Nicholas Vardy
Booking 50% Gains on your 3D Bet
3D Systems Corp. (DDD) soared 5.72% yesterday, hitting a record high of $32.72. With your November $30 calls up 50%, sell half of your options here to lock in your gains. Hold on to the stock and your remaining options for now. There is plenty of time between now and November for […]
Summer Swoon to be Followed by Romney Rally
Global stock markets continued their summer swoon as the Dow Jones dropped 3.60%, and the S&P 500 lost 3.52% this week. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MCSI) fell slightly less, ending the week down 3.27%. That said, most markets have rallied during the last two trading days, and we may have seen a short-term low. […]
Keep Calm and Carry On
If you ever have the chance to walk down London’s Oxford Street, as I and many tens of thousands of tourists did this week in celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s “Diamond Jubilee” — the 60th anniversary of her reign — you’d likely come across a copy of this poster sold in every souvenir stand. “Keep Calm […]
The Summer Horror Show of 2012?
Last week was another lousy one for global stock markets. The Dow Jones Industrial average was down 3.28%. The S&P 500 fell 3.23% and the NASDAQ dropped 3.24%. The Dow is now flat for the year and is down 8.7% from the multiyear high of 13,279.32 hit May 1. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index […]
Booking 79% gains with DivPro’s “Triple-Profit” Strategy
Market corrections are golden for the third prong of Dividend Pro’s “triple-profit” strategy. Recall that when you bought Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT), I also recommended that you sell the June $25.00 call options for 0.95 cents. With the recent correction in the price of HPT, these same options are now trading for 0.20 […]
Booking “Monsterous” 110.91% Gains
Monster Beverage Corp. (MNST) jumped 2.04% in yesterday’s trading. With your $65.00 September call options up 110.91%, sell your remaining options to lock in your 10th triple-digit percentage gainer for 2012. Hold on to the stock for now, which is up a solid 24.54% since my initial recommendation.