to eHarmony.com. Phil was a former editor of a UMass/Amherst humor magazine and it shows in his writing -- which is filled with colorful commentary along with very specific ideas on stock option purchases (Phil rarely holds actual stocks).
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Phil's Stock World
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Commentary on the stock market, options, the economy and a little politics. We teach subscribers how to use options to earn consistent returns on their investments, how to hedge, and how to be the "house" by selling the appropriate options against their positons. We share our many resources and will help you find a trading style that works for you!
LATEST ARTICLES ( 5009 )
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Monday Market Outlook – Finally Over S&P 2,000 – Now What?
2,000 finally held! It was a really ugly hold but we did hold 2,000 on the S P all day long on Friday and that, as I've said for a long time, is finally a signa... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Bulls Leverage Hopeful News to Launch a Tepid Breakout Attempt
Courtesy of Sabrient Systems and Gradient Analytics Stocks were able to leverage some optimistic news and dovish words from the Fed to take another stab at an... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
IV Implodes On 4-hour YHOO Options As BABA Commences Trading
Investors are dumping shares in Yahoo, sending the stock down 5.0% to $40.08 after shares in Alibaba made their debut on the floor of the NYSE just before... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Fabulous Friday – Our AliBaba Play Pays off Big!
We're already up over 100% on Alibaba. How, you may wonder? Well, two ways: Back in October of 2007, before Alibaba IPO'd in China, I was touting the company... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thrilling Thursday – S&P 2,000…. Again…
S P 2,000 – YAY!!! OK, I'm cheating, that's what I wrote on August 26th, when we first hit that mark. At the time, everyone was in rally mode and our Big Chart... Read more
Posted on 18 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Which Way Wednesday – Fed Edition
Wow, what a recovery! And wow, what complete and utter BS it is. They NYSE is still below 11,000 (our Must Hold line) and the Russell is still below it's 50... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Testy Tuesday – Will the Russell Survive the Death Cross?
The charts are getting ugly! Yesterday the Russell 2000 fell 1.2%, below the 50 day moving average and below the 200 day moving average which are about to form ... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Bulls Go Down Swinging, Refusing to Give up Much Ground
Courtesy of Sabrient Systems and Gradient Analytics Although the stock market displayed weakness last week as I suggested it would, bulls aren’t going down... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Market Movement – Waiting on the Fed
More bad news today. China's Industrial Output is at its lowest level since the 2008 crash and Hong Kong stocks dropped 1%, the 7th consecutive down day over... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Big Prints In VIX Calls
The CBOE Vix Index is in positive territory on Friday morning as shares in the S P 500 Index move slightly lower. Currently the VIX is up roughly 2.75% on the... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Friday Follies – Will Today Be the 13th Day Below S&P 2,000?
12 failures so far. 12 trading days since the S P first hit 2,000 (Aug 25th) in which we have failed to hold 2,000 for a full day. Not one and, unless the... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Call Butterfly Spread Looks For Upside In Autodesk
Big prints in Autodesk, Inc. (Ticker: ADSK) call options today appear to be part of a call butterfly spread, a strategy that may be profitable if shares in the... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Deja Thursday – The Coalition of the Willing is Back in Business!
We're back in business baby! It's been 12 years since GW Bush first assembled the "Coalition of the Willing" in November of 2002 (a full year after we were... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
First Trust Rolls Out Active Long-Short ETF
Courtesy of Sabrient Systems and Gradient Analytics First Trust, the sixth-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, will introduce the First Trust... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Testy Tuesday – Apple Will Give the S&P a Pass Or Fail
Today is the day. There’s a lot riding on Apple’s massive iPhone 6 and iWatch event. Since the first iPad in 2010, the big question on everyone’s mind has been... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday: Clear Proof of Massive Market Manipulation
Remeber this? Sure you do, this was Friday's intra-day chart of SPY, the ETF that tracks the performance of the S P 500. It's pretty similar to what happened... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Stock Market Breakout? Not So Fast
Courtesy of Sabrient Systems and Gradient Analytics Was that really a breakout? With the S P 500 struggling around the 2,000 level for the past two weeks,... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
PSW August Portfolio Reviews (Members Only)
Just a quick post to consolidate our virtual portfolio reviews for easy reference: What we're stressing this year, above all else is our "BE THE HOUSE - Not... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
$1,500 Friday – Yesterday’s Futures Play Pays Big!
That's $2,200 in two days playing with us! Not bad for free picks, right? On Wednesday, we played the Nasdaq Futures (/NQ) short at 4,100 and those gave us a... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
F’d Up Thursday – Euro Deposit Rates Now NEGATIVE!
How low can rates go? Well, we've entered a Brave New World now where putting money into the ECB COSTS YOU 0.2% per year. That's right – if you give them... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS