With August options coming off the board Friday, it's a good time to review how to extend profits or reduce losses.

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Before buying a so-called value stock, there are two questions you must ask.

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Learn a better way to generate income than buying dividend stocks.

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With oil up and the U.S. dollar down, you should jump the gun on Diamond Offshore Drilling.

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Many are wondering how the market can be doing so well while the economy is supposedly doing so bad. The answer lies in China.

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The bulls have used previous earnings seasons as launching pads for this rally since 6,500 on the Dow. Could this earnings season be different?

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Buying oil stocks here comes with some pretty big risk, but there is a safer way to bet on their comeback.

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Hedging with put options can become very expensive in a volatile market like this one. But there is a way to fund your protection.

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Here are two ways you can hedge your portfolio when the market is falling.

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Can you trust what you hear from independent analysts and the media, or do they have something besides your best interest at heart?

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While the U.S. government may not be as blatantly conniving in their skewing of data as Wall Street is, they are guilty of manipulating the truth to fit their agenda, especially the jobs number.

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Learn how a vertical rolling technique allows you to capture profits without giving up a winning position, and get the secret to exactly when to use it.

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In Wall Street's insatiable quest to make the market go up, they are willing to lie to individual investors. Find out how they've been pulling one over on you.

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Several of the bigger blue-chip stocks owe their earnings outcome to China's rapidly increasing demand, but this can no longer be counted on to carry U.S. companies.

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A very reliable indicator is predicting that the markets are in for a tough year ahead.

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While we make sacrifice after sacrifice, Wall Street insists on getting paid obscene bonuses, and the government allows them to. And there's only one productive thing we can do about it.

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After bailing the financials out, and saving them from themselves and their uncontrollable greed, they pay us back by treating themselves.

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Am I the only one wondering how the banks paying back TARP can be construed as a positive thing? First of all, you must realize that the repayment of the TARP money is simply for one reason ...

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Selling options allows you to profit even when stocks don't move, but some strategies expose you to unlimited risk. Learn the key to successful premium collection.

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In a market such as this, it is incredibly important that investors be prepared for the downside, and this strategy offers you a way to do just that for a lot less cash.

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Ever wonder why you didn't make money on an option when the stock did exactly what you thought it would? Well, it's because you didn't pick the right option.

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The market continues to rise in the face of awful fundamentals. I'll tell you what's behind the Street's rose-colored glasses and what you should expect for the rest of the year.

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The options market isn't what it used to be. Find out why everyone should be taking advantage of these powerful profit and risk-management tools.

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