shorting stocks, 2011-04-29

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6 Options to Protect Your Profits Use options to protect hard-won gains in your portfolio. Suggested trades in Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), others...... Friday's Stocks to Watch: Microsoft, Sunpower Sunpower shares jump on a merger deal...... Pepsi, Now #3 Soft Drink, Launches ‘Social’ Vending Machines PepsiCo NYSE:PEP and its flagship Pepsi cola is in third place among U.S. consumers behind Coca-Cola and Diet Coke. Will a new social vending machine project help the soft drink manufacturer regain it..... Walmart Reloads Gun Sales in Return to Retail Roots Wal-Mart Stores NYSE:WMT has returned to its roots with a focus on low cost retail and gun sales and half of Walmart locations nationwide...... 5 Stocks That Could Be Sacked By an NFL Lockout Share prices of several companies will be sacked if the season is canceled...... A High-Yielding Investment You’re Probably Overlooking These low-risk income securities receive very little attention from the investing public...... Investors Turning to Dividend-Paying ETF The iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund (NYSE: PFF) could help satisfy your long-term income and diversification needs...... Microsoft, Silver Top Options Volume Options trading moderately active with earnings names include Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX), Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU)...... Stock Rally Stays On Course The market shrugs off reports of the economy's slowdown to notch another 2001 high...... Is Buffett Hanging Sokol Out to Dry on Berkshire Scandal? Warren Buffett Could be backing off would be successor David Sokol in the wake of a Berkshire Hathaway insider trading scandal involving Lubrizol stock...... 3 Ways to Make YouTube an On-Demand Success Google (GOOG) needs to make the popular brand work for them...... Options Lunch Sees Tech Drop and SLV Rise Options trading is moderate with a post-Bernanke lull. CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) back below 15...... Baxter Shares Aren’t Built For Speed This slow-but-steady performer may be worth a look...... Thursday's Apple Rumors — Android's App-etite Google's Android is expected to have more apps than Apple...... Apple Mans Up to Privacy Issues While Sony Cowers While Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) reacted swiftly to contain the damage over privacy concerns, Sony Corp. (NASDAQ: SNE) kept quite for a week even as its PlayStation network was unavailable to users...... Nokia Fails in Search for Smart Smartphone The smartphone maker Nokia (NASDAQ: NOK) can’t find its way as competition intensifies...... 5 Stocks for $150 Oil Global tensions, coupled with bullish seasonal and secular factors, could easily push oil prices to $150 per barrel or more...... 5 Things We Just Learned From Airline Earnings Despite fare and fee hikes, higher costs weigh on margins...... Riverbed Technology Shares — 3 Pros, 3 Cons With the surge in cloud computing and video, there will be lots of growth for Riverbed’s core products...... Prepare for a Breakout in NVDA Options Buy call options on Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) as it rises. ..... Will Exxon Break ’08 Profit Record? Exxon Mobil just saw a 68% jump in Q1 earnings, and the crude oil stock may be on track to top 2008 record profits even as $4 gas cripples consumer spending...... Join the Rich Man's Hedge Fund Club for Cheap Publicly traded hedge funds allow you to get in on bright pools of talent that oversee an array of hot investments throwing off sizeable dividends and growing capital consistently...... 3 Royal Wedding Stocks Worth a Look Global attention could mean profit for investors...... Qualcomm Shares — 3 Pros, 3 Cons The demand for smartphone chips isn't slowing down...... Bond ETFs Find Favor as Economy Stalls A weak economy has investors looking at bond exchange-traded funds like the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSE: TLT)......

Thursday's Stocks to Watch: Constellation Energy, Starbucks Constellation Energy (CEG) catches a bid on a merger agreement......     Bernanke Speak – Look for Proven Brands Trade established brands like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the conclusion drawn from the press conference by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke...... Skew This Volatility Index Contrary to a recent report, call options on the S&P 500 Index Options (CBOE: SPX) are dirt cheap...... Anadarko Option Will Confound Bears A call option on Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) could rise despite poor earnings. ..... How to Avoid Getting Bucked Off the Bull The steep, rising slope of the market means investors should keep their stops tight...... Aerospace Stock About to Come Crashing Down Following a sell signal, General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) could test its 52-week low...... 7 Ailing Health Care Stocks to Sell Apparently a rising tide doesn't float all boats. These big-name health care stocks can barely seem to break even...... Stocks Fuel Up on Fedspeak The plan to keep interest rates low for as long as needed feeds another 2011 high...... Baker Hughes, Ericsson Tops in Options Options trading picks up after Bernanke speaks. Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) see action...... Johnson & Johnson — 3 Pros, 3 Cons A new acquisition should keep this cash maching humming...... Options Lunch – Big Bucks Buy SPX Puts Jefferies study finds put buying in the three-month series in the S&P 500 Index Options (CBOE: SPX)...... Amazon's Spending Spree Won’t Stop Soon Data center expansion may hurt Amazon's (AMZN) short-term bottom line...... Barrick Gold — 3 Pros, 3 Cons A possible foray into copper mining looks like a good move...... Wednesday's Apple Rumors — Track Changes The company addresses a mobile software bug that has been tracking users' locations...... Illumina Leads Race for Gene-Sequencing Payday This market could explode to $100 billion a year...... 3 Key Facts Behind Ford's Profit Boom The bottom line grew, but challenges lay ahead...... Intel Earnings Drive Market – Again Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a market driver but it’s price looks too high. Consider a covered call trade. ..... Silver — 3 Pros, 3 Cons Despite a huge boom, prospects still look good...... Netflix Shares Still Look Rich Even though it has the potential to drop in price as investors take profits on a somewhat overvalued stock, Netflix doesn't look like a candidate to short. ..... Silver America’s New Favorite Option Options on the iShares Silver ETF (NYSE: SLV) have topped volume charts, followed by ProShares Ultra Short Silver ETF (NYSE: ZSL)...... Wednesday's Stocks to Watch: Amazon, SuccessFactors The company's top line shows good health...... 10 Highest Dividend Stocks of the S&P Stocks in the S&P 500 that offer the highest dividends include tobacco stocks like Altria and utilities like Pepco, among others...... 9 New Global ETFs, 4 New Domestic Funds Debut First Trust adds 13 new funds to AlphaDEX family, including 9 global ETF fund investments and 4 domestic exchange traded funds...... McDonald's Tests Popcorn Chicken McBites on Menu to Fight Beef Price Inflation McDonald's is testing popcorn Chicken McBites on its menu as a way to fight inflation that has driven up beef prices affecting Big Mac and Happy Meal shoppers...... Options Speak 101 — Meet the Greeks I Options traders would do well to learn about the Greeks. First, delta and theta......