Archive for July, 2007

Construction Industry & Covered Calls

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Even though the residential housing industry is in the dumps, the commercial/industrial construction business is on fire. The world economy is booming with developing and transitioning economies turning in GDP’s in the 5% to 6% range. Infrastructures like roads/highways, water, electric power generation/transmission, waste treatment, etc. have to be built in order to support the […]

CME Bull Put Spreads Strategy Returns +11.1% June 07

Monday, July 9th, 2007

In article, “CME Buying CBOT”, we analyzed Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) purchase of CBOT (BOT) with an eye for a bullish strategy for CME. We continued the CME bull put credit spreads saga and for the month of June, the strategy returned a very nice +11.1% return. This strategy has returned over 63% in only […]

4 Stocks from Warren Buffet’s Portfolio

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Today on the PowerOptions blog, we will take a look at four promising companies from Warren Buffet’s stock portfolio. Buffet is known for his value hunting and his patient and long view style. In 1997, he penned the line, “Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style: This year we neither bought […]

Advanced Medical Optics Makes Play for Bausch & Lomb

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Advanced Medical Optics (EYE) has offered to take over Bausch & Lomb (BOL) for a cool $4.1 billion. This offer brings into question the $3.7 billion Warburg Pincus deal currently on the table. Warburg Pincus is a private equity firm.
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