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The stock market bounced strongly yesterday, as did last week’s pick, Digital Realty Trust Inc. (DLR). With your July $75 call options now up 50%, I’m recommending that you sell half of your options here to lock in some quick double-digit percentage profits. Hold on to the stock and the rest of your […]
Markets across the globe pulled back over the past week, with the S&P 500 ending the week 1.35% lower and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index down 1.93%. But global stock markets are rallying this morning, buoyed by positive sentiment stemming from Apple’s (AAPL) better-than-expected earnings. As we wrap up the month of April, it’s […]
If you’re like me, you’re probably getting increasingly annoyed by the relentless drumbeat of negative news from the media. Negativism is everywhere. Even leading tech gurus like Peter Thiel — a successful founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook — talks about the decline in the pace of technological change in the past 30 […]
It was a mixed week in U.S. stock markets. The Nasdaq ended 0.4% down for the third straight week — thanks in part to an 11% fall in Apple’s (AAPL) share price since it peaked. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average, however, both snapped two-week losing streaks, rising 0.6% and 1.4%, respectively. […]
Most of your Dividend Pro positions rose this past week, with one notable exception. You were stopped out of Spain’s Telefonica S.A. (TEF) as you hit your stop price of $15.00. But you also gained 35.9% on your sale of the September $17.50 call options, which mitigated your losses. That’s the power of this “forbidden […]