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 ( 7202 )
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ETF Periscope: Wall Street Not Ready to Kick the Volatility Habit Any Time Soon
“When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” – John F. KennedyIs a... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Testy Tuesday – Back at the Bottom Already
Holy cow, what a mess the World has become in the past 7 days. It’s amazing how the markets can ignore everything for two whole weeks and then freak out about... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Range Trading 101 – The Balancing Act (Part 2)
Oh yes, in Part 1, we covered the run from the bottom of our range on August 19th through Friday, the 26th, the day of Bernanke’s speech. Read more
Posted on 06 September 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Market Momentum – Down is the New Up
Europe is down a whopping 3.5% (so far) this morning, opening in free fall after Asia opened down about 2% on the average (but finishing at the day’s lows). Gol... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Range Trading 101 – The Balancing Act
What a crazy month we’ve been having! We were fortunate enough to go bearish at the beginning of the month, when I cautioned we could correct 20% from our... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Bears Augment Put Positions On Consumer Discretionary ETF
Today’s tickers: XLY, REGN, WM & CMC XLY - Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund – Bears are hoarding put options on the Consumer Discretionary SPD... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
FHFA Friday – Potential Lawsuit Tanks Banks
According to the WSJ, the Federal Housing Finance Agency is set to file suits against more than a dozen big banks, accusing them of misrepresenting the quality... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Options Players Sweet On Dunkin’ Brands Calls As Quiet Period Winds Down
DNKN - Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. – Options activity on the franchisor of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins quick service restaurants spiked one day before... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thrilling Thursday – Time to Put Up Or Shut Down
They found the smoking gun that caused the last sell-off. It was a 54-page Goldman Sachs report sent to their institutional clients on August 16th which argue... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Financials Lead Oversold Rally in Face of Natural Disasters
Courtesy of Scott Martindale, Senior Managing Director, Sabrient With the extreme uncertainty around things like: earthquake, hurricane and wildfires wreaking... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Options Feeding Frenzy Ensues On AT&T; As DOJ Threatens T-Mobile Deal
Today’s tickers: T, LYB, XLY & NRG T - AT&T, Inc. – The cost of buying AT&T put options that expire at the end of the week exploded after the U.S.... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Wednesday Wheeee – Our W’s Are Shaping Up Nicely!
Here we go again. We made it through our "Testy Tuesday" and, as you can see from our Big Chart, we hit our goals with 4 of our 5 indexes coming right up to... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Crowd Forms Around CoreLogic Call Options
Today’s tickers: CLGX, XLY, JDSU & FNF CLGX - CoreLogic, Inc. – Options volume on the provider of business support services has ballooned to more than... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Testy Tuesday – Breaking Higher Or Dressing Windows?
That line from Tull’s "Locamotive Breath" keeps playing in my head as I look at these rumor-driven markets and contemplate that we MUST keep going higher – or w... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What the Market Wants: Flight to Where?
Courtesy of David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Flight to Where? By David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems Last week’s rally gave us... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
All Eyes On IMAX Corp. Calls As Shares Soar
Today’s tickers: IMAX, AMZN, HAL & MU IMAX - IMAX Corp. – Call options on the entertainment technology company are in demand this morning after shares in... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
ETF Periscope: Some Random Thoughts Down Wall Street
“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men’s cottage princes’ palaces.” — William ShakespeareBernanke... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Market Movement – 1,300 Or Bust (again)
We got ALL the good news we’re likely to get for the month and the next Fed Meeting is not until Sept 20th and the proposed jobs-creating "infrastructure bank"... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Put Player Near-Term Bullish On Pandora Post Earnings
Today’s tickers: P, IYR, TIF & BAC P - Pandora Media Inc. – Demand for options covering Pandora, the online music company that went public in June, jumped... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
GDP Friday – Waiting for The Bernank
Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall Waiting for the worms to come. In perfect isolation here behind my wall Waiting for the worms to come. Read more
Posted on 26 August 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS