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Investing in peer-to-peer loans can provide you double digit annual returns. However, you need to be prepared for defaults. Many borrowers aren?t going to pay off the full amount they owe. Ironically, a large number of d...

Shareholders of Masco Corp. (NYSE: MAS) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1.4% annualized dividend yield can sell the October covered call at the $24 strike and collect the premium based on the $1.25 bid, ...

Shareholders of Best Buy Inc (NYSE: BBY) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 2.6% annualized dividend yield can sell the September covered call at the $27 strike and collect the premium based on the $2.08 bi...

Shareholders of Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1.9% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2015 covered call at the $85 strike and collect the premium based on the $4.50 ...

Shareholders of D.R. Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 0.6% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2015 covered call at the $35 strike and collect the premium based on the $...

Investors considering a purchase of Gannett Co (NYSE: GCI) shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $21.67/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their ...

Investors eyeing a purchase of Netflix Inc. (NASD: NFLX) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $234.05/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their dis...

Investors eyeing a purchase of Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $10.77/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at...

Investors considering a purchase of J.C. Penney Co., Inc. (NYSE: JCP) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $19.18/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies ...

Investors eyeing a purchase of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $4.05/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategi...

After a slow start to severe weather season, Monday's devastating tornado that hit Oklahoma reminds us how costly and destructive the change of seasons can be in the United States. Following one of the coldest March/Apri...

Herbalife, unwitting victim of KPMG partner Scott London?s inside trader scheme, replaced its former auditor yesterday with PwC. KPMG resigned the Herbalife and Skechers audit engagements after regulators told the firm L...

As the stock market continued to grind higher, some lagging industry groups have started to join the party as many have started to catch up with the overall market. Many of the coal stocks had sharp gains Tuesday as the ...

Bernanke's Federal Reserve Enacted A Policy Of QE: How Has It Affected Oil, Gold, Equities, Emerging Markets And Treasuries?

Stocks love it when Ben Bernanke speaks. The SPY is up about 0.5% this morning, catching a lift shortly after 10:00 a.m. when the Federal Reserve began his testimony before Congress' Joint Economic Committee. In his stat...

Foot Locker (FL) reports its first quarter earnings on Friday, May 24, 2013.

Analysts are predicting grim results for Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) when the company releases its first quarter numbers on Friday, May 24, 2013. They are expecting the company to take a loss of 5 cents a share after Aberc...

Leading up to Ship Finance International Limited's (SFL) announcement of its first quarter earnings on Thursday, May 23, 2013, analysts have become more bullish as expectations have improved over the past month from 28 c...

Sears Holdings (SHLD) reports its first quarter earnings on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

Patterson Companies (PDCO) reports its fourth quarter earnings on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

(Kitco News) - U.S. gold futures have been on a roller-coaster ride Wednesday, first rising sharply when it appeared Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke remained dovish but then giving up its gains when subsequent rema...

Cato (CATO) is expected to report poor first quarter earnings on Thursday, May 23, 2013 with analysts expecting a 5.5% drop in earnings from a year ago. The consensus estimate is $1.03 per share, down from earnings of $1...