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    GREECE and the Euro

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33578778 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33527052 "There's another political price; the loss of sovereignty." Is this a step towards actually creating a United States of Europe?? Has Greece borrowed it's way into being owned by its creditors? I think...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    TAP: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/3-reasons-grab-ice-cold-221310347.html http://www.thestreet.com/story/13195477/1/will-molson-coors-brewing-tap-stock-be-hurt-by-analyst-downgrade.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-126.1.TAP.NYS?symbol=TAP&form=PRFIEQ...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    BBY: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-17/best-buy-tumbles-after-sales-slowdown-leads-bofa-to-cut-rating?cmpid=yhoo http://www.marketwatch.com/story/best-buys-stock-rocked-after-analyst-turns-bearish-from-bullish-2015-07-17?siteid=yhoof2 http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=bby...
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    GREECE and the Euro

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-was-the-week-the-european-dream-died-its-deserved-death-2015-07-17 http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=grek
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    GREECE and the Euro

    http://www.ekathimerini.com/199553/article/ekathimerini/business/germany-suggests-greece-issue-ious-domestically And what would we call those IOU's?? Drachma?
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    GREECE and the Euro

    http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=grek Trade: with Grek at 10.89 Dec 13/16 bear call spread for a net credit of $35 Yield = 35/265 = 13.2% in 155 days or 31% annualized Price ............Profit / Loss ........ROM % 8.00 ....................35.00............ 13.20% 11.00...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    GPRO: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-charts-show-why-gopro-has-a-shot-at-dominating-the-drone-market-2015-07-14 http://www.mercurynews.com/60-second-business-break/ci_28483684/biz-break-gopro-soars-after-barclays-upgrade...
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    GREECE and the Euro

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/greek-lawmakers-pass-austerity-bill-234833827.html http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33535205 I am surprised they were able to get the votes. This calls for a trade...but I'm not sure just what trade.
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    GREECE and the Euro

    The IMF is demanding that haircut: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33531845 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/imf-says-greece-needs-more-debt-restructuring-2015-07-14?dist=beforebell http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=GREK+Interactive#{"range":"5y","allowChartStacking":true}...
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    GREECE and the Euro

    http://www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc150713.htm Eventually the Euro will have to go and we will see the recurrence of the Drachma, The Lira, the French and Swiss Franc and the Peseta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_drachma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    BHP: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bear-day-bhp-billiton-bhp-104310171.html http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-126.1.BHP.NYS?symbol=BHP&form=PRFIEQ http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=bhp Trade: With BHP At 39.67 Jan 50/55 bear call spread for a net credit of $35 Yield = 35/465 =...
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    converting long calls to more bullish spreads

    All of the above. Or none of the above... or some of the above. It depends. Every morning when I get up I review all the news. Then I review my portfolio and then I review the news again. e.g. Today Janet Yellen said again she was going to raise rates...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    HUM: http://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/070915/humana-and-aetna-match-made-heaven-aet-hum.aspx?partner=YahooSA http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=hum http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/180695/aetnahumana-merger-why-investors-are-uncertain-and-wary...
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    converting long calls to more bullish spreads

    I don't want to add to the fog but I sometimes, if rarely, use vertical debit spreads to speculate on a rise in a stock's price. If I buy a stock I am either speculating that the stock will rise in price at which point I will sell it, or I am collecting a dividend. If I buy a call, since there...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    UAL: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-united-continental-flights-grounded-134621931.html http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=UAL Trade: with UAL at 53.16 Jan 70/75 bear call spread for a net credit of $40 Yield = 40/460 = 8.7% in 191 days or 16.6% annualized Prob = 84% Price...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    MYL: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rumor-teva-raise-mylan-bid-202008626.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/teva-plans-raise-mylan-bid-163902739.html http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=MYL+Interactive#{"range":"2y","allowChartStacking":true} Trade: With MYL at 71.49 Jan '17 50/47 bull put...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    AAL: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bear-day-american-airlines-aal-231811007.html http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=aal Trade: Jan 55/60 bear call spread for a net credit of $30 Yield = 30/470 = 6.4% in 201 days or 11.6% annualized Prob = 89% Expectation = .89(30) - .06(470) - .05(235) = 26.7 -...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    YUM: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/3-reasons-why-yum-stock-204108226.html http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/06/24/3-reasons-yum-brands-stock-could-fall.aspx?source=eogyholnk0000001 http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-126.1.YUM.NYS?symbol=YUM&form=PRFIEQ...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    AAPL: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102782459 http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=AAPL Trade: With AAPL at 128.39 Oct 110/105 bull put spread for a net credit of $44 Yield = 44/456 = 9.6% in 114 days or 31.0% annualized Prob = 92% Expectation = .92(44) - .03(456) - .05(228) = 40.48 - 13.68 - 11.4 =...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    UNP: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dump-union-pacific-corporation-unp-183006931.html http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/17/investing/railroad-stocks-us-economy/index.html http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-126.1.UNP.NYS?symbol=UNP&form=PRFIEQ http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=UNP...
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