Lawrence Klepinger

25 High-Yielding Buy-Writes for October Options Expiration

Hello Marco,

Great list! I love picking up $25 "on the sidewalk" and you just made my "quick pocket change" a lot easier.

Please keep doing this the last week of expiration every month. You have a follower!

Cheers!

Lawrence Klepinger

Kass's Call: Gain or Pain for Shorts?

As mentioned in the recent book entitled, CHINA HOUSE, the whole economy is built on the backs of 800,000,000 (eight hundred MILLION) poor Chinese, living at, or below, the poverty line. Anybody who buys into this massive house of cards deserves what they get.

With greed, you bleed.

81 Stocks Returning 35%+ in the Past Four Weeks

Many thanks to whoever wrote this article. They had the foresight to include the ticker symbol for all the companies, making it much easier to research those I didn't already know. A fair amount of articles tend to just list the company name and not the stock symbol, thus adding extra time on my research.

Thanks again. Much appreciated.

Two Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Last Week of July

Have these two companies confirmed their dividend payouts for this quarter?

Thanks!

Could McDonald's New Angus Burger Be Considered a Green Shoot?

I'M LOVIN' IT!

JP Morgan: High Frequency Trading a Form of Parasitic Market Making

It is wise, for those with eyes, to seek different skies.

Nucor Could Be a Steal

Yes, NUE is a great stock to own. One even greater way to make a few extra dollars is to write covered calls two months out of the money. You still collect the dividend as long as your "own" the stock, and if you write correctly you can stay ahead of price appreciation - while picking up the premium, too. If the price retraces, no problem. Just collect the dividend and write another covered call. Can't lose on NUE.

Just a thought.

Why We Have to Keep China Happy

It is sad to think that, with 800,000,000 people living below the poverty line, widespread, violent protests (over 30,000 last year), horrendous corruption, and the highest female suicide rate in the world, America is worried about keeping China happy.

With the first black American President and a female Secretary of State, who time and again champion the plight of women worldwide, you would think someone would speak up for the hundreds of millions of poor people that are being raped, beaten and murdered on a daily basis.

Apparently, the USA is more interested in keeping the Communist Status Quo satisfied. If you want to know what is really happening, read CHINA HOUSE, available on Amazon.com, to get "the rest of the story."

Worst First Month for a President Since Ford

As a fiscal conservative I voted for John McCain. However, since Barack Obama won the election he is now my President - and Commander-in Chief. With that said, all Americans should rally behind President Obama for one simple, common sense reason: If he fails, we all fail. Having spent a year living and working in the "People's" Republic of China (CHINA HOUSE via Amazon.com), I can only say, we Americans have no idea how good we have it. Quit complaining, sniping, bitching and moaning - and get back to work. We are Americans, and we will get through this, too.

These 32 Commercial Banks and Thrifts May See the Dung Hit the Fan

I am wondering why no one with credibility has not even touched upon the possibility that this is much, much deeper - due to a planned and very coordinated attempt - to bilk the gullible public out of billions of dollars by the bankers themselves. It is inconceivable that all this "sub-prime" lending went on without their tacit approval. I put forth the CEO of Country Wide as a perfect example. Not only is this a national epidemic but also an international problem, when German and British banks become so heavily involved. Am I a conspiracy nut? Maybe so. But doesn't it strike anyone but me as strange that over one weekend everybody can come together to "save" Bear Sterns- we are talking HUNDREDS of BILLIONS here - and then shove the bill onto the dumb taxpayer? The mantra has - and always will be - get away with what you can, plead innocent to the government, they will bail you out and then you are home free. If I am wrong on any of this then why do these "CEOs" take home hundreds of millions of dollars in cold, hard cash for trashing their own companies, and leave the taxpayers and the employees who worked for these companies for years holding the bag. As far as my research has shown ALL the CEOs in the above mentioned banks have received tremendous compensation packages for a job not even close to being well done. Please tell me which bankers are going to prison versus those who are just going to retire to their private mansions - as We The People pick up the tab?

Best and Worst Dow, S&P 500 Performers YTD

Leser is absolutely right about the Chinese being slaves in their own country - and therefore not buying their products in protest. My hat is off to Leser for the comments. For those readers who want a "non-mass media" appraisal about what is really going on in the "New" China of today may I recommend a book that I have recently published entitled, CHINA HOUSE. It can be viewed on Amazon.com and ordered from that site. If you really care about what is really going on in the PRC this book is essential reading. Keep up the open commentary - both political and economic. I find it impossible separating the two.