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By Warren Kaplan
The Stock Option Writer
© Warren Kaplan 2011-2013
April 23, 2013
There are ways of trying to buy securities at a price that is below the current price. GE closed at $21.75 on Friday April 19, 2013. Here is a plan to either buy the stock at a price you want ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from JONATHAN CHENG | February 27, 2013 | WSJ.com |
to a five-year high, putting the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the cusp of its record close, as a solid Italian bond auction and central-bank reassurances offset worries about Europe's debt crisis.
The blue-chip index jumped 175 ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from David Zielenziger | February 17, 2013 | ibtimes.com |
When Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) reports fourth-quarter results late Tuesday, millions of customers as well as investors might come to understand why Chairman Michael S. Dell is so determined to complete the $24.4 billion leveraged buyout of ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from KOPIN TAN | February 16, 2013 | Barrons.com |
If a bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist, then buyout firms' circling of Nasdaq suggests one thing: The exchange operator's price tag is tempting.
The Carlyle Group —whose shares (ticker: CG) ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Tiernan Ray | February 13, 2013 | Barrons.com |
Networking equipment titan Cisco Systems (CSCO) this afternoon reported fiscal Q2 revenue in line and earnings per share that topped consensus.
Revenue in the three months ended in January rose to $12.1 billion, yielding EPS of 51 ... Read More
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The following is excerpt from Liana B. Baker | February 12, 2013 | Reuters.com |
(Reuters) - Comcast Corp on Tuesday said it would buy General Electric's remaining 49 percent equity stake in their NBCUniversal joint venture for about $16.7 billion, speeding up a deal that had not been expected until ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Reuters.com | February 5, 2013 |
(Reuters) - The government is seeking $5 billion in its civil lawsuit against Standard & Poor's, accusing the ratings service of defrauding investors, in one of the most ambitious cases yet from the Justice Department over conduct tied to ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from JACK HOUGH | February 2, 2013 | Barrons.com |
The easiest way to secure higher mutual fund returns is to keep fees low, because they come off the top. On a $1 million portfolio that earns 5% a year, a tiny 0.10% fee saps $16,000 ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from ANDREW BARY | January 19, 2013 | Barrons.com |
Thanks to a second-half flourish, Barron's stock selections finished 2012 comfortably ahead of the market.
Shares of the 121 companies that were the subject of favorable articles during 2012 rose an average of 9%, more than double ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from SIMON CONSTABLE | January 20, 2013 | WSJ.com |
Like the host of "The Price Is Right" TV game show, Wall Street is saying "Come on down!"
Investment professionals are anticipating an influx of income- and growth-hungry mom-and-pop "retail" investors into the stock market this year—especially ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from RAMESH PONNURU | Jan 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17 | TheWeeklyStandard.com |
Almost everyone is under-estimating what Republicans have just achieved in the fiscal cliff deal, including many Republicans who supported the deal.
Regardless of what politicians have been saying in public, everyone who has ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Evelyn M. Rusli | January 9, 2013 | WSJ.com |
Shares of Facebook Inc. breached the $30 mark on Wednesday, the first time in six months.
The milestone represents a welcome reversal for the social networking company, which struggled last year to convince investors that it ... Read More
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