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by Bill Baker, J.D.
Editor and Publisher, SINL
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After the markets closed on 02132013, ANGI posted a very positive earnings report while also providing a very positive outlook for the next quarter.

On 02122013, in an SINL article titled, Earnings season ending --  rally fizzle or drizzle -- good news, bad news, worst news -- one post earnings and one pre-earnings play, I wrote:

On 02112013, ANGI closed at 13.93 up .84 (6.42%).

Here are 2 ways to play ANGI as it moves closer to its earnings report:

10 ANGI MAY 18 2013 $15 calls 02112013 closing bid/ask .95 x 1.10
10 ANGI MAY 18 2013 $12.50 puts 02112013 closing bid/ask .90 x 1.05

10 ANGI AUG 17 2013 $15 calls 02112013 closing bid/ask 1.30 x 1.50
10 ANGI MAY 18 2013 $12.50 puts 02112013 closing bid/ask .90 x 1.05

At the market close on 02142013, when ANGI closed at $16.86 +3.24 (23.79%), here's what these ANGI positions looked like:

by Bill Baker, J.D.
Editor and Publisher, SINL
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As earnings season passes into the rear view mirror, we are left with what appears to be a weakening equity market rally. Will the rally fizzle or continue to drizzle gains? This rally will ultimately fizzle out but may still have some life left in it. Investors should use strategies that help protect their equity investments against the significant downside risks that currently exist in the equity markets.

The good news is that the Fed's easy money, low interest rate policies and monthly purchases of $85 billion worth of Treasury debt have created an equity market rally. The bad news is that this reckless policy is causing the U.S. National Debt to balloon above $16 trillion.

by Bill Baker, J.D.
Editor and Publisher, SINL
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On 02082013, LNKD closed at 150.48 +26.39 (21.27%).

In my 01252013 SINL article titled LNKD, I wrote:

As we move further into earnings season, let's take a look at LNKD. On 01242013, LNKD closed at 121.22 up .96 (.80%). LNKD is due to report earnings after the market closes on 02072013.

As of 02012013, at the market close, here's the big story ---

Dow 14,010 - S&P 500 1,513 - Nasdaq 3,179

Will the equity markets continue to rally? Will this rally crash and burn? I don't know, you don't know and nobody else knows. If anybody tells you they know, they don't, they're only guessing.

Let's take a look at some ways to take a position in this rally that will provide the flexibility to play either side:

by Bill Baker, J.D.
Editor and Publisher, SINL
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Successful stock and option investing is a combination of luck, skill, timing and pricing. Getting the right timing and pricing are dependent upon your level of skill and luck. I am particulary fond of the Wikipedia definition of luck: Luck or chance is fortune (whether good or bad) which occurs beyond one's control, without regard to one's will, intention or desired result. It's hard to say how much of a role luck plays in option investing because luck is an intangible.