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Last year I introduced the Stock Ideas list and it has proven to be immensely popular. The list consists of Dividend Aristocrats, US Broad Dividend Achievers and U.S. Dividend Champions. Here are some highlights on this year’s changes:

Mariusz Skonieczny's Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? is a quick read that is an excellent primer for new investors and a good refresher for experienced ones.

What a day in the market! This morning Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson will be on the hot seat regarding the bailout of American International Group (NYSE:AIG). The members on Capital Hill are wondering and asking why AIG was bailed out? The perception from many

Read the weekly reviews of Philstockworld Member picks rarely available to the public!

An in-depth review of the week's trading and the news that made it happen along with links to more analysis as well as a detailed discussion of how we take advantage of day-trading index options during expiration week - something we are able to do every month of the year!

Large financial services firms are divesting their businesses and providing unique profit opportunities to certain investment management firms. This article gives the reasons and explains how investors can profit from this trend.

n this post I will compare some put options amongst some of the most actively traded financial stocks, which will benefit the most from rising market volatility. With the market rallying and volatility sinking like a stone lately, now may be a good time to get long some put options which will benefit from both a sell off as well as rising volatility.

In this post I will compare some put options amongst some of the most actively traded financial stocks, which will benefit the most from rising market volatility. With the market rallying and volatility sinking like a stone lately, now may be a good time to get long some put options which will benefit from both a sell off as well as rising volatility.

I happened to be on TV the afternoon of March 6th, broadcasting the last 3 hours of a day that the market was plunging 300 points off the open on Livestock with Tim Sykes, where I laid out my bullish case.

From Tom Petruno's Money & Company blog in the LA Times:

The board of embattled insurer American International Group must privately be wondering if they made the wrong choice in their new CEO.

Some speculators finally bailed out of shares of American International Group, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Citigroup on Monday after the wild rallies the stocks have had this month.

Is it wiser to profit off a rigged game or duck out and miss the inevitable rain of fire? Editor Adam Lass has the answer in today's Taipan Daily...

It's been a crazy few weeks!

The markets started the week off with a big drop on Monday after the markets had been pushed to their highs of the year on good earnings. The Dow dropped 2% while the S&P fell 2.4% and the Nasdaq, leading the decliners, fell 2.8%. After this slight pull back on Monday however, the markets pulled off four straight days of solid gains to finish the week higher.

The U.S stock indices continued to rally during yesterday’s session, erasing all of Monday’s losses, heading back into prior range. Since the start of the week, sentiment has flipped across the board, as investors have taken advantage of the falling market, to buy-back at lower prices. To date, the S&P500 has returned back into range after closing yesterday’s session above the 1000 mark.