JIM CRAMER MAKES US SOME “BLUE COLLAR MONEY” plus Our Readers Pick their Favorite Stocks by Tony Covino and Alan Ellman
GENZYME (GENZ)   Bio Tech is the sector to own right now as per Jim Cramer and here  are some of his reasons:     1.These high growth stocks worked during the 1990 banking crisis. 2.The fall season is the time when drug approvals happen. 3.There has been a flurry of takeovers recently, six in July. 4.Democrats love biotech. 5.People who need the drugs these companies make are willing to pay up to get them.   As we see this stock passes all our system criteria below;   Overall          A... Read Full Story
WEBINAR OPPORTUNITY plus Learn how to get FREE DVDs and Workbooks!
WE’VE BEEN BRAINWASHED! We’ve been told that we are not capable of self-investing in the stock market. THAT’S ABOUT TO CHANGE. Start earning 2-4% MONTHLY returns in your investment accounts. AVERAGE BLUE COLLAR INVESTORS CAN MAKE HUGE PROFITS IN THE STOCK MARKET. Listen to this: Selling Covered Call Stock Options is considered SO SAFE that the government allows you to use this strategy in your IRA accounts. For a FREE AUDIO CD of a teleclass I gave for The Learning Annex go to the following... Read Full Story
LOCATING STOCK GEMS FROM THE IBD HOME PAGE plus Learn how to get FREE Books and DVDs when Registering for the October Webinars
The IBD 100 is my main source for locating the greatest performing stocks. It is not, however, the only source (see chapter 16 of my book, Cashing in on Covered Calls).Another great resource can be found on the IBD Homepage (www.investors.com), the screen you enter prior to going to the Stock Check-Up link. On the left side of this page locate the heading IBD Stock Lists. Click on the CAN SLIM Select link. This is a screening system created by William O’Neil, the founder of Investors... Read Full Story
Overnight Millionaire or Victim of the Rig? Plus: My Readers Pick their Favorite Stocks
Your best friend calls you to tell you about a company that has developed a technology so unique that the profits about to be generated will make all investors filthy rich. He read about it on a blog site that his buddy from the the local Pizza Parlor referred him to. Needless to say these two well-meaning, but over-zealous, soon to become poor investors were about to become victims of stock fraud and more specically THE RIG! The Rig targets those investors looking to hit that grand slam... Read Full Story
WHEN TO BUY BACK YOUR OPTION - EXPIRATION FRIDAY DILEMMA plus Industry in the Spotlight
Picture this: It’s on or near Expiration Friday and your stock or ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) is above the strike price. You know that if you do not act to institute an Expiration Friday Exit Strategy your stock will be assigned (sold). So what are the factors that will determine whether or not you buy back the option and therefore keep your shares? Before we even look at the calculations, there are 3 tests your security must pass: 1- Is it fundamentally sound? 2- Is it technically sound? 3... Read Full Story
JIM CRAMER MAKES US SOME “BLUE COLLAR” MONEY: Vol. 4 plus High Volume Stocks Unveil Gems by Tony Covino and Alan Ellman
M’M, M’M Good Campbell Soup Company (CPB) Hello fellow Blue Collar Investors! In Alan’s last article “Earnings Reports Are Telling Us To Buy Stocks!” he mentioned that many companies are reporting better than expected earnings reports or positive surprises. Campbell Soup Company (CPB)  fits this trend. As noted by J. Cramer (CPB) “is down more than 35% over the past 10 years and has missed four straight quarters before finally pre-announcing that 2008’s earnings should come out on the high... Read Full Story
EARNINGS REPORTS ARE TELLING US TO BUY STOCKS!
Avoid Earnings Reports like the plague! That’s what I promote in my book and DVD Series, Cashing in on Covered Calls. I stand by that premise for many reasons, the most important is the one that relates to the great returns I have been getting. But ERs do give us information regarding the overall economy, industires, and individual stocks we may want to add to our watchlist.  We are now well into the current earnings season and the results thus far are much better than analysts anticipated... Read Full Story
THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE THE VALUE OF YOUR OPTION PREMIUM plus Our Readers Pick their Favorite Stocks
So you sold an options contract for $380 and generated a 3.5% 1-month return. Did you ever wonder how the market determined the value of that contract to be $380? The simple equation that most of us know and understand is the following:  Option premium = Intrinsic Value + Time Value To review, let me define the two latter terms using the definitions given in my book, Cashing in on Covered Calls: Intrinsic Value- The value of an option if it were to expire immediately with the underlying... Read Full Story
AN ENERGY PLAN THAT MAKES SENSE plus Tony C. Checks on Cramer
Our country has no energy plan. In the past and currently we have been buying foreign oil and as our needs increased so too have our imports. 700 billion dollars flow out of this country every year to pay for these foreign imports. Much of this money is going to our enemies who are funding wars against us and buying up assets within the United States. To throw salt in the wound, oil prices have now increased to the point where it is crippling our economy. I cringe every time I hear one of our... Read Full Story
RISING OIL PRICES CREATE BLUE COLLAR OPPORTUNITIES
NOT US: This is the worst thing that can happen. Oil prices are through the roof. Gas is $4.50/gallon. The stock market is tanking and our economic future is looking bleak. I’m going to get into bed and curl up into a little ball ….help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! US: I live in NY and traffic isn’t nearly as bad as it used to be. People are finally becoming more energy conscious and efficient and the automobile industry is responding by making more energy efficient cars. I have a friend who is spending... Read Full Story