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Booking 82.68% Gains in HollyFrontier (HFC) options!

HollyFrontier Corporation (HFC) soared 5.32% yesterday on news that rival Valero Energy (VLO) blew past its consensus estimate...

Daily Data Flow: Dow Hits Five-Year High; Consumer Confidence Down; Amazon Going Strong

Rising U.S. stocks allowed the Dow Jones Industrial Average to gain 73.03 points, 0.5%, to climb to 13,954.96,...

Closing Your Leveraged Bets — And Betting Big “South of the Border”

It was another solid week in the markets during the holiday-shortened week. The Dow Jones rose 1.80% and...

Daily Data Flow: S&P Winning Streak Best Since 2004; Home Builders Try Apartment Rentals; Euro Hits 11-Month High

Demonstrating the continuing rise of the economy from the depths of the Great Recession, profits in U.S. stocks...

Daily Data Flow: Apple Distracts from S&P; Jobs Numbers Improving; Yen Slumps

Apple (AAPL), in the midst of its worst slump in four years, overshadowed forecast-beating earnings elsewhere in the...

A Bullish, High-Yield Bet on Europe

It's a rare occasion that a high-yield recommendation offers the upside of this week's Dividend Pro recommendation, Banco...

The Bull Run Continues

It was another solid week for U.S. markets during the holiday-shortened trading period. The S&P 500 was up...

Daily Data Flow: Debt Vote Raises Stocks; Remodeling’s Rise; Euro Crisis Impacts Forecasts

Technology stocks' earnings beat their forecasts, and lawmakers temporarily suspended the federal debt limit. As a result, U.S....

A Bet on European Recovery — and a New Chinese Option Play

Stock markets continued their upward trajectory last week, with the Dow Jones jumping 1.20% and the S&P 500...

Daily Data Flow: Debt Ceiling Talks Raise Stocks; CEOs Uncertain; Yen Falls

With the S&P 500 hitting another 5-year high, U.S. stocks rose today. Next week, House Republicans intend to...