by Jared Levy on July 8, 2010 1. All Options are Extremely Risky Even though options are becoming more and more mainstream, there is still a large faction of the investing crowd that believes all options are extremely risky. In fact, there are many options strategies that are less risky than the underlying stocks they … Five Notable Options Myths
by Jared Levy on July 6, 2010 For more than a year, I took Mad Money host Jim Cramer’s investing ideas and gave them a thumbs up or thumbs down according my own technical analysis and views. Here at OptionsHouse, it’s not about telling you what to do, but rather offering some strategies for you … Getting an Edge on Jim Cramer
by Jared Levy on July 1, 2010 So if yesterday’s ADP report didn’t take the jam out of your doughnut, tomorrow’s job report just may. I wrote last month about the relationship between the two and also addressed the importance of job growth. The market is much like a large, very stretchy rubber band attached … Economic News Could Mean More Bumps in the Road
Shares of Tesla are expected to hit the public stock market today with a $244 million offering. Tesla will be the first American automaker to be listed on a major exchange since Ford Motor, which went public in 1956. But before you get all excited, be sure you do your homework. Keep in mind that Tesla has yet to turn a profit (since its 2003 inception) and is coming to market amidst some serious global economic headwinds, not to mention a very finicky car-buying public.
by Jared Levy on June 28, 2010 Monsanto (NYSE:MON) is always one of my favorite stocks to watch, and I enjoy listening to their earnings conference call even more. Earnings are expected to be announced on June 30. With 15 analysts covering MON, the consensus per-share estimate is $0.80, and the high and low estimates … Monsanto’s Earnings and Commentary offer a Look into Agro Industry
by Jared Levy on June 25, 2010 The question is, why would you want to? Earlier this week I wrote about the man who was camped out in front of the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) store for seven days to ensure that he got his new iPhone 4. Well. Mr. Wagoner maybe could have saved himself a … Anecdotal Evidence: You Could Have Waited to Get Your iPhone
by Jared Levy on June 24, 2010 On Wednesday’s episode of Fast Money on CNBC, there were a ton of topics discussed and I wanted to clarify my thoughts and elaborate here (especially for topics I didn’t get to address in full on the air). With the third-quarter earnings season ahead of us, let’s take … Earnings, Economic Data, and the Housing Sector: A Fast Money Post-Mortem
by Jared Levy on June 23, 2010 The S&P 500 Index has been chugging along to the upside since hitting its most recent low of 1,042 on June 8. At the time, that low was exactly at the lower two-standard-deviation Bollinger band, possibly indicative of an oversold condition. As of Tuesday’s close, we were trading … What to Make of Tuesday’s Late-Day Selloff?
by Jared Levy on June 21, 2010 Any successful trader or business man (woman), knows that planning ahead and preparing for upcoming events and potential threats to your investments is key to preventing catastrophe. The first thing every investor needs to do is to maintain a general awareness of upcoming events that are already announced. … Planning for the Week Ahead
by Jared Levy on June 18, 2010 Don’t worry, the wicked witches from each nautical direction aren’t going to come swooping down on their broomstick, although it may feel like that now. Quadruple witching happens on the third Friday at the end of each quarter – March, June, September, and December. Most of us are … Quadruple Witching – What is it?