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 ( 7292 )
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RetailMeNot Shares Tumble On Analyst Downgrade
Shares in RetailMeNot, Inc. (Ticker: SALE) are on sale today, down as much as 11% to touch a new record low of $22.45, after the stock was cut to ‘hold’ from... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Friday Fizzle – Low Volume Rally Tops Out Again
What a week! As you can see from Dave Fry's S P chart, the volume, so far, is just over 5Bn vs. 10Bn+ in a normal week. It's just a bigger version of the patter... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Federally Faked Thursday – The Unhappy Median
Look at this chart: LOOK AT IT!!!! This is America, damn it! We peaked out in earnings in 2000 and it's been downhill ever since. Even worst, this is America... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Which Way Wednesday – Four Fed Edition
Williams, Yellen, George and Kocherlakota. It's the "murderer's row" of economic BS today as, starting at 10am, we have 4 consecutive hours of Fed speeches ahea... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Ratio Call Spread Looks For Shine To Tiffany Shares After Earnings
A one-by-two ratio call spread initiated on Tiffany Co. today looks for limited, though sizable upside in shares of the high-end jeweller. Shares in Tiffany... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Bears Bulk Up On Best Buy Puts Ahead Of Earnings
Options volume on Best Buy is almost three times the average daily reading for the stock today, with more than 20,000 contracts traded on the consumer... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Tuesday Topics – Market Manipulation, Oil Inventories and the Death of Democracy
Is this a joke? As we thought, yesterday's volume was very low – it was actually the 2nd lowest day of the year, that didn't stop the Nikkei and the Hang Seng... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Dow Chemical Calls Active
Big prints in weekly call options on Dow Chemical (Ticker: DOW) right around midday pushed the stock onto our ‘most active by options volume’ market scanner... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Market Movement – Major Danger Ahead!
These are not good chart patterns: We haven't gone anywhere on the Dow, S P or NYSE since early March and we've lost 6% on the Nasdaq and 8. Read more
Posted on 19 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: False Breakout Just Another Tease, but Fundamental Rankings...
Courtesy of Sabrient Systems and Gradient Analytics Rather than a Great Rotation from bonds into equities, the rotation instead has been from growth into... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
How to Turn $25,000 into $500,000 in 15 Years
Would you like a 20x return on your investments? In our Weekly Webcast on Tuesday (replay available here), we discussed various ways you can make a nice... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Options Expiration Friday – Anything Can Happen
Another crazy day ahead. What else is new in this market? As you can see from Dave Fry's SPY chart, the pattern is holding up of high-volume (relatively)... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Faltering Thursday – Trouble at the Top?
Options expire on Friday and last expiration day (4/18), we were 2.5% higher on the Russell and Nasdaq , which is about how much higher the Dow, S P and NYSE ar... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Dean Foods Calls Active
The most traded contracts on Dean Foods are the Jan ’15 17.0 strike calls, with volume in excess of 4,800 lots as of the time of this writing. Time and sales... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
May Portfolio Reviews – Members Only
Not much to report here, GMCR burned us but now we can turn that into a nice winner if it comes back down. Since we made $5 on the short puts, our break-even i... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Which Way Wednesday – Breaking Out Or Breaking Down?
The same can be said about a dog with three legs and no tail, I suppose. So, the question is, is the market a dog in a nice sweater or whatever the metaphor... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
ICICI Bank Call Buyer Rings The Register
Front month options activity on the operator of a network of banks in India today suggests one strategist who was well positioned to benefit from recent gains i... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Too High Tuesday? 10 Bullish Trade Ideas That Made Over 1,200%
As noted on Dave Fry's chart, the S P made a new record high with narrow participation and essentially all of the gains were one big move in the Futures to... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Just Another Manic Monday
That's all that really seem to matter in the Global markets as we shake off terrible Japanese trade numbers, which was somewhat counterbalanced by China's plan... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Stocks Stuck in Neutral as Both Sides Seek a Directional...
The technical picture for stocks has shifted from bearish into neutral, and our fundamentals-based sector rankings appear to have moved from bullish to... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS