An equilibrium of buyers meeting sellers was found as prices remain virtually unchanged as we enter Friday’s session.

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Option spread strategies allow you to minimize risk and maximize reward, and have the flexibility to play the direction or non-direction of the market.

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Stocks suffer ahead of busy week for earnings announcements.

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In Issue #387, D.R. Barton, Jr. explains the importance of properly position sizing stocks in your portfolio, and debunks “classic” diversification.

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Traders will keep an eye on energy prices this week, although the focus will be firmly on earnings.

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Some very light bullish catalysts have taken a back seat to cautious sentiment, looming earnings, a couple of key downgrades and slightly elevated energy prices.

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In Issue #388, Jim Stanton discusses the current 2007 market rally - the best 6 months of the year for buying stocks.

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Risk-based requirements represent some of the most significant changes in margin regulation since the Great Depression, but the process isn’t as easy as flipping a switch. Frederic Ruffy explores the new margin rules…

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Stocks open flat as investors brace for busy week of earnings news.

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