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In article, “CME Buying CBOT”, we analyzed Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) purchase of CBOT (BOT), and in article, “CME Bull Put Spreads Strategy - Returned +7.5% in Feb. 07″, we illustrated the profit potential of a bull put spreads strategy for CME and we selected positions for options expiration in March of 2007, which returned […]

Many Oil and Gas companies have looked attractive to investors for the last few months. Many have said the scarcity of the resource and the price insensitive demand will ensure profits well over the horizon.
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Rowan Companies (RDC) provides a range of onshore and offshore contract […]

In article, “Visa - Plastic Money - IPO”, we analyzed the credit card industry and illustrated how profitable a covered call strategy for credit card companies can be.

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In article, “Making Money on Credit Returns +4.8% in Jan. 07″, we selected a covered calls position for MasterCard (MA) for […]

With analysts predicting the Feds will not cut interest rates because of inflation woes and Alan Greenspan saying publicly there is a 33% chance of recession, it leaves little for investors to be optimistic about. Noting this, we will take a look at promising small cap covered call option opportunities.
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In recent articles, we’ve examined several of the world economies. In this article, we will examine the economy of China. China is the world’s fourth largest economy after the United States, Japan and Germany. China’s economy has grown phenomenally at a rate of over 10% over the last four years. China is the most populous […]

IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) raises the stakes as it placed a competing $9.9 Billion bid for the Chicago Board of Trade (BOT). The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) had been talking of a merger since last October. The CME was prepared to pay $8.96 billion for CBOT.
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It was […]

In recent articles, we have focused on Japan, “Land of the Rising Sun is Looking Up”, and on Mexico, “Cure for Montezuma’s Revenge - Covered Calls”, and today we will examine Germany.

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Germany has the third largest economy in the world after the United States and Japan. After World […]

Goldman Sachs has stated it believes it can get fire sale prices on companies in the subprime-lending market. The investment firm earned higher than expected first-quarter profits and expects to keep generating them by buying companies it feels are a good investment.
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Experienced travelers to Mexico know, “don’t drink the local water and don’t eat uncooked food washed with the local water”, or Montezuma will take his revenge once again. But what about investing in Mexican companies, is this to be avoided as well?

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Wealthy families and large landowners have always […]

In the James Bond movie From Russia with Love a Soviet defector plans to sell the evil SPECTRE organization a decoder device allowing them to acquire Russian state secrets and the ability to destabilize the world order. But in the end James Bond prevails and the world is saved from catastrophe.
After the collapse of the […]