Daily Posts Archive

The end of a year is a great opportunity to make a New Year’s Resolution to be a better investor. The question is: what should you resolve? The experience of people who vow to lose weight or stop smoking or learn Chinese should give you a little guidance here. Huge resolutions often lead to huge failures.

Last week, Apple presented the bad news that iPhone sales growth has been slowing, and the stock gapped down in response. AAPL is now 29% off last year’s high (hit in April), and more and more investors are wondering what they should do with Apple—buy, hold or sell.

Investing in Small-Cap Stocks is one of the best ways to make huge returns-- if you can handle the risk.

Every three to six months, I will revisit some of the important themes and strategies used by Cabot Options Trader since I became the editor.

Chief Analyst Roy Ward answers some common subscriber questions.

A covered call is a strategy in which the trader holds a long position in a stock and writes (sells) a call option on the same stock in an attempt to generate income or lower the cost basis on the stock purchase.

2015 has been a challenging year for most investors. And if this year taught us anything, it’s that options need to be a part of every trader’s playbook.