If you listened to Mastery back on 04/24/13 when we posted that Solar is Back, you would have gained 12% in FSLR, 14%

Mastery likes First Solar (FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies Inc (GTAT) and SunPower Corp (SPWR). Why these stocks? Because they are the safest of the Solar Stocks out there. You don't want to touch China Solar with a 10 foot pole.

What's a Covered Call?

What's a Covered Call?

Zillow Inc. (Z) shares were crushed this week to the tune of almost one-third of their values.  Despite the Zillow jump off Mastery believes it could be a great opportunity to buy on weakness. Silver via the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) makes a compelling trade and we review the latest Obama Stock Picks.  Stocks that could benefit with four more years of Obama include Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (SWHC), First Solar (FSLR), Vanguard Health Systems Inc. (VHS), and more. We review the week a la 1897 Beastie Boys.

What's a Covered Call?

Fellow Masters, all that matters is the Electoral College vote, that's it.  Who cares what you and I think, it doesn't matter, it all comes down to the electoral vote.  Nate Silver at the New York Times who's models are money in the bank has it pegged at a 90% chance of Obama winning the electoral vote.  Thus, its time to load up on these Obama inspired stocks.

The Commerce Department affirmined its ruling yesterday that certain Chinese companies dumped their products on the U.S. market and received unfair subsidies from the Chinese government.

What's a Covered Call?

The covered call is a strategy where an investor writes a call option contract (sells an option) while at the same time owning an equivalent number of shares of the underlying stock.If this stock is purchased simultaneously with writing the call contract, the strategy is commonly referred to as a buy-write.

While you may have heard that trading options is risky business, covered calls are actually a very conservative strategy, and most brokerages even allow retirement IRA accounts to write covered calls.

What's a Covered Call?

The covered call is a strategy where an investor writes a call option contract (sells an option) while at the same time owning an equivalent number of shares of the underlying stock.If this stock is purchased simultaneously with writing the call contract, the strategy is commonly referred to as a buy-write.

While you may have heard that trading options is risky business, covered calls are actually a very conservative strategy, and most brokerages even allow retirement IRA accounts to write covered calls.