Archive for July 2008
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EMC to Spin Off Its VMware Stake? Aggressive Call Buyers Certainly Think So
Yes, it looks like option traders are betting on a jump in EMC shares during the next two weeks. Aggressive call-buyers traded over 113,000 of the $15-stirke calls, three times the open interest, pushing the contract up 72 cents or up 380%.
The contracts closed at 89 cents, meaning the EMC shares would need to surpass [...]
Buying Healthcare Stocks for an Obama Presidency
If you own any healthcare stocks, especially HMOs, you have felt the unease of investors this year. In an election year, especially one in which universal healthcare has been a key position; these stocks have taken a tumble. Because of this idealism, some healthcare names have seen their share prices beaten down to historic levels, [...]
The Highest Yielding Cash Products
Many of us including myself have decided to raise cash during these volatile markets. I have put together a few pointers for the best cash management:
Spread your money around
It’s safe to put up to $100,000 in a single FDIC-insured bank account. To protect yourself, spread your cash around several institutions, not all of which need [...]
Why I’m Not Buying Oil’s Recent ‘Correction’
Turn on CNBC and you will see market commentators, traders, and analysts calling the current oil & natural gas pull back a “correction”. Sure it is a correction, but financial stocks started out as a “correction” just under a year ago, and let us not overlook the “correction” in technology stocks 7 years ago.
At [...]
