Archives: 2009 December
Generate Income Through Successful Covered Call Writing
December 24th, 2009, Comments Off
We are currently in a trading range market which means there is no discernible trend and making money in the market is somewhat challenging. One way is to use an option strategy called covered calls. Optionsguy, at Tradeking, offers a primer on successfully writing covered calls. Essentially the concept of covered call writing is to use [...]
Natural Gas a Buy? Exxon Seems to Think So
December 17th, 2009, Comments Off
When one of the biggest energy companies in the world makes a play, it may be something to take a look at. The news this week of Exxon Mobile (XOM) merging with XTO Energy (XTO) has raised a number of questions regarding the implications for other energy companies, natural gas and oil field suppliers. In [...]
Tis the Season … to plan for taxes
December 10th, 2009, Comments Off
As year end approaches, traders need to think about how to best manage taxes for their investments or trading business. While actual tax season does not start until March or April, it has a funny way of sneaking up rather quickly. As a new year’s resolution, it may be wise to take some of your [...]
Dubai Debt
December 4th, 2009, Comments Off
In a rather nasty reminder of how linked the global economy is, the surprise announcement from Dubai stating that they could not pay the interest on their debt, caused some significant gyrations in the North American stock market. The question is will this contagion spread, and what are the implications? Since the initial announcement, subsequent [...]
Retail Stocks and Black Friday/Cyber Monday
December 4th, 2009, 1 Comment
We are now in the thick of the Christmas shopping binge, which is generally considered to be kicked off by “Black Friday” and followed by Cyber Monday. The consensus is that Black Friday was off to a rather sluggish start although Cyber Monday seems to have started out with brisk sales. So which stocks will [...]