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The ten best places in America for second homes are presented. These include Maui, Kiawah Island in South Carolina, The Hamptons, and Park City, Utah.

Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) CEO William J. Brodsky, Robert Merton, economists Myron Scholes and Robert Merton, and veteran traders Jeffrey Yass and Blair Hull share their thoughts on the most important factor in the growth of the options business since the CBOE started in 1973. The panelists discuss the future and the trends in the business as well as their strategies for investing if they had $1 million.

Pimco Executive VP for asset allocation, Mark Taborsky, says that they think conceptualizing macro outcomes in terms of risk factors is easier than to create expectations of returns across asset classes. Taborsky says that the 2008 meltdown taught people the importance of risk and liquidity management.

Options will attract more attention from investors seeking to maximize profits from stocks. The old method of buy-and-hold investing will eventually be replaced as investors focus more on the life cycles of stocks, as well as hedging and profit taking.

Chicago Board of Trade chairman and chief executive Bill Brodsky is presiding over the firm's initial public offering. Brodsky managed to turn around the company and revamp its business model, regaining market share and saving his job.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to determine the cause of the stock market plunge. The lack of transparency in the stock market raises the possibility of extreme volatility which could benefit the equity-options industry.

Investors are looking to secure their capital gains through more risk-averse trading strategies. These strategies include selling stock and replacing them with call options.

The value of stock warrants issued by financial institutions to the US government under the Troubled Asset Relief Program remains in question. A study by Credit Suisse on the value of these stock warrants underscores the difficulty in assigning value to them and selling them to investors.

Investors can take advantage of the prevailing 'cash is king' mentality in the financial markets by purchasing 20-delta calls on riskier stocks. The financial system could be stressed if investors decide to reinvest their huge cash holdings.

Shares of Lehman Brothers are expected to rise after company earnings for the third quarter of 2007 beat analyst expectations. The company's moves to diversify its operations make it less vulnerable to economic shocks.

The growth in the market size, revenue and stock prices of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. since 2002 is discussed.

The article discusses expectations of stock market experts from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, suggesting that Trump is to end job restrictions for energy industry and take new actions regarding Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The article advises readers on an investment strategy involving doubling up of underperforming investment portfolios to extract value out of good stocks going through a rough patch, using Teva Pharmaceuticals company as an example

The article discusses the social networking service company Twitter related rumors based on the institutional investors, and fund managers.

Investors can invest in bullish call options to take advantage of an expected rise in US stock markets in 2011. Stocks rising faster than the implied volatility of their options declines present the best opportunities.

Wall Street investors are becoming frustrated over unchanged stock prices. The market is forecast to have a volatility of 18% and a range of 15-20% in 2011.

Investors continue to be optimistic about stocks, particularly in the short-term. Wall Street is expected to monitor economic data such as unemployment and consumer spending in the first weeks of 2011.

Stock investors can sell their long term holdings and declare any losses with the IRS before November 30, 2010 but they should not repurchase the shares before 31 days. An options strategy that may be comparable to the previous tax planning strategy is also discussed.

The quantitative easing program by the US Federal Reserve is seen as a boost for stocks. The emergence of 'flat skews' and the disappearance of 'risk premiums' is expected to continue until the program expires in June 2011.

Options trading strategies that take advantage of the quantitative easing program by the US Federal Reserve are described. Traders expect a rally in the stock markets and advise the buying of calls.

Two strategies for minimizing the impact of the possible increase in capital gains tax are presented. The strategies are particularly useful when used for options.

Investors believe that the share prices of Bank of America could fall to $2.50 by 2013, weigh ed down by its mortgage problems. The bank has been accused by Pimco, BlackRock, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York of selling $47 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities laden with bad mortgages.

Strategies related to investing in options in anticipation of extremely fluid market situations at the start of November 2010 are described. These include replacing long stock with bullish call options and selling index calls.

Interactive Brokers Group chief Thomas Peterffy has revealed in a speech that technology, market structure and new products have evolved more quickly than traders ability to understand or control them. Peterffy now favors stopping the proliferation of exchanges and clearing firms. Insights on changes made by Peterffy's to his company are also given.

Investors seeking to take advantage of a potential Republican-controlled US Congress can invest in financial and health care stocks and options. The small cost of these trades mitigate the risks associated with predicting election outcomes.

