Phil Town took an email recently about naked put options. A Rule #1 reader was trying use naked puts to make a little extra money while he waited for a stock to fall to a reasonable MOS (margin of safety) price. It’s an interesting tactic, and Phil has a great response. Trading strategies are...

According to the latest stats, American home prices are still on the rise - in most major markets across the nation. The National Association of Realtors published a median increase of 4.2% from 1/06 to 4/06. Compare this figure to the published 16.6% last year. Although prices appear to be...

I just wanted to thank everyone who submitted applications to become an InvestorGeek last week. We've had some great candidates apply and we're looking forward to great new members! We've been reviewing the applications and will be contacting contributers as we decide on them. In the meantime look...

First, we'd like to apologize to all our readers for the relatively light week, it's been a crazy 7 days for us. We'd also like to thank those who have already submitted complete applications. Don't worry for those still thinking about it, there is no preference or penalty based on when you submit...

You guys may know that I have a position in Crystallex (AMEX: KRY). If you follow the stock, you know that yesterday was a bad day. There was this press release, which speaks of... well let me just quote some of it: > Crystallex International Corporation ... announced today that, subject to...

Attention! Attention! I’m pleased to announce our first call for applications to become an InvestorGeek! Starting June 16th at 12:00am (that’s the morning of next Friday) we will be accepting applications for 24 hours to fill 10 new InvestorGeek spots. It’s easy to apply, and we’re looking for...

We here at InvestorGeeks lean towards the side of "fundamental" "investing", but as I've been reading up on technical analysis for my upcoming articles I've run into some interesting reading. When we invest in a market, we want to know the players. We spend a lot of time trying to figure out what...

Last week, we were watching Microsoft's stock and hoping it could break through the resistance level at $24. If it did that, the stock was set for a nice break into the mid-to-high twenties. Instead, the stock dropped along with the general market and tech sectors. Closing price yesterday was...

In my previous article, Misconception: Renting is for Suckers, I wrote that there comes a point when it makes more sense to rent an apartment than buy a home. For myself, I have a rule of thumb that for every $1 dollar I spend in rent a month I can afford to buy up to $125 in property. Right now I...

For a number of years now there has been a cloud over Social Security, brought on by the fact that as the Baby Boomers retire the number of individuals drawing on social security will be greater than the number of individuals paying in. This has been used as a justification and impetus for changes...