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Top 10 Novice Stock Trading Mistakes

If you're wandering into trading stock or options, you might find yourself lost. Here are the top 10 mistakes that newbies make.

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Where do we go from here?

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Avant Immunotherapeutics (AVAN) -- What Gives?

Things in the biotech world continue to get more and more curious. How about a company cutting a major development deal and getting cash twice its market cap -- and the stock doesn't move!

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IBM Gives Upbeat Forecast as Earnings Jump

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QUESTION OF THE DAY

How do I use option spreads to play a rising or falling stock?

Read on to learn more about how to determine which options spread to use when you're bearish on a stock or bullish on it.

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How do short-term options differ from LEAPS?

Read on to learn the difference between short- and long-term options.

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What are the benefits of trading options?

Read on to learn the benefits of trading options.

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What kinds of options strategies can I use in my Roth IRA?

Read on if you'd like to learn more about trading options in your retirement account.

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Michael Shulman

The Value of 99 Cents

There's money to be made from the economic slowdown. Listen to find out how we did it on the short side.

Banking on Short-Side Profits

When the banks are losing money, who profits? I'll show you how a 10-point drop in a stock led to a 179% gain on the short side.

Financial Transparency Too Little Too Late?

The long, drawn-out and certainly painful credit crisis that's rocking the stock market and the economy has caused many of the 'big boys' to buckle down and admit that they'd gotten hit.

Declining Dollar Tree Turns Giving Tree

You know what you can get for a buck, besides a hamburger or a candy bar? An incredible short-side position that could turn 500% in a matter of weeks.

Various Short Positions

A quick quiz -- what are the three things you can short? Check your answers below.