Options strategies for making a profit at a time when risk premiums in puts and calls are non existent is discussed. One strategy is to buy cheap near-term options and sell more expensive options such as those that expire on March 2011.

Shooting sports is gaining new fans and the demand for shooting instructors and shooting schools are rising. Shooters can hunt for quail in Thomasville, Georgia or hunt pheasants in the West. Shooters can also try shooting clay birds in skeet shooting. A personal experience on learning how to shoot is discussed.

A survey by the Options Industry Council suggests that major asset managers such as pension funds and endowments see options as another tool to minimize portfolio risk. With this in mind, rules may need to be reviewed to allow big investors to use options for reducing risk.

'Black swans' are unexpected events that have a huge impact on the stock market. Options trading strategies that take account these events are discussed.

Correlation or when different stocks or indexes behave similarly is at unusually high levels in different countries. The implications of this on the options market are discussed.

The Federal Open Market Committee has reported that the economic recovery was more modest than expected. Stock prices snapped lower and investors panicked due to discouraging economic data and gloomy media reports. Many in the options market have expected such a decline, and macro investors have been waiting for the arrival of these economic reports.

Investors can take advantage of the changing dynamics in the securities markets by adopting a stock replacement strategy. This involves selling stocks and replacing them with bullish call options and is effective in the short term.

Options trading volume is subdued even in the midst of earnings season. This low volume is happening during an unusually high correlation which describes the lemming-like behavior of stocks.

Financial analysts contend that US stock markets are in for a long period of high volatility. The Standard & Poor's Index is projected to fluctuate by 2.5% everyday until 2019.

Goldman Sachs lost that something which makes its 'long-term greediness' seem special and it needs to rebuild its reputation. The prices for the options in the company's shares are discussed.

Several traders have described the business as 'boring' but this means that the risks in the market are greater than potential rewards. It could be unusual for someone to describe the market as 'boring' when the options market averages 14 million contract trades a day.

Investors are said to be going on the sidelines but what everyone is secretly wishing for is volatility. Options strategies for the shares of Olin and Savient are discussed.

US stock markets are expected to become volatile in the summer of 2010, giving investors opportunities to use stock options. Selling calls is a reasonable approach for investors believing that Boeing shares will trade in the low $60 to low $70 price range.

Investors should pay close attention to volatility levels in equity and index options since they can get hammered even if their stock is in the right direction. This is important especially since volatility is the spirit of the market.

The sharp decline in the US stock markets in the first week of May 2010 served as a game changer in the equity markets. The sharp market fall rendered useless the favored trading practice of buying stocks and selling options to increase returns.

Most everyone can make the case for a bull market but many traders secretly long for a return of volatility. Volatility has declined in the past 18 months from May 2010 which has made it hard to create huge returns.

Options traders and strategists are worried about the declining volatility in options markets. Investors are advised to use single-stock options to invest in the securities of companies reporting earnings during periods of low volatility.

There is not much action to buy or sell as investors focus on dividend-paying stocks. Options strategies for trading the shares of Apple Inc. are discussed. There is a booming action in the options market where savvy inestors prey on those investors that forget to exercise deep-in-the-money calls options before the stock goes ex-dividend.

Methods of taking advantage of the strength in US stock markets to realize capital gains are discussed. These include the selling of stocks and reinvesting the proceeds in stock options.

The complicated forces converging on the options market are the reason for the low implied volatility. Trading volatility is complicated and it could be capital intensive.

Investors are struggling to deal with financial crises due to their inability to time investing strategies. This absence of timing emphasizes the lack of clarity in financial markets.

Implied volatility is markedly lower but it is hard to find investors who are truly complacent and there are many investors who are hedging portfolios against the world's looming dangers. An options strategy for buying shares of Oracle Corp. is also discussed.

The isolationist approach to options trading involves investing in US stock options expiring with one month to hedge risk presented by foreign companies. Investing in stocks with high dividends and inexpensive options addresses problems associated with hedging stock portfolios.

An investor can manage a position in shares of Citigroup through options and increase investment returns by selling calls. One options strategy is to sell January $4 calls that expire in 2011 as covered-call sellers would outperform stock only investments if the shares do not rise over 31 percent before the expiry in January 2011.

US President Barack Obama proposes to eliminate rules allowing market makers to pay long-term capital gains rates on 60% of their profits. The options industry faces an uphill battle to defeat the proposal due to negative perceptions of the industry from the US Congress.