by Jared Levy on June 17, 2010 Boeing (NYSE:BA) has announced plans to ramp up production of its ever-popular narrow-body 737 jet. BA currently completes 31.5 jets per month and will be aiming to increase that number to 35 by the end of 2012. There seems to be a sense of urgency within Boeing as … Using Options to Trade Boeing (NYSE:BA) News
by Jared Levy on June 16, 2010 It’s the broken record that we traders love to play again and again. While the process is the same, the outcome is almost always different. Earnings season is often a catalyst for change in a stock’s direction, volatility, and even sentiment. It can also simply accelerate a trajectory … Here Come the Earnings…
by Jared Levy on June 14, 2010 The Chicago Board Options Exchange, which is right across the street from where I’m sitting as I write this, is bringing their shares to market tomorrow, 11.7 million of them initially under the ticker CBOE. They are looking to raise at least $339 million with Goldman Sachs as … CBOE Options Coming to Market
by Jared Levy on June 14, 2010 Contemplating dipping your toe into the market? If you are one of those traders who has been sitting in cash altogether or is thinking about adding to your existing positions, some options strategies may offer an alternative to buying stock outright. This may be especially true if you … Trading Cautiously with Cash-Secured Puts
So the yellow metal is back on the upswing and so is the dollar. When you are buying gold, on some level you are getting short the U.S. dollar. But what if you want to remain long the dollar as well? As a result, any investment in gold itself may be tied to the dollar … Gold is on a Tear Again…
by Jared Levy on June 7th, 2010 Expectations are always high for new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) products and with Steve Jobs being the showman and master of spin that he is, he can generally deliver. Blogs are lit up with anticipation ahead of today’s Worldwide Developers Conference and Jobs’ keynote speech is expected to contain … Is the Apple iPhone 4G on the Way?
by Jared Levy on June 3, 2010 The short-term fate of S&P 500 (and the rest of the market, for that matter) face some relatively high expectations for non-farm payroll jobs tomorrow. The consensus among analysts is for the addition of more than 500,000 jobs, but I am seeing indications actually closer to 520,000. As … Technical Levels, Meet Non-Farm Payrolls
As the markets were screaming higher earlier this year, I remember having conversations with friends of mine both in and out of the industry. Many of the financial folks were in disbelief that the market kept rising, but as it continued to do so, it seemed many of them were trying to justify being long, even if reluctantly so.
Just a small part of the global smartphone penetration has been achieved – about less than 15% globally. More and more people not only here in America, but around the world, want to have a multi-function smartphone. The biggest barriers at this point are obviously cost and networks. Many of us want to be connected … RIMM, AAPL & GOOG in the Smartphone Universe