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 ( 7246 )
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Sabrient and Gradient Release Earnings Quality Rank (EQR), a New Quantitative...
EQR offers clients an objective and unbiased assessment of a company’s relative potential risk due to accrual accounting practices as reflected in key... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
ETF Periscope: EU Banking Union Likely Will Remain Unconsummated for Now
“If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion.” -- George Bernard ShawThe fact that Washington continues to act out its... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Market Movement – Monti’s Move Makes Mess in Europe
Following news that Mario Monti will be resigning, Italy's 5 largest banks are falling 6-7% and that's dragging the whole Italian market down 3. Read more
Posted on 10 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Vertex Call Spread Eyes Big Gains In Drug Maker’s Shares
Today’s tickers: VRTX, ZQK JPMVRTX - Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – A sizable bullish position initiated in Vertex options this morning looks for shares in th... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
TGIF – Can Jobs Report Finish the Week Off with a Bang?
A mere 80,000 jobs are expected to be added due to the hurricane after 171,000 were added in the October Report, so it will be difficult for this report to... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Starwood Hotels Call Options Heat Up As Shares Extend Gains
Today’s tickers: HOT, VMW ANRHOT - Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc. – Upside call buying on one of the world’s largest hotel and leisure companies... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thursday – Trading in an Untradeable Market
As we predicted, AAPL dragged down the Nasdaq yesterday but the rest of the market did fairly well with NYSE advancers outpacing decliners on decent volume. 71... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Tech Shows Best Valuations as Budget Negotiation Continues
I am not going to mention the nickname for the dominant issue of the day, since you are probably on the verge of screaming if you here it again (hint: initials... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Bank Of America Corp. Calls In Play As Shares Rally To Highest Since July 2011
Today’s tickers: BAC, WWAV SFDBAC - Bank of America Corp. – Bank of America is one of the best performers in the Dow Jones Industrial Average this morning,... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Which Way Wednesday – AAPL’s Drag Too Much For Nasdaq to Overcome
After a great recovery off a dive to $505 in mid-November, they bumped up against the 200 dma at $596 and have been harshly rejected – already pulling back $30... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Bearish Options On Vail Resorts Pay Off For Some Traders As Shares Slide
Today’s tickers: MTN, TRIP CSMTN - Vail Resorts, Inc. – Shares in ski resort operator, Vail Resorts, Inc., dropped sharply on Tuesday after the company... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Technical Tuesday – Markets Need a Boost, But from Where?
As you can see from our Big Chart, we're curling over right about our 50 dmas and we don't want to do that because those are declining 50 dmas and if we follow... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What the Market Wants: Shame on Washington!
Today was an inauspicious start to December. Based on positive pre-opening behavior from Europe, including a number of positive PMI’s (purchasing manager... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
ETF Periscope: Big Unemployment Numbers Across the Pond Remains the Big EU News
“A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.” — Mark Twain More stimulus for the eurozone is likely in the cards at some... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Merry Monday Morning – Will Santa Come to Town?
For a thing people seem to take for granted – they never seem to know what time (or day) it's supposed to start or how big it's supposed to be or how long it's... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Biotechs Galore – A Few For Consideration
Biotech Corner: Monoclonal Antibody Companies (Part 1)By PharmboyBiotech stocks are my passion. My alter-ego is a scientist, working in the field of biotech, an... Read more
Posted on 02 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
YUM! Brands Put Options Active As Shares Tumble
Today’s tickers: YUM, STJ SAVEYUM - YUM! Brands, Inc. – Shares in the operator of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut dropped like a rock on Friday after the... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Finishing Touches Friday – The November Comeback
It's hard to believe only two weeks ago I had to try to convince people the World wasn't coming to an end and that AAPL wasn't going to $400 or lower. Read more
Posted on 30 November 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Kohl’s Corp. Call Options Active As Shares Sell Off
Today’s tickers: KSS, BLOX TASRKSS - Kohl’s Corp. – U.S. equities are moving higher on Thursday morning on optimism legislators will tackle the fiscal cliff,... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
GDPhursday – Fiscal Cliff Progress Good for 200 Points Ahead of GDP
The Dow opened yesterday and quickly dropped to 12,760 but we finished the day at 12,984 as both John Boehner and President Obama made nice noises about the... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS