10 Summer Blockbuster Options Trades
OptionsZone Experts, July 24, 2009
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#8 GameStop Corp. (GME)
By Nick Atkeson and Andrew Houghton
Mike Newell is directing the big-screen version of the "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" video game, which could easily be an Indiana Jones-type film. And it certainly should help sales of the underlying video game. The video game is made by independent French company Ubisoft, and is played on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. There is no public market way to buy Ubisoft, but we can play gaming retailer GameStop (GME). By the way, GameStop also sells the GI Joe video game.
With the summer's blockbuster films promoting the blockbuster games, we recommend buying the GME Oct 24 Calls (GMEJM).
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