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When purchasing this put option, the key factor is the price of the option here must be below the original purchase price for you to receive the payoff. If the price is above the original purchase price then you receive nothing for the option.

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Investors pushed stocks higher for the fourth straight week despite rising interest rates amid disappointing Treasury sales. Renewed concerns regarding the sovereign debt crisis in Europe failed to dissuade optimism on Wall Street.
For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 108.38 points, or 1.01%, finishing at 10,850.36. The S&P 500 added 16.6 points, or [...]

Stocks continue to march higher, hitting a one and a half year high fueled by strong demand for industrials.
After the first two days of trading this week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 156 points, or 1.45%, to finish at 10,888.83, the S&P 500 added 14.27 points, or 1.23%, ending at 1,174.17, and the Nasdaq [...]

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With a projected population of more than 310 billion Americans by the end of 2010, it is a wonder that there are not more traffic fatalities on U.S highways than what was recently reported. According to the government’s Transportation Department, the number of traffic deaths in 2009 retreated by nearly 9% over 2008’s tally. The [...]

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Highly touted and respected American Economist and former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. Also, Chairman of the Fed’s principle monetary policymaking committee known as the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Greenspan was the first person ever appointed to chair the Fed for five consecutive terms after [...]

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Stocks drifted higher last week on light trading volume as major indices flirted with multi-month highs amid mixed economic data. The Dow and S&P are near 15-month highs, while the NASDAQ surpassed an 18-month high.
Last week, the Dow added 59.49 points, or 0.6%, to close at 10,624.69. The S&P rose 11.29 points, or 1%, ending [...]

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On the one-year anniversary of the major indices hitting a 12-year low, the markets remained subdued, as a lack of economic news and corporate earnings to start the week have kept the markets in check.
In corporate news, one of the largest grocery retailers in the U.S., Kroger Co. (KR) made it known prior to the [...]

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Tuesday marked the 1-year anniversary of the bear market bottom when the market hit a 12-year low on March 9, 2009. The S&P has advanced nearly 70% since then and Tuesday’s closing price marked the highest level on the NASDAQ since September 2008.
Following the first two trading days this week, the Dow Jones edged down [...]

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Autoregressive – Also known as forecasting, it is the act of taking past data and using that information to make educated guesses or predictions into future events or values within the stock markets.