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 ( 7237 )
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Sector Detector: Financials Top the Forward Rankings as Bulls Stay Bold
After an almost straight-up run for the first three quarters of the year, stocks are no longer making it quite so easy of a decision to stay long.... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
EBay Options Volume Up Ahead Of Earnings
Today’s tickers: EBAY, IR PLD EBAY - eBay, Inc. – Options on eBay, Inc. are active today as traders await the Company’s first-quarter... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Wall of Worry Wednesday – Insurmountable Or Time to Climb?
Isn't this fun? On Monday we drew our 50% retracement lines for the Dow (13,000), S&P (1,395), Nasdaq (3,075) NYSE (8,050) and Russell (815) as well as the... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Bullish Plays Crop Up In Consumer Staples ETF Call Options
XLP - Consumer Stapes Select Sector SPDR Fund – Options activity on the Consumer Staples SPDR in the first 10 minutes of the session suggests one strategist is... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Tempting Tuesday – Baa, Baa to the Sheeple!
As you can see from David Fry's chart of the SPY, we're all over the place but, notably, there's a method to the market's madness as high-volume selling is... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What the Market Wants: Technology Stocks Under Siege
Here we are again wondering what the market wants. Today, it clearly wasn’t Technology stocks, as various issues dragged both Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG)... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Call Buyers Drive Traffic In Meritor Options
Today’s tickers: MTOR, SWK WMT MTOR - Meritor, Inc. – Of the 18,255 open options positions on the supplier of parts for manufacturers of trucks,... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
ETF Periscope: Wall Street Regains Case of the Jitters
“The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand. Read more
Posted on 16 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Morning’s Miraculous Movement Masks Momentum
Despite Asia continuing their downhill slide, despite the Bank of Korea lowering their Economic Outlook, despite Swiss PPI showing DEflation, despite Spain's... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Weekend Reading – The Pain in Spain is Too Big to Be Contained
Not the Economy (yet) but how I feel so far in my weekend reading. Even John Mauldin had to go against his wishes to ignore Spain this week now echos my thought... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Income Portfolio – Still Selling in May and Going Away
We had turned bearish on the market by the 12th, perhaps a little early but it gave us plenty of time to make good exits and get our prices. Read more
Posted on 14 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Options In Focus At Coinstar As Shares Hit New Highs
Today’s tickers: CSTR, BCS SWY CSTR - Coinstar, Inc. – Shares in the provider of coin-counting and Redbox self-service kiosks are bucking the tren... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Friday, the 13th Time They Fool You
Spanish bonds Yo te quiero infinito Yo te quiero, oh mi corazon Spanish bonds Yo te quiero infinito Yo te quiero, oh mi corazon Roughly translated, my two-lette... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Near-Term Bullish Bets On The Rise At Thermo Fisher Scientific
Today’s tickers: TMO, ODP LYB TMO - Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. – Front month call buying on the provider of analytical technologies and... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thursday Fakery – India’s Industrial Output Revised Down 83%
India's industrial production grew at a slower-than-expected pace in February, weighed down by a contraction in consumer durables and consumer goods.... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Investors Get Their Overdue Pullback
You knew a bigger pullback would happen eventually. It was only a matter of when it would come, what would be the catalyst, and how far it would fall. Read more
Posted on 12 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Bullish Options In Play At Spirit AeroSystems
SPR - Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. – Shares in the manufacturer of commercial aircraft structures and components rallied 3.3% to $23. Read more
Posted on 11 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Will We Hold It Wednesday – Weak Bounces and Beige Books
Are you buying the dips? We're not yet. Notice that we've now blown 4 of our 5 Must Hold lines (the Dow never did make theirs, which kept us bearish in the... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
VVUS and ARNA
By Pharmboy at Phil's Stock World Excerpt from Stock World Weekly, Tightening the Screws I expect the market to continue pulling back. But biotechs should mostl... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Traders Take To Joy Global Call Options
Today’s tickers: JOY, SFLY PFE JOY - Joy Global, Inc. – Shares in mining equipment maker, Joy Global, rallied as much as 3.2% at the start of the... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS