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
http://www.philstockworld.com/
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 ( 4863 )
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What the Market Wants: Risk-on
It was a pleasant opening today for the market with positive results and market activity from Europe, as well as generally positive domestic economic reports... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
ETF Periscope: Is the Eurozone About to Shake Up Wall Street Again?
“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” — Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
East Coast Conference Monday – Greetings From Atlantic City!
Nothing to read here, just re-posting the early morning commentary to move chat along: It's been a busy busy weekend in Atlantic City – hope everyone is doing... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Bearish Options Trade Bets XLU Rally Running On Empty
Today’s tickers: XLU, HPQ QLIKXLU - Utilities Select Sector SPDR – A large trade in XLU puts yesterday suggests at least one options market participant is... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
GDPhriday – Make Or Break for the Rally?
Not that it matters ahead of our GDP report but Asia was off just a bit but Europe is down 1% as the BOJ offered no new candy at their meeting this morning. Read more
Posted on 26 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Bearish Bets On Safeway Pay Off As Stock Tumbles After Earnings
Today’s tickers: SWY, CAKE CSTRSWY - Safeway, Inc. – Shares in the food and drug retailer are trading down sharply on Thursday, falling more than 18% to $23. Read more
Posted on 26 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thursday Already? Earnings Week Is Too Much Fun!
The Russell is one of our key shorts (using TZA calls) and you can see on Dave Fry's chart how resistance at the 950 line has not been futile so far. Read more
Posted on 25 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Stocks May Stumble but Will Not Fall
Despite an environment of uninspiring economic reports, stocks have regained their footing once again. Last week, bulls found that they simply couldn’t ignore... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
IRobot Bulls Clean Up As Shares Soar After Earnings
Today’s tickers: IRBT, AIG GLWIRBT - iRobot Corporation – Shares in the maker of home robots such as the Roomba vacuum cleaner and defense and security... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Will We Hold It Wednesday – Apple Gives Us No Reason To Cheer
As you can see from our Big Chart – we're still 3 of 5 over our 10% lines but it seems like we're always 3 of 5 over and it's getting about time for the Dow... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
MetLife Options Active As Company Ups Quarterly Dividend
Today’s tickers: MET, ARMH LGFMET - MetLife, Inc. – Shares in insurance, annuities and employee benefits provider, MetLife, Inc. Read more
Posted on 24 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Toppy Tuesday – NFLX Leads Us Back to the Promised Land
Actually, this is our third trip to the mountaintop since early 2000 and our last two trips did not end well and, as you can see from this chart by Paragon... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Weekly Options Active On Microsoft
Today’s tickers: MSFT, GILD PWERMSFT - Microsoft Corp. – Reporting from CNBC’s David Faber this morning that activist fund ValueAct Capital Management LLC... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What the Market Wants: Half-full Or Half-empty?
Today’s market opened up a tad on positive action from Asian and European markets; however, the pangs of last week’s painful performance took hold and the S P... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
ETF Periscope: Is “Sell In May” Already Circled On Wall Street’s Calendar?
“All generalizations are false, including this one.” — Mark TwainFor those investors who may have been feeling a tad complacent due to the recent record highs o... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Morning: Markets Up, Democracy Down
I mentioned in weekend Member Chat that, on Politically Incorrect, Bill Maher had made an excellent point about how the Senate now grossly misrepresents the wil... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Five Inflation Fighters Set to Fly – Part 2
This is a continuation of yesterday's post, which laid the background for our inflation premise and discussed F as our first trade idea. Read more
Posted on 21 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
5 Inflation Fighters Set to Fly
Although we ended with a rally, on the whole it was a terrible options expiration week with the S P dropping 33 points (2%), back to 1,555, 42 points off the... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Options Traders Pounce On Overstock.com Calls As Shares Extend Rally
Today’s tickers: OSTK, COF OSISOSTK - Overstock.com, Inc. – Shares in Overstock.com, Inc. are spiking for a second-consecutive session, helped higher today... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
TGIF – 2 Tons of Physical Gold Snapped Up As Traders Panic
That's how much physical gold the US Mint alone sold on Wednesday, as gold fell to $1,350. For the month, 147,000 ounces (4.5 tons) have been removed from the... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS