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Most Active Stock Options November 6, 2009 & Trading Activity

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:34:01 GMT

As of today the top ten option contracts traded were: Volatility Index (VIX) January 22.50 Put OptionsVolatility Index November 22.50 Put OptionsFord (NYSE:F) January 2011 5 Call OptionsFord January 2011 5 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR (NYSE:SPY) November 105 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR November 107 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQQ) November 42 Put OptionsQualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) April 50 Call OptionsS&P 500 SPDR November 107[More...]

Good Returns Come in Small Capitalizations

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:15:39 GMT

We all invest in stocks for the same reason, to make money. However, investment styles can be as unique as fingerprints. Amazingly, investor surveys show that most of us do have one thing in common…we love small cap stocks.[More...]

Three Ways To Trade The Black Stuff

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:50:02 GMT

December Light Sweet Crude is holding a bullish formation, and the daily chart reveals a potential $17 long move, if the global market stars align. There is substantial support around the $77 area, and that is where a bullish flag has formed.[More...]

4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:31:43 GMT

In my latest three blog posts, I listed some stocks which I would be willing to go long by selling the puts right before the stock reported earnings. Keep in mind these are companies which I believed would have a positive reaction to the earnings, however if the stock moved sideways on the number this strategy would still likely return a gain the following day.[More...]

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:18 GMT

Biostar Pharmaceuticals has completed a private placement that raised $3.6 million in new capital. Biostar will use the proceeds to complete its new raw materials processing facility. By taking its raw material production in house, Biostar will lower costs and ensure its product quality. Biostar plans to sell excess raw materials to other pharmaceutical companies in the Shaanxi province.[More...]

Google’s Android Takes A Bite Out Of Apple

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:34:54 GMT

Even during the worldwide recession it seems consumers continue to abandon ‘dumb’ phones when, for just a little bit more money, they can get a pocket-sized computer – a smartphone – instead. According to research firm Gartner, overall handset sales are expected to shrink by 4 percent this year compared to last year. Meanwhile, smartphone sales are forecast to grow by more than 20 percent.[More...]

Bulls Back On Track?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:18 GMT

Good morning. With chants of "Dow 10K… Dow 10K" once again rising from the streets at the corner of Broad and Wall yesterday, it is easy to believe that the bulls are back on track and that we'll soon be looking at new highs for the stock market. And when reviewing the data inputs to yesterday's 204 point romp, it is also easy to don the Dow10K hat once again and join in on the celebration.[More...]

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:50 GMT

Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW 1941 UAW-Ford contract[More...]

Most Active Stock Options November 5, 2009 & Trading Activity

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:55:26 GMT

As of today, the top ten most active stock options were:[More...]

Your Kind of Day?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:06:48 GMT

As a rule, I try not to read too terribly much into a "Fed Day" as there is usually a big batch of volatility that may or may not mean much of anything come the dawn of the next day. Maybe, it's just me. Or maybe there are others that find themselves inclined to simply stand aside and watch the nuttiness from the sidelines on "Fed Days." But in any event, the volatility after a Fed announcement, while fun to watch, may not be telling as to what to expect in the future.[More...]

Commercial real estate facing worse days

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:01:00 GMT

Nov. 8--From his 30th-floor Center City office, William J. Hirschfeld has an in-your-face reminder that all is not well in commercial real estate.
His view is of One Liberty Place, the 61-story premier office address that, to the casual observer, is a glistening marvel.
That means finding a tenant for the 54th floor, a spectacular space that, despite pulse-quickening views, Hirschfeld, as One Liberty's leasing manager, has had no luck filling since Cigna moved out three years ago.

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Most Active Stock Options November 6, 2009 & Trading Activity

Good Returns Come in Small Capitalizations

Three Ways To Trade The Black Stuff

4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Google’s Android Takes A Bite Out Of Apple

Bulls Back On Track?

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Most Active Stock Options November 5, 2009 & Trading Activity

Your Kind of Day?

Commercial real estate facing worse days

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Ex-Rohm and Haas executive to head FMC Corp.

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Dow Corning buys stake in Alloy plant: One of world's largest silicon metal plants is centerpiece of new deal

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YOUR TECH: iPhone is gift of decade

Globe Specialty Metals Closes Two Major Transactions With Dow Corning

IneoQuest Develops the First and Only Solutions for Monitoring, Analyzing and Reporting the Quality of Streaming Video to the iPhone(TM)

Enterprise GP Holdings Elects Creel and Teague to Board of Directors

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Dow Electronic Materials Introduces New Metallization and Imaging Products for Printed Circuit Boards

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta Now Available

MOD Systems to Present at the William Blair & Company Private Equity Conference

Explicit Picks Daily Report Alerts Investors to Big Buzz From CIT Group Inc; Favorable Reports and Marketing With Techs; Apple Inc, Texas Instruments Inc and Motorola Inc.

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