United States Stock Advances Lead Declines

United States stock advances lead declines recently by roughly four to three. The broad range of United States stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 index, markets have had their best first quarter in 14 years. A positive approach in trading options on the US economic recovery has worked for [...]

Stock Options Profits from Low Cost Gene Sequencing

There is a race going on to lower the cost human gene sequencing to a level of a comprehensive battery of blood tests. The winners stand to make handsome profits while changing the face of medicine. How can an investor or trader get in on any eventual profits? Can there be stock options profits from [...]

Euro Zone Austerity or Growth

Will Euro Zone austerity or growth be the key to getting the various European Union economies back on track? The issue of Euro Zone austerity or growth came to the fore the other day when the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, announced that Spain will exceed its austerity limits in the coming year. Spain has [...]

Buy Puts on Airline Stocks

As energy costs inch ever higher it might be a good time to buy puts on airline stocks as well as car makers. The basic concern is that economic growth throughout the world is still in question, even after the most recent progress in the European debt crisis. Despite the Euro Zone recovery having [...]

Use Options to Hedge Investment Risk

The stock market is off to a good start in 2012 but is it time to use options to hedge investment risk? The S&P 500 has climbed a hundred points since the beginning of the year. A European debt bailout becomes a reality and US economic figures slowly improve. The stock market is discounting this [...]

Natural Gas Options Trading

A brief rally in natural gas options trading was snuffed out recently. High levels of natural gas production have driven prices down. It has been an unusually mild winter in North America and a number of natural gas suppliers have announced reductions in production. The prospect of reduced supply has encouraged commodity options traders to [...]

EU Embargo of Iranian Oil

Will the EU embargo of Iranian oil drive prices up or will other producers increase output? As part of an ongoing effort to force Iran to forego its supposed development of nuclear weapons officials on the continent announced an EU embargo of Iranian oil. Other measures include freezing assets of the Iranian Central Bank and [...]

Profitable Options Trading

After a year of dashed expectations and chaotic markets what is the best route to profitable options trading for 2012? Euro options trading was attractive, and profitable, for many last year as the seemingly eternal European debt dilemma drove the Euro downward. In the US options market calls generally worked in the first [...]

Trade Options on the US Economic Recovery

As the recession continues to lift in the USA is it time to trade options on the US economic recovery? Traders may choose to engage in foreign currency options trading , trading options on US stocks, or options trading of commodities. In each case a slow but sure US economic recovery will likely set [...]

Euro Zone Recovery

A Euro Zone recovery may be in the works. Stocks rallied in Europe on news that Germany, as well as China, manufacturing indices came in higher than forecasted. A sign of renewed confidence on the continent was the lower interest rates paid at auction for Italian bonds although French bonds weakened. Meanwhile the Euro fell [...]

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