I’m still extremely bullish on the healthcare sector in general.  And the new health care legislation coming from Washington will be very positive for the pharmaceutical sector.  Healthcare utilization rates are set to explode as an extra 32 million Americans get health insurance coverage.   If more people have health insurance, then health care use will go up, and drug sales will also go up.  Read the full story

The world’s economy is recovering and should improve further this year.  Consumer spending increases and the availability of cheap capital will be a bonus for banks.  JP Morgan (JPM) is perfectly positioned to take advantage of this trend.

JP Morgan has master banker Jamie Dimon at the helm Read the full story

With stock options:

• “in the money” refers to an options contract that has intrinsic value
• “out of the money” refers to an options contract that has no intrinsic value

Example 1 - Calls:  If you purchase a call option Read the full story

I’ve been quite bullish on gold since 2001.  Rising currency instability has boosted gold’s attractiveness as a monetary reserve asset.  I predicted that gold would hit $1,200 per ounce by the end of 2009 and that prediction came to fruition yesterday. Read the full story

Global demand for crude oil will increase as Western economies emerge from recession by the end of 2009.  The International Energy Agency (IEA) raised its oil consumption projections for 2009 and 2010 due to an anticipated increase in oil demand from China.  Read the full story

Options symbols follow an outline.  Once you know the rules you can assemble and understand options symbols.

The fundamental parts of an option symbol are as follows:

Option root symbol + Expiration date code + Strike price code Read the full story