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 ( 7301 )
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Manic Monday – Shanghai Surprise
Shanghai popped 2.5% this morning. The index flew back to it's highest level since Dec 16th as official Chinese data (ie questionable, at best) showed profits a... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Bold Bulls Dare Meek Bears to Take Another Crack
Courtesy of Sabrient Systems and Gradient Analytics Once again, stocks have shown some inkling of weakness. But every other time for almost three years... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Philstockworld Jolly June Trade Review – Part 1
What a month May was! Through May 23rd, we had 158 winning trade ideas against 29 that did not work out (as of the review) for an 84% winning percentage. Read more
Posted on 27 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
$1,000 Friday – Yesterday’s Oil Trade Gives Everyone a Great Weekend!
Congratulations! If you read yesterday's post and took action on our trade idea to short Oil Futures (/CL) at the $103 line, then you were able to pocket... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Starbucks Options Volume Rises Ahead Of Earnings After The Bell
Volume in Starbucks options is running approximately three times the average daily level for the stock as of 1:15 p.m. ET ahead of the company’s third-quarter... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thursday Thrust – More Free Money on the Road to 2,000
Up, up and away! Don't worry about the fact that the volume is so low we had to check if the market was actually open. Don't worry about the fact that net... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
World Record Wednesday – S&P Ironically Makes 1984
1984! As I pointed out in our Member Chat Room this morning, there is a Bloomberg article this morning on the CPI report that says: The cost of living in the... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sizable Call Spread Trades On Orexigen
A large call spread initiated on Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (Ticker: OREX) on Monday morning looks for shares in the name to rally approximately 30% by... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
$10,000 Tuesday – One Trade To Make Your Month!
How would you like to make $10,000? If the Russell can finish this option period (24 days) 2.5% higher, at 1,178 or higher, we can turn net $1,000 or less cash... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Market Movement – Do We Ever Go Down?
We all go down for a piece of the moment Watch another burn to the death to the core And the roadshow thrills pack the freaks and the phonies Sing: now is now,... Read more
Posted on 21 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
John Oliver Sums It up on Income Inequality
I meant to put this up last week but forgot. John Olivers sums up most of what I've been saying about Income Inequality for the past 8 years in just 15 minutes! Read more
Posted on 21 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Bulls Remain Unfazed by Borderline Black Swans
Courtesy of Sabrient Systems and Gradient Analytics Despite a highly eventful week in the news, not much has changed from a stock market perspective. Read more
Posted on 21 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Dunkin’ Put Options Change Hands Ahead Of Earnings
Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (Ticker: DNKN) put options are active on Friday as shares slip on a downgrade to “Neutral” from “Buy” (with a 12-month target price o... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Bullish Action In U.S. Steel Options As Stock Pops
U.S. stocks are rallying on the final trading day of the week, rebounding somewhat from Thursday’s selloff in the wake of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash in... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Friday Futures Fakery – Do You REALLY Think a Downed Airline Doesn’t Matter?
Can we possibly be this jaded? Even on Wall Street, where ruining the lives of the middle class is a sporting event, you would think that the tragic death of 29... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Microsoft Ratio Spread Looks For Further Upside
A ratio call spread initiated on Microsoft Corp. (Ticker: MSFT) on Wednesday (July 16) suggests one big options market participant may be looking for shares in... Read more
Posted on 17 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thursday Flip-Flop – Rally Gets Manic/Depressive
You never know what you are going to wake up to in this market. This morning, the market is depressed, giving up all of yesterday's gains in the Futures. Read more
Posted on 17 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Spike In IGT Shares Positive For Put Sellers
Shares in International Game Technology (Ticker: IGT) jumped more than 9.0% to a near six-month high of $17.00 on Wednesday morning after Italian company GTECH... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Which Way Wednesday – IBM/AAPL Deal Boost Markets
Did you make your $1,000 yesterday? You would have if you read yesterday's morning post (subscribe here), where we picked the Russell Futures (/TF) short at... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Toppy Tuesday – GS and JPM Reap the Rewards of Market Manipulation
$9 Billion Dollars! That's how much Goldman Sachs (GS) took in in revenues in the second quarter. They then used $1.25Bn of it (14%) to buy back their own... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS