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 ( 7255 )
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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 -
Bulls Sweet On PepsiCo Calls As Shares Rise
Today’s tickers: PEP, BYI ILMNPEP - PepsiCo, Inc. – Options on global beverage and snack food giant, PepsiCo, Inc., are humming with activity this morning... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thursday Fizzle – Drifting into Expiration Day
We have our ever-reliable Big Chart and our 5% levels and, as I had noted Tuesday morning, we're not very impressed until and unless we retake our strong... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Stocks Succumb to the “new News”
Market timing is tough duty. Even as stocks have risen inexorably and we all knew it couldn’t go up in a straight line, still picking tops is hard. Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Credit Suisse Call Options In Play On A Down Day For Financial Stocks
Today’s tickers: CS, GM TXTCS - Credit Suisse Group – Call options changing hands on global financial services firm, Credit Suisse Group, this morning look fo... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Whipsaw Wednesday – Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends
It's not a rally when the commodities sector is in free-fall, is it? Not even Henry V could rally the materials sector but perhaps we'll find a bit of support a... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Put Volume Pops In Smithfield Foods
Today’s tickers: SFD, ELLI GILDSFD - Smithfield Foods, Inc. – Put options changing hands on pork processor, Smithfield Foods, Inc. Read more
Posted on 16 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Terror-Tainted Tuesday
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets, even if the blood is your own. - Baron Rothschild What a tragic event. Read more
Posted on 16 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What the Market Wants: Bad News in China Begins an Interesting Week for Investors
China reported GDP at 7.7% year-over-year for the first quarter versus an expected 8%— and the markets toppled. All Asian markets had a bad day; all European... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS