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- Possible Outcomes of My Apple Purchase
- Dan Pritch submits: After some market-neutral long/short plays for several weeks now, I figured it was time to make a long play on Apple AAPL and exploit the exorbitant prices investors are bidding options contracts at given the unprecedented market volatility the VIX is at all time highs. ...
- External links 2008-10-27
- Would a Target REIT Prove a Good High Yield Investment?
- Dan Pritch submits: This Target TGT REIT idea is gaining traction as an activist investor is pushing for Target to change its structure significantly to free up cash flow and generate a REIT that would throw off some serious dividends. This week, activist investor William Ackman of Pershing Square...
- External links 2008-10-31
- Taking Advantage of Google's Plummeting Lows
- Dan Pritch submits: Following the recent covered call position I undertook in Apple AAPL shares, noticing the abysmal day on Wednesday, I sold/bought Google GOOG puts for a Credit Spread position to take advantage of the rather high prices of options these days. With Google plummeting to new recent...
- External links 2008-11-13
- Why I Couldn't Ignore GE
- Dan Pritch submits: I was starting to look at venerable blue chip stocks trading at historic lows that had yields practically equivalent to their P/E ratios and I couldn't ignore General Electric GE. While GE has virtually transformed itself from a manufacturing industrial into a Financial company over the...
- External links 2008-11-14
- Repricing Employee Stock Options: Disingenuous and Disrespectful
- Dan Pritch submits: According to this article and others, Silicon Valley companies primarily, are looking to reprice employee stock option grants with more attractive money options in order to retain talent and "motivate" employees. I'll get right to the point. Look at this mess of an economy! How's...
- External links 2008-11-19
- Bonds for Ford and GM Look Too Good to Ignore
- Dan Pritch submits: Given the real possibility of the bankruptcy of GM GM, Ford F and Chrysler, the bonds for these listings are at levels that are tough to ignore. These bonds are yielding at extreme junk bond levels. This is tough to ignore because you can quadruple your...
- External links 2008-11-20
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- Gene Patenting Will Hinder Biotechs and Drugmakers from Curing Maladies
- Dan Pritch submits: I read with interest this article outlining how a company and university have patented two human genes linked to breast and ovarian cancers. Now, the ACLU is suing Myriad Genetics MYGN on the grounds that it is unconstitutional [to patent genes] and will inhibit innovation. I...
- External links 2009-05-14
- K-Tron Stock Rockets Through Prior Highs
- Dan Pritch submits: K-Tron KTII has been on a tear of late, breaking through previous highs on little news the beauty of a stock with virtually no street coverage. The stock has moved 17% in the past week alone, including a 7% move yesterday - pushing the stock to all...
- External links 2008-08-12
- How I Hedged My Gas Prices
- Dan Pritch submits: As I had posted in my more detailed article on how to hedge energy prices for everyday consumers, on Thursday I finally got around to personally hedging my gas price expenditures. While I had listed 8 different ways you could do this, I took the simple...
- External links 2009-06-26
- Focus Media Rallies
- Dan Pritch submits: Shares of Focus Media FMCN, the leading flat panel display advertiser in China, rallied 9% Monday following an earnings beat and rosy projections for next quarter. Earnings came in at 44 cents per share on revenue of $211.7 million vs. a consensus estimate of 40 cents...
- External links 2008-08-19
- 3 Stocks Hitting 5-Year Highs, Despite the Bear Market
- Dan Pritch submits: Who's hitting 5 year highs in this 2008 bear market market and why? Watch these stocks in the coming weeks for continued momentum:AeroVironment, Inc. AVAV by Everyday Finance
- External links 2008-08-22
- Housing Down 18%, U.S. Housing ETFs Still Not Ready
- Dan Pritch submits: Tuesday, the much anticipated S&P/Case-Shiller home price index was released, showing a 2.2% decline in October and an 18% decline from the year ago period. The S&P/Case-Shiller index is essentially the most widely utilized arbiter of the broad US housing climate, as it utilizes...
- External links 2008-12-31
- My Options Play on Apple
- Dan Pritch submits: For some time now, I'd been employing covered calls as a means to generate income in a down/flat market. More recently, with markets rallying 60% from their lows, the Apple AAPL covered calls have come home to roost. For a detailed background and example of how...
- External links 2009-10-22
- Profiting From Market Volatility With VIX/ETF Pairs Trades
- Dan Pritch submits: During yesterday's carnage, I questioned how I could profit from the irrational, emotional trading that was evident in the markets. Aside from picking up a quick double digit gain on institutional program trading my assessment based on watching the trading ticks and no news of a...
- External links 2008-09-18
- Verasun Gets Killed
- Dan Pritch submits: Verasun tanked over 70% Wednesday after predicting an enormous loss on record corn prices. I predicted its demise here and actually purchased out of the money puts in anticipation of such a precipitous decline. Unfortunately for me, I only purchased out to the August expiry...
- External links 2008-09-18
- Apple Credit Spreads: Targeting 500% Return
- Dan Pritch submits: Using a tried and true options method to capture upside gains in a leveraged fashion while limiting out of pocket expenses, I entered into a credit spread position with Apple AAPL with a January Expiration.I've entered into credit spreads in the past with oil and long...
- External links 2008-09-19
- Will Buffett Be Burned by Derivatives?
- Dan Pritch submits: The Oracle of Omaha, who once derided derivatives as "weapons of mass destruction" has apparently entered into a derivatives bet that could ultimately result in losses of over $37 Billion. According to Reuters, some shocking high points from what I used to consider the ultimate in...
- External links 2008-11-23
- Using ETFs to Capitalize on Market's Recent Patterns
- Dan Pritch submits: As I had highlighted last week in my "Selling the Rallies" post, the market has been following a somewhat predictable pattern of maniacal upswings of 10% or greater in a quick run, followed by severe downturns to the tune of 5%+ in a single day, usually...
- External links 2008-12-02
- Hedging to Take Advantage of Oil Prices
- Dan Pritch submits: Oil and hence, gasoline prices have finally returned to what we're somewhat used to. Gasoline prices below $2 allowed for the SUV craze and low inflation that US consumers so enjoyed for the past decade. This is not to say prices won't go lower. We're looking...
- External links 2008-12-07
- Big Two Bailout: Likelihood of Success Is Slim
- Dan Pritch submits: The Detroit automakers should be allowed to fail, and here's why. This obviously isn't going to be a very popular post for people tied to the industry, but in the interest of sanity and the common good, here's my perspective, with GM's case being imminent. ...
- External links 2008-12-09
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