Options

Whether you’ve been trading for a long time, or just recently started trading stock online, you’ve probably heard of options trading and are wondering if it’s right for you. The financial...
Shares of mall-store operator GameStop jumped more than 13% Tuesday and traded up another 13% in Wednesday's premarket. What's going on?
For some investors, buying long-dated call options on blue chip stocks that have lagged the market makes sense now. These five outstanding Goldman Sachs stock picks fit the bill and look very...
While many investors brush off options, many others like to “follow the flow.” In other words, they want to know what the big funds and institutions are doing. We can follow their footsteps when...
Friday's additional analyst upgrades and downgrades included Air Products and Chemicals, Bentley Systems, Comerica, Coupa Software, Dow, Ecolab, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Pure Storage, Ross Stores...
Investors frequently want to find ways to protect their assets from a crash without selling everything they have and going into cash or bonds. On days when the Dow falls over 900 points, most...
Some investors and traders love to look at past dates and events to see if there is a pattern that can be expected ahead of time. One issue that is rather well known is that the month of September...
With the bull market now more than six years old, and with equity valuations being high, at least some of the cautious investors are starting to worry that the market could be ready for a big tumble.
What investors need to know is that analysts are cooling on their view of a potential Altera-Intel deal.
With Alcoa on the tape with numbers on Monday, and two big banks out Wednesday, the avalanche of fourth-quarter earnings will really hit the market next week in full force.
Source: ThinkstockThe end of July turned out to be ugly for equity investors, and August started off on the wrong foot as well. On the July 31 drop of 317 on the DJIA, all 30 of the Dow components...
Source: ThinkstockIn a report out this week, the Goldman Sachs options research team listed its top 25 tactical trades for earning season. While the report includes many names, the trick is to...
Source: courtesy of Radio ShackRadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) is in serious trouble financially. Or is it? We have recently seen one of the credit ratings agencies warn of a potential restructuring...
Source: ThinkstockIf you have followed Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) for very long, you know that Mr. Buffett loves to make acquisitions. He particularly likes the...
Source: ThinkstockFacebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is set to report earnings on Wednesday after the close. It turns out that some large investor must be worried about the stock dropping beyond a certain...