A recent Wall Street Journal article noted Halliburton (HAL) was planning on expanding its Middle East operations. The company will also move its headquarters from Houston to Dubai. Company CEO, Dave Lesar has committed to spending nearly half of his time in Dubai and the UAE.
Will the Gold Rush Continue? Options Trading Can Answer
Has the shaky market got investors worried? The housing slump leaves investors with little to cheer about and the news stream is littered with countless vignettes of a stagnating and declining US market. Today, the PowerOptions weblog will take a look at gold and a few stocks in the gold sector and vet them for solid covered call opportunities.
Golf Investing – Hole In One or Triple Bogey – Covered Calls
With the Masters Golf Tournament kicking off this week, we’ll look at investing in the Golf industry. The sport of golf is several hundred years old. The exact birth of the game of golf is debatable. Generally, the game of golf is considered to have originated in Scotland, but some suggest it may have originated in China or the Netherlands, several hundred years before appearing in Scotland.
Orders for Durable Goods Increase – A Look at Boeing and Defense Contractors
The Commerce Department released a report today stating durable good orders increased 2.5% in the last month. The increase was caused by a dramatic increase in aircraft orders during February.
IBM to Unveil Prototype Optical Chip – Covered Call
Scientists with the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) plan to unveil a prototype chip today that uses optical connections to increase the speed of moving data among chips to eight times that of previous technologies, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Canadian Investing Eh? – Covered Calls
Continuing the series of articles on the world economy, today our focus will be on Canada. Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world in terms of landmass after Russia. In addition, Canada is a sparsely populated country with the largest portion of the country’s population living in close proximity to its southern neighbor the United States.
French Investing – Winner or Waterloo – Covered Calls
This article is a continuation of the series in the examination of the world’s economies, and in this article we will consider France. France has the sixth largest economy after the United States, Japan, Germany, China and the United Kingdom. France is the most popular tourist destination in the world with over 75 million visitors each year. The second and third most popular tourist destinations, Spain and the United States, are not even close with around 50 million visitors each year.
Jim Cramer Expresses Opinion on Oil Prices – Covered Call
Oil has reached a year-high of nearly $63 a barrel as Iran and Venezuela are continuing to raise international tensions with their political positions. In this blog entry, we will take a look at Jim Cramer’s position on what this means for the long-term profitability of the energy sector and where investors can look for covered call trading positions.
March Madness Investing – Covered Calls
The March Madness basketball fever is about to reach its zenith for the year with the culmination of the NCAA basketball tournament championship. With the final game being played on April 2, it appears the madness will extend into the month of April; hence the term “March Madness” may now give way to “March-April Madness”.
United Kingdom – To Invest or Not To Invest
In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the young prince Hamlet utters the phrase “To be or not to be-that is the question..” as he is considering whether to commit suicide or not. The question we ponder in this article is “should we invest in the United Kingdom or not?” With this article, we continue the evaluation of world economies with the examination of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom has a long and fragmented history. It is the fifth largest economy in the world after the United States, Japan, Germany, and China. At one point, the United Kingdom had dominion over the largest land mass and population in the world encompassing large portions of Europe, America and Asia.